Wood Glue, Screws, and a Jigsaw

Had a great day making stuff!  I worked at the gallery,
but it was very slow, so I had a chance to work in the studio.
I put together a couple of things to take to Dallas

This is an old pair of oars that I bought years ago in Georgia.  I knew I
wanted to make something out of them, and this seemed a good idea.  I
had some help on this one...Nelson cut the beaded board and assembled it,
adding the hooks at the end.

Nelson also helped do this one.  That is an old pair of snow skis that I also
have had for years.  The 3 pieces of wood came from a dismantled dresser,
and again, we added some hooks.  Either one of these would make FANTASTIC coat hangers in a hallway.  

Close up of beaded board and hanger, on the pair of oars

Now, this one combines some old and new items....the old  wood
with the chippy paint has been in my shop for at least 10 years.
I had an old door knob attached to it, and tried to sell it, and no one
ever even looked at it.  So, I took the door knob off, and added this
fleur de lis hook, and then hung it from a piece of banister that I just
bought in San Antonio last week.  Just keep hanging onto stuff....you
never know what you might use it with!

I also bought this piece last week. Just added the hook and
burlap ribbon hanger...simple

My Suburban is already full of art stuff headed for Dallas, but
I hope I can squeeze in a few more of these.  I will be able to put some
things in the Uhaul trailer, and none of these are breakable.  They will
probably make it there somehow!  If there is something
that you want however, let me know, and I can leave it in
Louisiana for you...I am always ready to sell!

sheltongail@hotmail.com

New Braunfels Fun

There is a small town north of San Antonio named
New Braunfels,  It is a German heritage town,
and very quaint.  It has many little shops, and several with
 lots of junk!  I stopped here on my way back to
Louisiana today, and picked up a few neat things.

When I was in high school, I took German as my
foreign language.  Our teacher was so much fun, and he
took us on field trips to this town
during the Oktoberfest every year.  He taught us to
do the German polka and the lyrics to some of
the German folk songs...so there
were also lots of fun memories today among
all the nice junk!

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Doors and Windows

I am on a working vacation in San Antonio!  I went to this store today...cool
It is in downtown, on the wrong side of the tracks!  It is in a really
large warehouse (no heat or air conditioning?!) But if you are
looking for ANYTHING to remodel a building or house, it is here.

It was FULL of all kinds of doors and windows, any size
or kind you could imagine.  There were mantels,  and
other architectural odds and ends.



They had every kind of hardward for anything you could need.  These key
plates were amazing.

And these door plates covered a whole wall.

This is the owner..he told me he had been in business for
25 years.  And he said that a lot of people bring the merchandise
to him.  He used to tear down buildings and houses, but he said
he turns them down now.



And then some hot chocolate!  We had to warm up after being in the
ice cold building.  We enjoyed some at Shilo's, an old German
delicatessen in downtown, near the Riverwalk.  yummy