Friday, December 18, 2009

2009 Santa's 46,47

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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

2009 Santa's 44,45

2009 Santa's 44, 45




2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

2009 Santa's 39,40,41,42,43

2009 Santa's 39,40,41,42,43






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2009 Santa
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

2009 Santa's 35,36,37,38

2009 Santa's 35,36,37,38







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2009 Santa
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Bows were inspired by my
Granddaughter,
Jacey.
She thought that Santa should have bows - "right there"!



Tuesday, December 1, 2009

2009 Santa's 32,33,34

2009 Santa's 32,33,34



2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa's 28,29,30,31

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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa's 24,25,26,27

2009 Santa's 24,25,26,27







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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

2009 Santa 23





2009 Santa
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"Prairie Dust"



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Santa #23 has been named
the Prairie Dust Santa.
The Creation of this 2009 Santa
was photographed by
Dave Leiker.
Dave's Web Site
is Prairie Dust
in which the slide show of this Santa is in the
Prairie Pathways category of his gallery.
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Dave is a Professional Photographer and a Great Friend.
He spent 9 to 10 hours with me in my Woodcarving Studio
photographing these pictures for this Slide Show.
A Special Thanks to Dave Leiker
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Dave's Gallery may be viewed here . . .

http://www.prairiepathways.com/PrairieDust/


2009 Santa's 19,20,21,22

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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

2009 Santa's 15,16,17,18

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2009 Santa's 11,12,13,14

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

2009 Santa's 6,7,8,9,10

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2009 Santa
#10

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Child playing
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa's 1,2,3,4 & 5

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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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2009 Santa
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Friday, November 6, 2009

THE 2009 SANTA HAS BEEN CREATED

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View the Creation of the 2009 Santa
by clicking on the link below.
A Special Thank You to
Dave Leiker
Dave is a Professional Photographer and a Great Friend.
He spent 9 to 10 hours with me in my Woodcarving Studio
photographing these pictures for this Slide Show.
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The above photo is by Dave Leiker
You will enjoy visiting Dave's website

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

CREATING THE 2009 SANTA

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Christmas is Coming!
The Creation of the 2009 Santa is in PROGRESS!



32007 Santa
Each Santa was different, but they all had glasses that frosted over because of Santa's wild Christmas Eve ride delivering presents through a stormy Christmas Evening and Christmas Morning. Although his glasses were all frosted over he was still going strong and he was already looking forward to the next year.



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The 2008 Santa Ornament was inspired by the words from
The Night Before Christmas which reads,
"A stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth…"
Each Santa had a pipe and they were all different.

2009 SANTA! HELP, WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE?

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Scroll down for the story "Creating the 2009 Santa
I have 50 Santa's to make by the first week of December
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My first idea was a Winking Santa! No!

Second one was a Child Santa! No!

Third one was a Mrs. Santa! No!


Time is running out!

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Keep checking for a new idea for the 2009 Santa!

DECISIONS! DECISIONS! WHAT WILL THE 2009 SANTA BE?

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Santa Idea #4
What will it be?

I keep thinking about a Mrs. Santa Claus for the 2009 Santa.
Perhaps it could be the "Welcome Home" theme,
with Mrs. Santa Welcoming home Santa Claus!



3Santa with the back of Mrs. Santa's
hair?
That doesn't tell the story.
No!


Santa with Mrs. Santa4
embracing him? Nope!
That would take too much time.
Doing 50 Santa's like this?
Naw!



Oh! My! I have an order for 50 Santa's!
What will the 2009 Santa be?

Saturday, October 24, 2009

WINKING SANTA

A decision must be made.
What is the theme for the 2009 Santa?

A Winking Santa?















Santa is winking but some work needs to be done.
Well, sometimes a wood carver just has to do . . .
. . . what a woodcarver has to do.
This woodcarver had not carved a winking Santa before.
When you wink, what does it do to your face?
To your eye brows?
To your cheeks?
To your smile?
To your mustache?
To your winking eye?
Nothing else to do, but to see for myself - on myself.













Too many variables!
I decided to put the Winking Santa idea aside.

CHILD SANTA

How about a child Santa
with a
beard tied to the side of his cap?













That isn't a "True Santa"! Another idea tossed.











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The Creation of the 2009 Santa is at work.
Keep watching!