I had a friend doing a class for a church activity on refinishing furniture. I think she mentioned to our leaders that I build furniture so two weeks ago she emailed me to see if I would be willing to participate and take a little time to talk. I said of course, and then in my true fashion of loving a good get-together and having a tendency to overdo things, I said, "we could even do a little project too".
I went onto this site printed off 5 projects under $30 and let anyone that wanted sign up. I figured the easiest way to let people build a project in an hour and a half was to pre-cut and pre-drill everything (Thank you to my new Kreg jig that let me rock that part out no problem)
I ended up cutting and drilling for 26 orders!!! EEK! I was a little like a mad hatter running around helping people that had never even held a drill before (so please excuse the LACK of pictures, including none of me doing anything at all :( ) But I think it turned out awesome and everyone was so excited.
I just wanted to post this as a little tribute to Ana for all the amazingness that you are. Thank you for helping those scared to even start.
Comments
ferbit
Fri, 08/26/2011 - 10:03
How fun!
What a fun idea!!! Looks like everyone was having a fantastic time!
Ana White
Fri, 08/26/2011 - 11:26
Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing this! I can remember when my little sister took woodshop in high school, and we all looked at her like "what is woodshop" and "why on earth would you ever want to take woodshop - woodworking is for retired men!". Not too many years later, I was wishing I had taken wood shop!
This is so amazing to see because you are teaching these beautiful and courageous young laddies skills they will use throughout their lifetime. Not to mention the confidence to tackle other traditionally male trades. And I'm willing to bet, their daughters will be using drills too!
I'm so honored to know you!
And might I add, those projects look GOOD!
Pam the Goatherd
Sat, 08/27/2011 - 20:15
Wow! What a great thing that
Wow! What a great thing that is that you did!!! Thanks to you and Ana there are now 26 other women who have a new sense of accomplishment!
Laura Fama
Mon, 09/05/2011 - 05:37
Very cool! I wish I had
Very cool! I wish I had building buddies!!!
romanweel
Sun, 02/03/2013 - 12:17
So Stinkin' Sweet!
MAN! I want to do something like this! What a wonderful thing to do to bring all those ladies together! (And tell Miss Red Shirt, I want a T just like hers! "Be Kind"!) Way to rock it out, all of you!