A number of years ago I restored an antique cherry dresser that has been in my family for over 250 years. Its not the fanciest thing — it is Quaker, and typically plain in construction — but it has a lot of personal history. One of the things I needed to do was replace a few boards that were shot beyond repair, but I saved those pieces for a rainy day. Thus the ornament, which I gave to my dad for Christmas last year. I thought it was a fitting gift, especially since I was able to use his antique scroll saw to cut it.Mostly what I discovered in making this video is that it is not so much about the ornament as it is about the joy of building stuff by hand.
If you would like to make a scroll sawn ornament like this one, I have updated my design for this year. Feel free to download the PDF and give it a shot. I think it looks trickier than the 09 version, but 1 and 0 were a bit more difficult to work into a scroll saw pattern.
I dare you to not tap your toe to the song though! (FYI: Its Say Hey, by Michael Franti and Spearhead.)
