I can now say I have been.
A group of girlfriends went with me to a woodworking sale at the prison in a neighboring town.
The inmates work with wood in a vocational rehabilitation program and then the items are sold to the public for the cost of the wood.
Good deals are found.
This fairly elaborate birdhouse was $60.
$35 for the barn birdhouse
This lidded box
with removable tray was $15
The inlaid, cedar-lined blanket chest...
$78
Next sale is in April!
Pretty awesome! Did you get anything?
ReplyDeleteWow. That is amazing woodwork. I hope you snatched up one of those wonderful works!
ReplyDeleteI am morbidly curious about anything involving prisons and prisoners, so this is too cool for me!
ReplyDeleteThe work is gorgeous too, I hope you bought lots of stuff.
Sounds like a good program - inmates learn a skill and keep busy doing something productive. I'm surprised the items aren't sold for more to help pay for part of the cost of their incarceration...
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the lidded boxes! Did you treat yourself?
ReplyDeleteThe boxes.....
ReplyDeleteI love boxes
The chest looks great. If I were in jail, (again), I would make the chest and dream of escaping inside it, but, of course, I would wisely go back to my cell and continue trying to be a "good" prisonner.
ReplyDeleteI love that first chairs and table set! Stunning!
ReplyDeletewow...they are all beautifully made and affordable too :)
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