Diary of a Wood Artist

Where to start….?

Since this is my first ever blog post let me take a step back and tell you a little about me. I am a 48 year old mother of 2 and I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 28 years. I am a nurse by day and a wood artist by night and most weekends.

I honestly didn’t know I was artsy actually. I do have another creative outlet (crochet) but I got the bug for woodworking a couple of years ago when I redid the stairs in our home.

The beginning…

I started out by replacing the wood rails with wrought iron and it was a fun task. However, when we pulled carpet on the stairs I was surprised to find only the risers were real wood and our builder had used something else for the rest of the steps. Since it was some kind of board (at the time I didn’t know what it was called) but it was not smooth and looked awful. I tried paint and a printed vinyl sticker but both options didn’t work.

While I felt accomplished I also felt like a failure because I had no idea what do next. I set out to learn some woodworking basics. That sent me down the rabbit hole of the internet for several months until I finally found a course to learn some basics. (I will talk more about that course in a later post).

Fast forward…

2 years and here I am about to start on the next step of my woodworking journey… a blog and a website.

Walnut Mosaics is my business and my website name (which I am still working on). And my blog….. well since you found me I hope you will come back and follow me at Diary of a Wood Artist. I hope to share some of the things I’ve learned a long the way, share some tips, learn a little and have some fun. I hope you will send me your questions, suggested topics and share your woodworking tips along the way. Until next time….

Elizabeth