Birthday and crafts
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janestarzAfter the meeting on Fridaynight I offered Nathreee a place to sleep over, since she had to be in Rotterdam the next day anyway. Saturday morning I nipped down to the baker's and picked up some fresh rolls and after breakfast immediately set to baking.
I made the brownie (after the test run of the previous evening, this was very easy) and then the upside-down bunt with cranberry. The mixture of sweet and sour is really lovely. But that wasn't all: there was still a multitude of vegetables and fruits to be prepared. Seedless grapes, paprika, pineapple, carrots, cucumber, radish, strawberries, etc.etc. There were plenty of healthy snacks to go around!
After a game of Ingenious, I made the last preparations and people started pouring in. Steelweaver and Twi had made a lovely Asian pastry and the van Leij clan showed up with three mangoes and meringues for further noms as well as Nachtvisser who donated a lovely salad to the cause. These were added to the table and I made tea and coffee and handed out pie to the guests.
The weather was too cool to sit outside in the park, so we made do with our (none too large) livingroom, but boy was it ever fun. The Van Leij kids were quiet and wanted for naught, especially Jongste that swiftly and efficiently killed the paprika off. I asked NoKey to pick up some more, and Jongste helped cut them to pieces so there would be more paprika to nom for all.
Around five, most of the people coming from afar, wanting to go to another birthday, or those with kids left, and there were nine people who'd join us for dinner. NoKey and Nathreee went to pick up some chinese food and after dinner and another round of drinks, most people were as tired as we were and went home again.
The final score: all of the healthy stuff was completely devoured and I only had two bags of crisps left and the sausage I forgot to set on the table. It was a wonderful birthday. I really feel blessed that I could celebrate it with you all!
On Sunday Twi called to see if I was awake yet and to warn me he would be coming over. I made us coffee and we continued on the Captain & Cook's chairs for Drachenfest. We're using multiplex to make chairs that will break down into several flat pieces like Talorgen's chair.
Two weeks ago we'd worked on the Cook's chair at Twi's insistence, as he said we'd better make any mistakes we were going to make on his chair, than on the Captain's chair. Twi did most of the preparations, calculations, and I love his no-nonsense attitude of Just Do It.
I started off by painting the Cook's chair with wood stain, and then did some freehand and some tengwar work on "signs" that we can use on two of the most important tents. By lunchtime, we'd finished most of this, working swiftly. I'm quite happy to let Twi take the lead ('sides, I dislike power tools. Who knew?!)
After lunch, I assisted in holding onto the wood while he jigsawed the parts and started working with a wood rasp. The wood multiplex is a bit splintery after sawing, but I wanted the top of the back rest to be rounded, so people could place their hands on it without hurting themselves on the sharp corners. Thanks to some diligent work with the rasp and some sweet sanding by Twi, the result is not to be frowned at!
After all the pieces were cut, Twi had assembled the chair without me noticing, proving just how easy it was to assemble. Cook's chair had the trouble that we'd sawed the slits too economically, and we had to rasp them bigger to make the pieces fit. Cap'n's chair proved to be a better fit.
After seeing some of the drill heads Twi used, I had gotten the idea to make holes in the back rest as well. This would be stylish and help with the weight of the chair.
Drilling holes proved pretty hard...
We switched to a different drill after the first hole took us ten minutes to complete, but I applaud Twi and NoKey's efforts in this. Mostly, I just took pictures, hoping nothing would ricochet off and damage my lens!
After the first twenty holes, the drill was getting blunt and we were seeing some damage on the back of the chair (we started drilling from the good side down!) and we devised a new technique for the last five holes, so we certainly learned a lot.
Because now our entire shed is filled with planks that are drying we couldn't continue with wood staining the Captain's chair, but we did take some awesome pictures:
The Chair is awesome!
A very rewarding project!
I will try and do some more painting after I return from Barcelona, and there's still some craftsy stuff going to happen to my headrest, but more on that later.
I made the brownie (after the test run of the previous evening, this was very easy) and then the upside-down bunt with cranberry. The mixture of sweet and sour is really lovely. But that wasn't all: there was still a multitude of vegetables and fruits to be prepared. Seedless grapes, paprika, pineapple, carrots, cucumber, radish, strawberries, etc.etc. There were plenty of healthy snacks to go around!
