5th Anniversary
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5th Anniversary
After finishing the sanding of the three hearts on the 5th anniversary present I intend to give to my wife, I was ready to layout the hearts on a mounting board and frame them. Didn't catch my earlier posts on this anniversary present? Click on the 5th anniversary tag to the right to see all the posts in this series. I laid out the hearts in a pattern that I thought was pleasing (representing myself, my wife, and our daughter) on the corner of my router table and "framed" it using a block plane and a measuring tape....
Well, my wife has been reluctant to let me work in the workshop these last few weeks, with the weather being beautiful on the weekends and my 23-month-old daughter itching to play outside with her daddy :) But I finally had to tell her that if she wanted an anniversary present this year she would have to let me spend a few hours in the shop! This is only the second or third time I've had the time to work on my 5th anniversary gift, and if you missed it you can start at the beginning of the adventure.The...
Well, it's quickly approaching that time of year again: my wedding anniversary! This year will be my 5th wedding anniversary which, as a woodworker, gave me something special to look forward to. The traditional gift for a 5th wedding anniversary is wood. I have always tried to stay away from "practical" gifts for anniversary gifts. For me, I try to give something with some emotional connection, something personal. So this year I decided to give something with a little bit of heart (pun intended). Since our daughter will turn two less than a month after our anniversary, and since...