A few more antler pulls

[Doug B]

I got it bad...making these antler light pulls is my new thing to make and I made these 2 sets along with 3 others today.

Thanks to Scott who provided the Whitetail Antlers! They are very unique in that they are a very dark reddish brown color. I think I'm going to keep them as sets.

[Doug B]

And here is another set completed today.



Hey Scott, I'm using Picasa now to put labels on the pics. That is going to be real helpful. Thanks for that tip a while back...I'm liking Picasa quite a bit.

[sachbvn]

Those are fricking awesome!!! Those would sell real well in TX I'd imagine.


Zac

[sdb777]

Jun 4, 2010 0:43:03 GMT -6 sachbvn said:

Those are fricking awesome!!! Those would sell real well in TX I'd imagine.


Zac

+1 on what he said!! But I think they would sell anywhere that people enjoy the great outdoors way of life.


Picsas3 has a lot of easy to use features...if they only would incorporate a 'border' tool, I wouldn't even need PhotoShop. And you are correct, the 'text tool' is perfect for keeping photos organized....especially if you had a website to sell your product.




Scott (very cool idea for 'scraps') B

[maverick31]

I like em a lot, and think you will sell quick. Did you laquer dip them?

[rdabpenman]

Hey Doug those Antler Pulls look great!
Well done.

Question?
How do you post pictures from Picasa 3 to forums?

Les

[Doug B]

Thanks guys! I had a lot of fun making those things yesterday.

Zac, I hope they will appeal to folks with summer cabins up here in the mountains of NM, but my wife likes them too - she already has claimed a set for herself and they are on the kitchen ceiling fan right now. I am threatening to take them with me to the next craft show...we will see who prevails

Scott, I used Picasa before and the new version Picasa 3 is really much better. I noticed that if I leave the picture editing program up it will automatically capture any new pics I upload - the bad side to that is that it also picks up any changes to those pics...like when I resize them.

Les, I need to try to streamline the process if possible. I currently download pics from the camera into a folder I create for just those pics on my desktop. Then I review them and select the pic or pics that I want to post and save them with a descriptive name. Then I crop as needed then resize. That is all done with Microsoft Office Picture Manager which is my default software for jpg's. The next step which I just recently added is to use Picasa 3 to put the text on the pic and save it. Then I post the pic to my Flickr website with some more information added and put in the appropriate folder on Flickr. To post to the forum I use Tinypic to create a direct link url using the Desktop picture saved earlier - I might be able to use the Flickr version, but I have not really looked into doing that.

I'm hoping the new WoW forum software will make picture posting a little easier.

[boodrow]

Doug those look great! Im sure they well sell like hot cakes. Great idea and work.
Boodrow

[Doug B]

Thanks Boodrow! And especially thanks for getting me started on these light pulls. There are so many "kits" for all sorts of neat things to make with a lathe, but not many that will do well at a craft show...these are one of those exceptions and I think will be a permanent addition to my display table.

[boodrow]

Doug ur quite welcome , they have been good low end sellers for me. I had a dental appt yesterday , I carried some cone pulls with me and let the ladies at the front desk look at um while they were torturing me in the back. Sold one , but the lady wants more of them soon.
Boodrow

[Ruffnek]

Doug, those are really awesome. Great idea, too. I may have to "borrow" that idea since I had already decided to do my small stuff all out of antler...pens, BS, etc.

Zac,

What's with the profiling of Texans? You think we're a bunch of rednecks that cling to our guns and our religion?...you would be right! ;D

[sachbvn]

Jun 4, 2010 12:03:00 GMT -6 Ruffnek said:

Doug, those are really awesome. Great idea, too. I may have to "borrow" that idea since I had already decided to do my small stuff all out of antler...pens, BS, etc.

Zac,

What's with the profiling of Texans? You think we're a bunch of rednecks that cling to our guns and our religion?...you would be right! ;D

Haha - are you kidding Cody? The love of guns, trucks, and most everything America is why Texas is one of the very few places I'd consider moving to!


Zac

[Doug B]

Boodrow I am taking the opposite approach to the light pulls...I am only going to use antler an pine cone with them and keep the price up on them. I have made 2 of them out of wood and neither one of them was even worth wasting the kit on. One I had in my display and nobody even looked at it even though it was only priced at $15.00. So I am taking that kit off and using it for something that has a better chance of selling.

Cody, I think the antler light pulls is one of the best ideas I've seen in quite a while and I think they will sell very well...we will see.

Zac, TX is like a whole different country, and one I could live in as well.

[Doug B]

Jun 4, 2010 5:42:21 GMT -6 maverick31 said:

I like em a lot, and think you will sell quick. Did you laquer dip them?

Dang Mav, I completely missed replying to your post! Sorry about that. No, I am still using CA only on the antlers. It is very quick and easy. One of these days I am going to try the Lacquer dipping on them though...