Christmas gifts
December 2014
Near Christmas, I wanted to do some quick projects for small gifts.  It was also time to clean up the shop to allow for getting a car in there during winter snowstorms, so I tried to use up some scrap.

I made two small cutting boards in cherry and maple; one for each of my girls.

The I made two simple votive holders from layered cherry and southern yellow pine.

My wife broke our toothpick holder, so I made a new one out of maple.  I was making up the design on the fly and it works very well.

Finally, I made a set of refrigerator magnets with layered cherry and maple.  I set small rare-earth magnets in them which are very strong.

Everything but the cutting boards were finished with shellac.  It seems to tolerate the colder temperatures better than other finishes.