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[HobbyHuntress]

I just have to add a bit of glitter. Yes boys, I am glittering up the boys' club! Ha! No, I am not some crazy feminist trying to make some kind of a statement...lol I just like gold, glitter, and wandering through creeks and muck. Christmas season has already started for me. I have a lot of work to do between now and Thanksgiving.

This is the gold panning Christmas ornament I'm working on. Bought the 4" pan from Cabela's on Friday, drilled a hole near the edge and loaded it up with "nuggets"

 

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[HobbyHuntress]

, already taken!

Woman with tools and knows how to use them = Marry!

Haha! You got that right! My husband is not allowed to touch my tools. If you don't know how to use 'em, paws off! I'm also a better shot than him... I think that whole "damsel in distress" thing does not fit my personality. I'd be the one saving his tail!!

No lie - he held up the angle grinder (minus the blade) and asked if it was the hammer drill. Then I said "are you sure you are your father's son??" My FIL is a contractor... I do it all here, concrete work, trim, partially remodeled my bathroom myself (stopped b/c I don't like the travertine in there - too dark), and I used to own my own custom furniture business. I don't do roofing... no thank you. I'd rather have a pro up there.

 

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[HobbyHuntress]

I bow to you Madam
And it seems I am full of fertilizer

Smart man, I like fertilizer. Makes my roses grow like crazy.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

Your onto something good there HH, Last Christmas I searched all over the web and many stores in CA gold country and couldn't find anything like this and was shocked that no one makes anything like this, someone could make some $ selling these im sure!. My daughter overheard me me talking about it and took it upon herself to make me one for Christmas and it was the best gift I got!

She even used some of her real gold she panned out on one of our trips out together, what a sweetheart!

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That's lovely!!! I can't believe she used real gold! Wow! She is a sweetheart! It looks like she used Sculpey clay (great stuff!)

 

[HobbyHuntress]

For anyone that's interested in doing this themselves, I used a 50/50 mix of outdoor gold acrylic paint from Walmart (patio paint) and Martha Stewart (from Michael's) gold acrylic paint on the nuggets. If you buy a mini pan kit from Cabelas, you get a 4" mini pan, a few little pickers, and a glass vial for $12. Not a bad deal. I've spent MUCH more than that on a Christmas ornament before. Fishing line or a paperclip (even spool wire for soldering) works great as a hanger, but I used kitchen string tied off and looped thru.

Now if I could only make a highbanker or a sluice ornament...

Christmas is my thing! I also give gift ideas for the wife at no charge! lol

 

[Au dave]

No, sir, you are a lunatic for not wanting one for your tree

I grew up with a male cousins and I was a boxing trainer for a bunch of boys and "adult" men. I made men cry on a daily basis. You don't phase me one bit. lol My skin is thicker than most - heck, even my close friends ask my husband "you know you married a boy, right?" even though I am all female - always have been, always will be. I just have a lot of non-girly hobbies. My woodshop puts home depot to shame. I own more tools than every man I know combined, and I can use them, and no, they are not pink, but my miter saw table is!

Good onya HH my wife is the same...can use anything in the workshop and is not scared to grab the chainsaw and cut a load of wood - even splits it...puts alot of blokes I know to shame ..

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[bill from lachine]

HobbyHuntress,

My wife tends to be a Jill of all trades....she does decorative painting and teaches also as well as repairs of all sorts.

She's got a kick on doing colored pencil drawings these days....here's one of her latest efforts.

Regards + HH

Bill

HobbyHuntress,

You go girl you sound like my wife...lol....

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[kcm]

Wow! That's nice!!

 

[HobbyHuntress]

That's gorgeous!

 

[bill from lachine]

HobbyHuntress,

Now if I could figure how to post the picture right side up I'd be in business....lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

That's gorgeous!

 

[beerguy]

I do it all here, concrete work, trim, partially remodeled my bathroom myself (stopped b/c I don't like the travertine in there - too dark), and I used to own my own custom furniture business.

I like this girl...

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

Now if I could only make a highbanker or a sluice ornament...

Any good hobby shop. Hobby lobby. Not sure about Micheals.

Some sheet for troughs, wire mesh for riffles and grizzly. Round rod for legs.

 

[Oregon Viking]

I just have to add a bit of glitter. Yes boys, I am glittering up the boys' club! Ha! No, I am not some crazy feminist trying to make some kind of a statement...lol I just like gold, glitter, and wandering through creeks and muck. Christmas season has already started for me. I have a lot of work to do between now and Thanksgiving.

This is the gold panning Christmas ornament I'm working on. Bought the 4" pan from Cabela's on Friday, drilled a hole near the edge and loaded it up with "nuggets"

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That..... Is cool....
Buy some Almond Roca. The gold foil can be twisted, bent , shaped to look just like gold nuggets/leaf.
It's been done here, somewhere....

Don't pay any attention to Jeff G.... We don't!

 

[HobbyHuntress]

HobbyHuntress,

Now if I could figure how to post the picture right side up I'd be in business....lol.

Regards + HH

Bill

Try cropping it just a little. Sometimes that usually does the trick on vbulletin forums.

Any good hobby shop. Hobby lobby. Not sure about Micheals.

Some sheet for troughs, wire mesh for riffles and grizzly. Round rod for legs.

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Excellent! I have loads of mesh in different sizes. Destroyed some pasta strainers to make my "hobo highbanker". Didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Really sucked actually.

That..... Is cool....
Buy some Almond Roca. The gold foil can be twisted, bent , shaped to look just like gold nuggets/leaf.
It's been done here, somewhere....

Don't pay any attention to Jeff G.... We don't!

Thanks! That's sounds more sturdy than painting leaves or aluminum foil - I'll have to give that a shot

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

Excellent! I have loads of mesh in different sizes. Destroyed some pasta strainers to make my "hobo highbanker". Didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. Really sucked actually.

Goodwill you say?

 

[kevinR]

Thats great work! It really looks good.

 

[magrudersGold]

Pretty cool