Tools just wanna have fun time after time. Hahahaha!!!

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Made some Large Marge birds from scrap wood. 🪵 ❤️

Happy Sunday! I’ve been working on some pretty awesome fabric lined boxes lately. I’m really getting into the process of making them, and slowing down to dial everything in.

I stink at using chopsticks so why not make a set of chopsticks to increase the pressure?! Haha!!

Adding a little snazz factor to an applewood box, and an unexpected pop of color.

We can fix stuff. All sorts of stuff. We can make things better. Small fixes add up. Keep going forward, keep moving. Movement is life. ❤️

Log box, because nature is perfect already. ❤️🌳

The sun will rise, and the sun will set. Every day is a new beginning. For me every day is about how do I want to positively contribute in this volatile setting, and remembering that small,concentrated acts of resistance add up.

Whoa, Starling can lick her entire snout!!

Making comfort scraps…from scraps! They’re like worry stones, but they’re wood.

Happy Sunday!! Link to my store is leah-houghtaling-woodworking.square.site/s/shop

Made a penguin with assistance from Nano Hand. Everyone needs a hand sometimes.

From scraps to curvy boxes!

It’s important to start your day right. Frosted Wood Flakes.

Happy Sunday! I had a nasty cold this week, but managed to make a few things. All hail the mighty neti pot! Link to my store is leah-houghtaling-woodworking.square.site/s/shop

I wish I could fix everything for everyone. I know I can’t, but what I can do is do good, and do good everyday. ❤️🌳

There’s nothing like spalted wood! Spalting is created by a fungus that breaks down dead and dying trees. The fungus can’t survive under 20% moisture content so this wood will need to be air dried for a few months.

Happy Sunday! Here’s everything I made this week. Link to my store is leah-houghtaling-woodworking.square.site/s/shop

The smell of lilac lumber is amazing! Thank you, Jason!

I’ll just be here in my safe chair for the next few years. 😂😂😂 Seriously though, I need to make one of these!!!

Was in Atlanta last week, and enjoyed the Fernbank Museums forest walk.

It’s yew! Yew never know what you’ll find in a log, yew know?

Finishing up our bathroom cabinet. Walnut always makes things a little better!

I’m always looking for ways to use all my scraps. I’ve had these pieces for a long time, so I turned them into boxes. I like to embrace the natural shapes of the scraps.

There’s a lot of good out there. Let’s get after the good. ❤️

Last week I cut up a mystery log that turned out to be Amur cork, an invasive species. I turned a piece of it into this box.

Happy Sunday!

Current mood.

Do I want to sit on a couch for the next 4 years in despair. Yes, but that’s the goal of oppression: distract, and overwhelm. So, I will keep making, keep focusing on the love in me, and around me, and I will share as much of that love with all you.❤️

We’re all makers, and making things, makes the world a better place. So make, make, make. ❤️❤️

It’s amazing that an iPhone can capture a night photo like this. Left to right: black locust, maple, black locust.

It’s Fanciful Friday, and I’m making a box. A fanciful box, because we need a little fanciful every now and then. Fanciful. -in a whisper-

Dogs don’t make everything better, but they certainly help!

How’s it going? Time to start posting here. I’m Leah. I’m a woodworker, a goof ball, with a side of corny puns, and occasional cynicism. Welcome to my world.