Never made ornaments before. The red one is my first. Not happy with the finials. The green one is my second. I like the green one being a little more squatty and like the finials better. Still a work in progress.

I told Lew this in another post, I wish I could stuff I was unhappy with that's as nice as those. They look fine (even excellent) to me.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Rusty. From here in the frozen, snow covered tundra of Indiana, both are beautiful to me. I really like the red one and particularly the finials. Ya' did good...real good.

Like them both, Rusty! I think the green finial is a little more delicate.

I'll have to see f I can find it again, but, someone did all of the ration calculations for Cindy Drozda's finials and put them in a spreadsheet.

They look great!!!!

We are our own worst critics ya know.

I have done a lot of ornaments, would be proud to call those mine. Very nice!

if those are the first I can't wait to see what's next, they always get better, and i can't see anything wrong with those. globes are shaped near perfect, finials are delicate, offer them as a gift and I'll bet they don't come home, that's how I determine if mine are good enough 🙂, kudos to you sir truly fine work. I would appreciate knowing what wood is in the red one tia.

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Ornaments are a favorite of mine. I like those.

13 hours ago, Rusty S said:

if those are the first I can't wait to see what's next, they always get better, and i can't see anything wrong with those. globes are shaped near perfect, finials are delicate, offer them as a gift and I'll bet they don't come home, that's how I determine if mine are good enough 🙂, kudos to you sir truly fine work. I would appreciate knowing what wood is in the red one tia.

Sorry I forgot to put that in my post. The globes are Autumn olive and the finials are maple. I bought some wood dye and have been wanting to try it. I got a bunch of autumn olive from a friend, it is all 2” to 3” in diameter and around 3’ long. I don’t think is is good for anything else, maybe trees. Thank you for the kind words.

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The finials look great to me . The only note to me is length which is a personal preference and looog and thin can lead to damage. You done great especially for the first. I think I blew up the first two or three I did.

19 hours ago, Gerald said:

The finials look great to me . The only note to me is length which is a personal preference and looog and thin can lead to damage. You done great especially for the first. I think I blew up the first two or three I did.

I went with the 1/3, 2/3’s rule. The globe is 1/3 and the finial is 2/3.

You do good work you deserve good words.

4 minutes ago, RustyFN said:

I went with the 1/3, 2/3’s rule. The globe is 1/3 and the finial is 2/3.

Those are pretty nice Rusty! I like the green one better as well.