Trying to Fit Whittling into a Busy Schedule

After a summer of laziness and not whittling much, I'm now dealing with a semester of heavy homework and little to no time to whittle (the only time I get a full night's sleep is on the weekends). So  the specialty hall where I'm living is doing a fundraiser, I decide to cram in as much whittling as I can. I planned, despite my horrendous schedule, to carve four wands, two dice, three necklaces, and a rune set.

All that I completed was a necklace and a die. 

So I was far from my goal, but you know what? I made awesome things. I whittled, and that's good enough for me. Now let me show you these wonderful things:

This involved a wood tile, a necklace, and an earring hook. My first step was use my woodburning pen to etch out the tree design on the wooden tile, then so the second step of drilling a hole in the top where I could put the earring hook through. Between those steps, acrylic sealer was applied. After the earring hook was sent through the hole, I used pliers to bend the tip upward so that it formed a loop. The pliers were then used to separate the top circle so that I could put it on the necklace, completing the whole craft. It sold for $2 at the fundraiser. 

This die simply involved a wood block, a sanding pad, my woodburning pen, and the acrylic sealer. This is a very simple craft that a lot of beginning whittlers can do, especially when they need to whip up a quick one in time for a fundraiser. All that was needed was sanding down the edges and rounding them out to make it easy for the die to roll. Then, woodburn the dots on each face. When finished, apply sealer and you have a nice, simple, and fun craft. This sold for $1.

So despite my busy schedule, I managed to make two things and help out my hallway. And yesterday, I completed another die, which I gave to my mother, and am working on another necklace for my friend since today is her birthday. As for the things that were not completed, they're now on my ever-growing list of projects. I'm excited to do the rune set, but that will have to wait until a holiday break or be a slow process.