AKA Collectibles

Picturing the Possibilities

Ken is a master model maker and Brenda is an artist. They are a husband and wife team that have worked together, for many years, making scale models.  Part of the precision model making business is finding small amounts of the proper materials. Ken is always hunting for the right piece of mahogany for a tugboat rail, birch for an engine cowl, or poplar for a shaped fender. If you're in that business, sooner or later, you'll trip over last year's Christmas tree one too many times.
It all started when Ken sliced a few sections from the base of a dry Christmas tree. He sanded them smooth and passed them to Brenda. An artist sees things that the rest of us don't and the odd shaped growth rings of a Christmas tree are fuel for an artist's imagination. Brenda found a unique pattern where a branch had once grown.  To her artist's eye it looked like smoke coming from a chimney. The sweep of the outer rings looked like evergreens swept by wind and snow. Obviously a cabin in the woods belonged in the middle.   Now it was Ken's turn to surgically cut the disk with a scroll saw. With the addition of a bow and a hanging hook, the cabin in the woods ornament was born. Each ornament measures between 3 and 5 inches depending upon the tree. Each is obviously unique.
 At a  cost of  only $9.95 they can't be beat!
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Artist's, however, aren't the only ones with an imagination.
Customers are sending in their own Christmas tree trunks to have ornaments cut from their own tree. For many it has become a tradition. Ornaments made from your own tree are a wonderful gift for those who shared Christmas with you or to send to family members that couldn't . If you'd like an ornament made from your tree, we'll make one for you for $12.95 plus shipping. If you want more than one, each additional one will only cost $9.95.