DIY Primitive Rolling Pin Holder

I've been making a few wood crafts lately. Well, trying to. And here's my latest one. 

It's a rolling pin holder. 

I had an idea for it when flipping through a magazine and saw a similar one. But that one had a heck of a price tag. And I immediately thought, "I wander if I could make that?"

So I just looked at the pic, which is actually quite different, but has the basic same "bone structure." Then I drew out a sketch directly onto the wood for the first side, (that holds the pins.) Then I cut it out with my band saw thing. 

Make sure to lay the pin in the grooves to get a good deep sitting that will fit before you finish!

 Then it was easy to just lay that piece directly on top of the other side and trace it, so that they would be the exact same. Then I just played with different sizes of wood for the top until I got it looking how I wanted it.

I used finishing type nails to construct it, so that they weren't be that visible. Then I painted it a basic black and added a cute stenciled saying, "Primitives, Blessings from our past."

I priced this for $24.99 in my Peddlers Mall booth, but then I brought it back home the following day. I didn't want to part with it. lol. I now am using it to hold my "Vintage" styled rolling pins. 

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Happy Crafting Ya'll!
See ya next time,

~Lisa

PRIMITIVE BLACK DESK

Sadly, I only have my "after" photo to share.
I won this cute little child sized desk at an auction for only $4.00!

I got in way to big of a hurry to paint it and totally forgot all about the "before" photo.
But let me tell you,  before, it was an ugly, dark reddish-brown color.

I painted it in a flat black and then took some sand paper and roughed up the edges.
I wanted to give it a worn look in the places that may have been touched a lot during the days.

and added a cute saying, "Primitives, Blessings from our past."

Price: $24.99 SOLD in my Booth#555.
THANK YOU!