My wife's Creation...KEWL eh?

laker1963
laker1963 Posts: 5,046
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After sending out a big bag of labels last year, my wife said she would like to make something out of the piles of labels I had left. So...

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She says next she wants to cover a metal table for our outside morning coffee, and my cigars. I am so lucky :)
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  • Krieg
    Krieg Posts: 5,208 ✭✭✭
    Not that's An awesome wife!

    "Long ashes my friends."

  • TatuajeVI
    TatuajeVI Posts: 2,378 ✭
    That looks awesome! I feel dumb... but I gotta ask... what is it? Oh, and I love looking through the labels and thinking, "Mmm, had that, had that, loved that, another good one, mmm, yum, tried that..."
  • stephen_hannibal
    stephen_hannibal Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭
    TatuajeVI:
    That looks awesome! I feel dumb... but I gotta ask... what is it? Oh, and I love looking through the labels and thinking, "Mmm, had that, had that, loved that, another good one, mmm, yum, tried that..."

    Looks like a tea tray...Awesome! Simply Awesome!
  • Poker_Slob
    Poker_Slob Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks great!
  • laker1963
    laker1963 Posts: 5,046
    stephen_hannibal:
    TatuajeVI:
    That looks awesome! I feel dumb... but I gotta ask... what is it? Oh, and I love looking through the labels and thinking, "Mmm, had that, had that, loved that, another good one, mmm, yum, tried that..."

    Looks like a tea tray...Awesome! Simply Awesome!
    You got it. It is a tray with handles (you can just see them) for bringing coffee out to the table I hope she starts soon ! LMAO

    I have clear coated it 6 coats on the sides and I did the bottom inside 3 times and then flooded it so there is a good base for the contact surface. I love just looking at all those memories lol.
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    You sure have put a lot of sticks in your mouth.... ;-) On topic, very nice of her do to that.
  • stephen_hannibal
    stephen_hannibal Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

  • NYHCx516x
    NYHCx516x Posts: 728 ✭
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
  • laker1963
    laker1963 Posts: 5,046
    NYHCx516x:
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
    Yeah, that was last summer. I posted that picture here then.

    We actually see the Black Bears quite often. Lot's of apples and fruit trees everywhere, so they just come for the Salad Bar.

    Every once in a while we see or hear of Cougars in the area, and that is a little more alarming, as they have been known to take peoples pets from their yard.

    That particular bear is only a young one, maybe 3 years old or so.
  • The Cank
    The Cank Posts: 799
    GOD thats nice !
  • Sandman1am
    Sandman1am Posts: 2,565 ✭✭
    laker1963:
    NYHCx516x:
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
    Yeah, that was last summer. I posted that picture here then.

    We actually see the Black Bears quite often. Lot's of apples and fruit trees everywhere, so they just come for the Salad Bar.

    Every once in a while we see or hear of Cougars in the area, and that is a little more alarming, as they have been known to take peoples pets from their yard.

    That particular bear is only a young one, maybe 3 years old or so.
    Holy crap there are cougars and bears in gods country! We aren't in Kansas anymore. Nice tray. I have been collecting my bands to try and do a counter top. Looks like I have a lot more smoking to do. Any idea approx. how many bands were used?
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Posts: 7,343 ✭✭✭
    laker1963:
    NYHCx516x:
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
    Yeah, that was last summer. I posted that picture here then.

    We actually see the Black Bears quite often. Lot's of apples and fruit trees everywhere, so they just come for the Salad Bar.

    Every once in a while we see or hear of Cougars in the area, and that is a little more alarming, as they have been known to take peoples pets from their yard.

    That particular bear is only a young one, maybe 3 years old or so.
    Steer them my way Doug I need a small yapping dog taken care of. Sadly the coyote's that wander around my area don't come deep enough as there are plenty of cats that piss all over my bushes and a few yapping dogs that need taken care of. Though I can get in trouble if I take care of them. But bears or cougars, that will work.
  • laker1963
    laker1963 Posts: 5,046
    Sandman1am:
    laker1963:
    NYHCx516x:
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
    Yeah, that was last summer. I posted that picture here then.

    We actually see the Black Bears quite often. Lot's of apples and fruit trees everywhere, so they just come for the Salad Bar.

    Every once in a while we see or hear of Cougars in the area, and that is a little more alarming, as they have been known to take peoples pets from their yard.

    That particular bear is only a young one, maybe 3 years old or so.
    Holy crap there are cougars and bears in gods country! We aren't in Kansas anymore. Nice tray. I have been collecting my bands to try and do a counter top. Looks like I have a lot more smoking to do. Any idea approx. how many bands were used?
    Well, I asked. I just got "the look". So I'm guessing that menas if you want to know... start counting, LOL.

    I am guessing it would be at least a couple hundred.
  • turn_key
    turn_key Posts: 90 ✭
    That's awesome!

    Actually I'm working on a collage of my own. Every time I smoke a new stick I glue the band to an 11 x 14 picture backing.

    Looks sweet.
  • cabinetmaker
    cabinetmaker Posts: 2,557 ✭✭
    That's a very nice creation! I have about 2-3 hundred or so I started saving around Christmas, was thinking of using for something like that.
  • turn_key
    turn_key Posts: 90 ✭
    I just had an idea for rings that you guys might be interested in making.

