That is so so So cool!
Genius!
Scrolling down through this thread again is getting me excited to get back into mine! I think other projects and responsibilities along with thinking I may have to take a saw to my snowman has made it too easy to set aside.
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This morning I gathered a bunch of crap items from various hoards to get to work on my nutcracker. My brain is flowing with ideas and starting points!
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My little craft heart realllllly wants to sew, BUT my nutcracker is countdown dude so I GOTTA work on him. To get my nutcracker vibe going I started with this garland!
I found a floral pick that I thought could be reconned into an appropriately scaled garland. I used floral wire from stash and all the “lights” and ornaments are from stash. YEY!
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Oh oh oh! I had the luxury of playing with my nutcracker (TWSS) most of the day! So I also finished disassembling my blank and also did a little alteration. WOO.
You know, now I wish I’d used the numbers to count down how many days until Christmas, but I just put 47 because it seemed kind of funny to me. But 42 would’ve been the Answer to Life, The Universe, And Everything. D’oh!
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I’ve been lucky to have quite a bit of Nutcracker Time over the last few days and while keeping most things under wraps-ish, I will share that I modified & painted my blank’s carrot nose today!
I also got to bring out one of my favorite tools to cut a few paper circles for another piece of nutcrackery!
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I am starting to work on some nutcracker goodness. I’m super excited about it.
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Oooooo! I’m excited to see these come to life! Not literally, of course. 
I couldn’t help myself. Went to Michael’s today and saw this cute little mouse! Going to fancy him up and add him to my collection.
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I couldn’t get mine separated and broke the poor guy.
We’ve decided to reevaluate our commitment to each other and the project.
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OH NO, @JoyfulClover !!! I hope you two find a way to make this relationship work!
@ErinAquaheart That’s a cutie! Can’t wait to see how you transform it!
I came upon this printed cardstock in my stash today! MUTTcrackers!
And I also got my number cubes stained and painted!
Annnnnd I got sooooo much done over this weekend! I feel sooooo close, but I seem to be hitting a lot of do-a-thing-wait-3-hours-for drying stages lately.
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@TheMistressT I understand playing the crafty waiting game! Also that paper is too cute
@JoyfulClover I hope that the damage isn’t beyond repair!
I’ve gone nutcracker mad! I bought these two today to paint with my partner. She’s going to do the snowman.
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Thanks @ErinAquaheart. I just need to lop the hat off with the recip saw before I do any further damage to the head. I had no idea the glue was THAT strong, or the wood was THAT soft. We’ll see.
If not, I’ll just watch y’all make fun things!
@JoyfulClover I used a keyhole saw to cut the hat off of mine! It took more time than a power saw would have, for sure, but it also was very clean and required hardly any sanding. In fact, I think it mostly cut the glue rather than the wood! I think the blade was even not a wood blade - very fine teeth.
@ErinAquaheart YEY! Your own personal Nutcracker Along! I am so charmed by that snowman’s pipe and broom - just so classic and like a kid would draw!
Ah! I should have asked how you got yours off. I assumed it popped off with relative ease. His noodle is all messed up. A saw would have been a much better route than trying to muscle it off.
I tried and tried to muscle it off and pry it off by tapping a putty knife and then a painters tool into the join, but finally resorted to the saw. I then cut his head at an angle with a hand saw in a miter box and messed up his head a little bit… I ended up using wood filler a few times on this beast!
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Oh, now I’m totally creeped out. Mine is partly painted and looks awful. He’s been glaring at me reproachfully for weeks. I may need to lock him up so he doesn’t come for me in the night.
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