After a game of Ingenious, I made the last preparations and people started pouring in. Steelweaver and Twi had made a lovely Asian pastry and the van Leij clan showed up with three mangoes and meringues for further noms as well as Nachtvisser who donated a lovely salad to the cause. These were added to the table and I made tea and coffee and handed out pie to the guests.
The weather was too cool to sit outside in the park, so we made do with our (none too large) livingroom, but boy was it ever fun. The Van Leij kids were quiet and wanted for naught, especially Jongste that swiftly and efficiently killed the paprika off. I asked NoKey to pick up some more, and Jongste helped cut them to pieces so there would be more paprika to nom for all.
Around five, most of the people coming from afar, wanting to go to another birthday, or those with kids left, and there were nine people who'd join us for dinner. NoKey and Nathreee went to pick up some chinese food and after dinner and another round of drinks, most people were as tired as we were and went home again.
The final score: all of the healthy stuff was completely devoured and I only had two bags of crisps left and the sausage I forgot to set on the table. It was a wonderful birthday. I really feel blessed that I could celebrate it with you all!
On Sunday Twi called to see if I was awake yet and to warn me he would be coming over. I made us coffee and we continued on the Captain & Cook's chairs for Drachenfest. We're using multiplex to make chairs that will break down into several flat pieces like Talorgen's chair.
Two weeks ago we'd worked on the Cook's chair at Twi's insistence, as he said we'd better make any mistakes we were going to make on his chair, than on the Captain's chair. Twi did most of the preparations, calculations, and I love his no-nonsense attitude of Just Do It.
I started off by painting the Cook's chair with wood stain, and then did some freehand and some tengwar work on "signs" that we can use on two of the most important tents. By lunchtime, we'd finished most of this, working swiftly. I'm quite happy to let Twi take the lead ('sides, I dislike power tools. Who knew?!)
After lunch, I assisted in holding onto the wood while he jigsawed the parts and started working with a wood rasp. The wood multiplex is a bit splintery after sawing, but I wanted the top of the back rest to be rounded, so people could place their hands on it without hurting themselves on the sharp corners. Thanks to some diligent work with the rasp and some sweet sanding by Twi, the result is not to be frowned at!
After all the pieces were cut, Twi had assembled the chair without me noticing, proving just how easy it was to assemble. Cook's chair had the trouble that we'd sawed the slits too economically, and we had to rasp them bigger to make the pieces fit. Cap'n's chair proved to be a better fit.
After seeing some of the drill heads Twi used, I had gotten the idea to make holes in the back rest as well. This would be stylish and help with the weight of the chair.
Drilling holes proved pretty hard...
We switched to a different drill after the first hole took us ten minutes to complete, but I applaud Twi and NoKey's efforts in this. Mostly, I just took pictures, hoping nothing would ricochet off and damage my lens!
After the first twenty holes, the drill was getting blunt and we were seeing some damage on the back of the chair (we started drilling from the good side down!) and we devised a new technique for the last five holes, so we certainly learned a lot.
Because now our entire shed is filled with planks that are drying we couldn't continue with wood staining the Captain's chair, but we did take some awesome pictures:
The Chair is awesome!
A very rewarding project!
I will try and do some more painting after I return from Barcelona, and there's still some craftsy stuff going to happen to my headrest, but more on that later.
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Date: 2011-05-16 09:09 am (UTC)Als ik het plaatje van Talorgen's chair zie bestaat de stoel uit 4 stukken; leuning, zitting en twee zijkanten. Op jullie foto lijkt het alsof er bij de achterpoten nog een plankje zit. Is dat een eigen aanpassing of lijkt het maar zo?
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Date: 2011-05-16 09:19 am (UTC)We hebben het ontwerp van Talorgen wel wat aangepast. De zitting steekt in de rugleuning (ipv andersom) en de zitting heeft maar 2 sleuven (ipv 4).
En ik ben echt supertrots!
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Date: 2011-05-16 12:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-16 12:50 pm (UTC)Aanpassen naar de maten van je plaat hout, twee stoelen per plaat.
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Date: 2011-05-16 02:14 pm (UTC)Ik bedoelde eigenlijk jullie aanpassingen...
Maar goed, mocht ik ooit tijd hebben (tijd? waar?) kan ik zelf ook wel eens gaan puzzelen. Als dochter van een meubelmaker zou dat moeten lukken.
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Date: 2011-05-16 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
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