    I've noticed 3D or "floating" picture frames have become popular. I was thinking about using the bands as a background and gluing thick spacers to the back of a few pictures so they appear to float above the background. The pics could be of myself enjoying a smoke on the deck or golfing...
  • Sandman1am
    Sandman1am Posts: 2,565 ✭✭
    laker1963:
    Sandman1am:
    laker1963:
    NYHCx516x:
    stephen_hannibal:
    OK so i just clicked on it and looked through your photos... (I swear that's not weird)
    OMG! dude, that's a freaking black bear in your back yard!
    So Sweet!!!!

    Yea... i just did the same exact thing... and thought the same thing. HOLY $@#&... a black bear wanting a hit on your Padilla!!
    Yeah, that was last summer. I posted that picture here then.

    We actually see the Black Bears quite often. Lot's of apples and fruit trees everywhere, so they just come for the Salad Bar.

    Every once in a while we see or hear of Cougars in the area, and that is a little more alarming, as they have been known to take peoples pets from their yard.

    That particular bear is only a young one, maybe 3 years old or so.
    Holy crap there are cougars and bears in gods country! We aren't in Kansas anymore. Nice tray. I have been collecting my bands to try and do a counter top. Looks like I have a lot more smoking to do. Any idea approx. how many bands were used?
    Well, I asked. I just got "the look". So I'm guessing that menas if you want to know... start counting, LOL.

    I am guessing it would be at least a couple hundred.
    Not the look! Thanks
  • TatuajeVI
    TatuajeVI Posts: 2,378 ✭
    cabinetmaker:
    That's a very nice creation! I have about 2-3 hundred or so I started saving around Christmas, was thinking of using for something like that.
    You started THIS Christmas and have 2-300? lol.
  • Redtailhawkoz
    Redtailhawkoz Posts: 2,915 ✭
    very cool , my wife is just like that!
  • YankeeMan
    YankeeMan Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's really a nice piece. What type of sealant did she use?
  • laker1963
    laker1963 Posts: 5,046
    YankeeMan:
    That's really a nice piece. What type of sealant did she use?
    Water based Semi Gloss Clear Coat for hardwood floors.
  • cabinetmaker
    cabinetmaker Posts: 2,557 ✭✭
    TatuajeVI:
    cabinetmaker:
    That's a very nice creation! I have about 2-3 hundred or so I started saving around Christmas, was thinking of using for something like that.
    You started THIS Christmas and have 2-300? lol.
    That's just a low ball estimate.4-5/day x # of days/month... adds up quick.
  • cabinetmaker
    cabinetmaker Posts: 2,557 ✭✭
    laker1963:
    YankeeMan:
    That's really a nice piece. What type of sealant did she use?
    Water based Semi Gloss Clear Coat for hardwood floors.
    Good to know, solvent based would probably dissolve the inks...
  • kevster77
    kevster77 Posts: 68
    excuse my french, but that's **** awesome. the reason why I keep my bands also.
  • PuroFreak
    PuroFreak Posts: 4,124 ✭✭
    That looks awesome Laker! That is basically the same look I want to do with my bands on the top of a bar for my house. I want to build a free standing bar with bottle and glass storage underneath. The only difference is there will be a glass top over the bands on the bar. That is really cool man, and if you get tired of your wife, just send her on down here! lol She seems like an awesome woman!
  • laker1963
    laker1963 Posts: 5,046
    PuroFreak:
    That looks awesome Laker! That is basically the same look I want to do with my bands on the top of a bar for my house. I want to build a free standing bar with bottle and glass storage underneath. The only difference is there will be a glass top over the bands on the bar. That is really cool man, and if you get tired of your wife, just send her on down here! lol She seems like an awesome woman!
    A whole bar top done like this would really be incredible ! I can just see guy's sitting there while trying to find all the different bands of sticks they have enjoyed in the past.

    As far as the wife thing goes, I think I am going to hang on to her. Been together for so long now (5 years together before 25 years of marriage) that after 30 years she just fits me right. We got together when we were both 17.

    But just out of curiousity... what were you offering? LMAO
  • gmill880
    gmill880 Posts: 5,936 ✭✭
    Doug that is so awsome !!!
  • turn_key
    turn_key Posts: 90 ✭
    laker1963:
    PuroFreak:
    That looks awesome Laker! That is basically the same look I want to do with my bands on the top of a bar for my house. I want to build a free standing bar with bottle and glass storage underneath. The only difference is there will be a glass top over the bands on the bar. That is really cool man, and if you get tired of your wife, just send her on down here! lol She seems like an awesome woman!
    A whole bar top done like this would really be incredible ! I can just see guy's sitting there while trying to find all the different bands of sticks they have enjoyed in the past.

    As far as the wife thing goes, I think I am going to hang on to her. Been together for so long now (5 years together before 25 years of marriage) that after 30 years she just fits me right. We got together when we were both 17.

    But just out of curiousity... what were you offering? LMAO
    There is a local B&M that has a few tall cocktail tables that the owner did that. He glued the bands down then poured epoxy over the top to create a bar finish. It does look sharp.
  • dennisking
    dennisking Posts: 3,703 ✭✭✭
    That's a really nice tray. Nice work on the part of the Mrs.
  • alienmisprint
    alienmisprint Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭
    Bad ass Doug. I have two collages framed, one of several of the cigars I smoked on the way back to America from Iraq (the only band in it that was smoked in America is the first cigar I smoked when we landed for a little lay-over in Alaska), and one of all cigars I smoked in Hawaii. I plan to do a frame for each state I live in, lol.

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