Reclaimed Wood Animal Friend Silhouettes

Have I ever mentioned that I love to recycle? It definitely drives my husband nuts, as he thinks I over-do it. I mean, I don't put the ziploc bags in the dishwasher?!? (I clean them by hand.) And I will find uses for pickle jars, store my spools of ribbon on my plate holder, and rarely forget re-useable grocery bags.

So when I create something new, by recycling wood, well, that just makes me happy! And these little animal friends of mine are just so damned cute, you should be smiling too!

I only got as far as the dog and hedgehog, but I'm bound to add more to the little zoo.

I have to give tons of credit to Sand and Sisal, this wonderful blog that I discovered on Hometalk. I saw her amazing shark pallet art and HAD to create something of my own. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

Each one of these little guys was made with deconstructed pallet wood. After blowing up the images, and creating them into line drawings, I traced around them on the wood. Using my handy-dandy scroll saw, I cut out the negative space. Then each piece of wood was glued and nailed to a support piece. The support piece is about an inch thick, giving the silhouette some depth.

I love the character in each piece of wood. I also tried to keep the nail heads in place, when possible. This gives it such a rustic quality. Each piece was sealed with polyurethane, then waxed for that great hand-wax lustre and feel.