Whirligig Wars and other reminders

• Get your entry in for Whirligig Wars 2013! The deadline is July 23. There are a ton of great prizes this year. For more information visit Laneys web site: A Simple Design of Ocala. Entries are already rolling in!
  
• And dont forget to make a map of your home state or country and share it with the world!
  
• Finally, make sure you drop by WWMM on Tuesday for the second Inspiration Project submission. 
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Wo Wo Me Mo and other Saturday nonsense

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Now this is a cool advent calendar. Every day, you pull out a peg and Santa works his way down the chimney. Dale Thompson built this for his granddaughters Sarah and Emily. Theyre going to have fun with it!

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Heres an easy stocking stuffer to consider. Don Trust made these maple and jatoba tongs using some scrap lumber. Over on Facebook, he mentioned that they are great for removing toast stuck in the toaster!

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One of the best gifts you can make for someone special is a keepsake or jewelry box. Our friend Laney over at A Simple Design of Ocala sent over this one with walnut splines and a scrollwork top. Nice!

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Also over on Facebook, we have been watching Jack Reads progress on his jewelry boxes for quite some time. The one in front is actually the prototype he worked on a couple months ago before going into "mass production". Theres a neat trick to these boxes too: they each have a hidden compartment. Nice work Jack...they turned out beautiful.

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Advent calendar and other gift ideas

Terry Dahlquist has been cranking out advent calendars this year!

If you didnt see my video last year, here it is again. If you would like to make one, you have just two weekends left before December! And heres a cutting template.

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