Mad Wood Skills, Part 2...

Hello, wonderful friends and Happy Monday! I hope you are all doing great! Did you have a good weekend?

Do you remember the post I did a while back about my boy and his skill with the wood lathe? The pens? In case you missed it or would like to revisit the post, click here.

I wanted to let you know that today he is listing the first ones in his shop, Suspicious Pie on Etsy. I admit I'm a proud mama, but truly, he is unbelievably talented with the wood skills. He makes each pen completely by himself (I plan to do a little video of him in action on the lathe).

He's given them as gifts to family members, and let me tell you, they are very meaningful gifts. These pens are keepsakes. Because they are refillable, these pens will last forever.

The Pen of Optimism

Made from zebra wood.

The Pen of Optimism

Made from olive wood.

The Pen of Optimism

Made from purple heart wood.

He will soon be adding letter openers, key chains and magnifying glasses to the selection.

These pens are so special. The perfect gift for Father's Day, graduation, his and hers wedding gifts, and birthdays. The handsome wood gift box is included in specified listings.

Thank you so much, dear friends, for supporting me and my son with your wonderful, kind words of encouragement. It truly does mean a great deal to both of us...xoxo

Pen and Paper...

Do you ever get hit with inspiration in the middle of doing some unrelated activity? It's so strong that you have to stop what you're doing so that you can write your thought down for fear you may lose it? That happened to me yesterday...I was driving along and four design ideas hit me one right after the other. It was so quick and the ideas were flying so fast that I had to pull over and park so that I could write them down before they flew away. I grabbed the closest piece of paper I had and scribbled the sketches with a few key words....I'm so excited to bring these ideas to fruition....One of them is already almost finished. I love when that kind of thing happens.

The pen featured in my photo (next to the piece of paper I scribbled my designs on) was made by my 13-year-old son. Entirely. By him and only him. Out of eucalyptus wood. Amazing, isn't it? He received a lathe from his grandfather for his birthday last year. Since then, R has shown him how to use it and now the boy is very skilled at making pens. He's given several as gifts and everyone who receives one is blown away. Mine is my lucky pen. My beautiful lucky pen....

I hope your day is filled with inspiration, with pen and paper on hand....xo