A birth memento gift

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Gaffboat

Discussion Starter · Jun 25, 2017

My niece had a baby the other day and it seemed like a good excuse to make something to memorialize the event. This was carved from a scrap of 1 x 12 cypress and took about 45 minutes on the you-know-what machine. (Trying to fool the robots here who insist on adding cee-n-cee to the titles of my posts. :wink

The rose is a 3D file and everything else including the heart are vectors drawn in V Carve. Text and the chamfer on the edges were done with a 60º V bit while the rose was carved with a 1/8” ball nose bit.

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hawkeye10

· #2 · Jun 25, 2017

Oliver your niece will treasure your gift.

DaninVan

· #3 · Jun 25, 2017

Great looking font, Oliver! Is there anything crafty that you're NOT talented at?!!!

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kp91

· #4 · Jun 25, 2017

Love it!

honesttjohn

· #5 · Jun 25, 2017

It's safe to say you like your new "tool"?

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Stick486

· #6 · Jun 25, 2017

DaninVan said:
Great looking font, Oliver! Is there anything crafty that you're NOT talented at?!!!

ditto...

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RainMan 2.0

· #7 · Jun 25, 2017

Beautiful outcome Oliver . I sure like the way you finished it

old55

· #8 · Jun 26, 2017

That is really nice Oliver.

sunnybob

· #9 · Jun 26, 2017

OK, I'm brave enough to ask the question.... That first name is spelt right, isnt it?

Every thing else looks fine from here.

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billyjim

· #10 · Jun 26, 2017

Beautiful.

197761

· #11 · Jun 26, 2017

That is pretty. Talented computer hahaha

Gaffboat

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jun 26, 2017

sunnybob said:
OK, I'm brave enough to ask the question.... That first name is spelt right, isnt it?

Every thing else looks fine from here.

Yep, it is. You'll have to reference the musical, "The Music Man."

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thomas1389

· #13 · Jun 26, 2017

sunnybob said:
OK, I'm brave enough to ask the question.... That first name is spelt right, isnt it?

Every thing else looks fine from here.

Lida Rose. A nice old name. I first heard it in the musical "The Music Man" from the early 60,s.

Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. If you ever get a chance you should watch it.

Small town America at the turn of the century. Last.

Lida Rose, oh, sweet Lida Rose.

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MEBCWD

· #14 · Jun 26, 2017

Great project Oliver! I'm sure it was well received.

Roy Drake

· #15 · Jun 26, 2017

Thoughtful and beautiful!
Lida Rose, again, Rose. I'll be home, again, Rose...

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MEBCWD

· #16 · Jun 26, 2017

sunnybob said:
OK, I'm brave enough to ask the question.... That first name is spelt right, isnt it?

Every thing else looks fine from here.

That is always a good question. I learned to double check the information people give me for use on projects. I did the design layout for a sign and sent the customer a picture of how the project would look when cut, asking if everything looked alright because I questioned one of the names but did not actually ask if it was spelled correctly. Got approval so I cut, cleaned up, finished and delivered the sign.

The next day she called and said about an hour after I delivered it she looked at it again and she noticed that the name was spelled wrong. She was very upset and went to send me a nasty email about my shoddy work when she noticed that her original email to me had the misspelling and she looked at the picture I sent for approval and it also contain the misspelling. So that nasty email turned into a very apologetic email requesting for it to be remade offering to pay extra. I said i would remake it for the original price.

I sent a picture with the changes made and she said she checked it letter for letter this time and it was good. I rushed to re-cut, clean up, finish and deliver the sign before the party that it was suppose to be presented at and she handed me the payment and an envelope. That envelope containd a very nice thank you card and a very nice bonus.

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bentbrent123

· #17 · Jun 26, 2017

That's beautiful Oliver! I'm sure that she will love it. I particularly like the faint pink tint on the rose and heart.

Flutemaker

· #18 · Jun 27, 2017

Thats beautiful!!

thomas1389

· #19 · Jun 27, 2017

MEBCWD said:
That is always a good question. I learned to double check the information people give me for use on projects. I did the design layout for a sign and sent the customer a picture of how the project would look when cut, asking if everything looked alright because I questioned one of the names but did not actually ask if it was spelled correctly. Got approval so I cut, cleaned up, finished and delivered the sign.

The next day she called and said about an hour after I delivered it she looked at it again and she noticed that the name was spelled wrong. She was very upset and went to send me a nasty email about my shoddy work when she noticed that her original email to me had the misspelling and she looked at the picture I sent for approval and it also contain the misspelling. So that nasty email turned into a very apologetic email requesting for it to be remade offering to pay extra. I said i would remake it for the original price.

I sent a picture with the changes made and she said she checked it letter for letter this time and it was good. I rushed to re-cut, clean up, finish and deliver the sign before the party that it was suppose to be presented at and she handed me the payment and an envelope. That envelope containd a very nice thank you card and a very nice bonus.

"Rose" doesn't look wrongly spelled to me. I can't think of any other way.

197761

· #20 · Jul 3, 2017

LOL Thomas, I am sure they were just making sure it wasn't supposed to be Linda. Even I took a 2nd glance at first, but I figured he'd known by now if it was wrong.

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