My New Guitar

My new guitar is finished and added to Etsy. It is going to be hard to get rid of this guitar. I love the pop of color!  https://www.etsy.com/listing/168424922/upcycled-acoustic-guitar-shelf-one-of-a? This specific guitar has one long shelves. I would recommend hanging it using 2 hooks on the attached black and white cord.

Instead of doing my traditional guitar, I wanted to do a horizontal style shelf. I carefullt cut it with my dremel and found an extra block support on the inside of the guitar that was hard to cut. I cut a hard shelf to go into the guitar with grooves for the slats that were built into the guitar. I adhered it to the support I glued into the guitar. I cut a piece of trim and shaped it to the front of the guitar.

I decided to spray paint the entire guitar, so I took the metal pieces off and sprayed away. (Note to self: Don't Spray Paint when it is cold outside!!!!)  I used silver leaf to add accents on the neck and trim along the shelf. A musical themed upholstery fabric lines the back of the inside of the guitar. What a challenge cutting this to fit in perfectly. The final thing was to add Black Rhinestone Sticker Embellishments  and a black and white cord to hang the guitar. I would use double hooks to hang the cord on for added support!

 ~Sarah

Lost Guitar Post! My Guitar Shelves!

Last fall I started to make guitar shelves. Somehow, my post disappeared, so... I am re-posting it.

Tom found a couple guitars at garage sales and brought them home for me. They were not in good shape, so fixing them to play was not an option. I decided to make shelves out of them. This what came of them:

I used my Dremel to cut open the guitars. The first guitar had 2 cross bars in the back when I cut it open. The second Guitar had 3. now I knew how many shelves each would have. I added wooden support bars along the inside to support the shelves. I sanded everything and carefully sprayed the front of the guitars and the inside of the guitars black.

The first guitar I sprayed the hard wood shelves I added black. (Adding hard wood shelves to a curved area with a small opening is quite a challenge when the shelves do NOT bend. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to manage it.)

To complete the first guitar, I went into my scrap booking stash and carefully cut and glued the pages I chose to the back using the guitars natural dividers as section dividers. 

Note: This guitar was the first to sell and has shipped to Texas.

 The second guitar I made had 3 natural shelf dividers. I prepped it the same way as the first, however, I stained the shelves and edged them with black instead. I wanted to highlight more of the natural wood as this guitar had a very pretty coloring. I rotated the shelves so they would show two toned. The neck of the guitar was missing the bridge, so took it from the bottom piece I had taken off and adapted one for the neck.

I found some metal words and Rhinestone musical stickers I chose to use to decorate this guitar.

Note: This guitar has sold and has shipped to Virginia.

~Sarah

Mother Shirley's Jewelry Display Case

For Christmas, Tom and I decided his mom should have a Jewelry Display cabinet for her Craft Show Jewelry Sales. Tom worked on the box, I stained it a pretty Red Mahogany color and added a velvety pink backing in it. We used Plexi instead of glass as it is lighter to carry and less chance of breaking. I have a feeling we might be making more soon!

~Sarah and Tom

Virginia's Nail Polish Chest

 

Brandon wanted a Nail Polish Carry Case for his wife Virginia, so he asked Tom to make one for him to give her for Christmas. (Virginia is a cosmetologist.) Tom used Pine, Luann and Dowels to make this 3 door box. It was originally going to be stained in a Red Cherry color, but I ran out of stain and switched to a Dark Red Mahogany color. From now on I will stain the dowels before they are inserted into the boxes as I may be wearing the stain on my legs for a month. (I should wear long pants and not shorts too!) She may just need another one as it is almost full already! 

~Sarah and Tom

More Memory/Picture Boards made for Christmas

I made 4 other Memory/ Picture Boards for Christmas. I only have pictures of 2 of them as I finished 2 in the middle of the night Christmas Eve into Christmas Day.

I had a little fabric left over from the guitar I made for Etsy, so I made a memory board for Ashlin's room. I made a hunting camo board for Morghan, a Giraffe Board for Emmah, and a Teal Blue and Pink geometric Circle board for Mckayla. Tomorrow I need to make a music fabric themed board for someone else.

I try to find scraps of boards such as Luann, plywood, or siding that are left over. I chose fabrics each person would like and paired them with matching ribbon and buttons. From there, I measured and drilled holes for my needle to go through when attaching the buttons. I found sanding it down quickly is also a necessity.  I added the batting and fabric and stapled the fabric to the back. I cut ribbon to crisscross the front, chose buttons to sew on and used some black cord to stitch the buttons to the board. Then, I stapled the ribbon the the back. Add a hanging hook and ...Voila! Finis!

~Sarah

A New Memory Board for Megan

A New Memory Board for Megan

I had a little fabric left over from making Megan's headboard, so I made a memory board for her room. I found a scrap of house siding that would fit the left over fabric. From there I measured and drilled holes for my needle to go through. I added the batting and fabric and stapled the fabric to the back. I cut ribbon to crisscross the front, chose buttons to sew on and used some black cord to stitch the buttons to the board. Then, I stapled the ribbon the the back. Check it out!

~Sarah