YEAH!

Sue

Good job Flamey. My dad loved to crack their black walnuts, and pick the meat out of them. It was his 'therapy'. He'd set for hours, in their big Morten Bld. and do this. His hands would be stained for a long time.
Leslie

Flamey, you are hopelessly gifted and creative, but I like you, anyway. Well, sometimes........LOL

The suspense is killin' me, lady ... please tell me you're not going to make us wait until DECEMBER to see what this year's ornies are???? Will you post a picture of what they're gonna be?

Thanks, Sue and Leslie! Leslie, I like doing repetitive things like that, too, but not if it stains my hands. lol

Coral, the feeling is neutral. lol (That's an expression my Pops came out with, one day, and we kept it.)

Stoney, I saw an ornament made from a walnut shell and it was a little ship with sails and masts, flags, etc. I'm going to take that idea and put my own spin on it and make little pirate ships. I haven't gotten them all thought out yet, but I'll probably work on that maybe in Feb or March. I promise, I won't make you wait until Dec! (Unless they're hideous, in which case you'll never see them!)

I baked and split the rest of my walnuts, now I have at least 50 halves to choose from, yay! And all the nut meat is picked out, so I have a year's worth of walnuts in the freezer, too. (I prefer pecans, so I don't need many to last a year.)

Thanks again! I'm happy to have the main ingredient of my ornament ready to use!

Oh my word ... itty bitty pirate's ships? They're going to be the cutest things ever. Thanks for not making us (me) wait!

They're going to be WONDERFUL! I don't think you're capable of making anything hideous.

Congratulations! Glad it went so easy. My favorite nuts are cashews and pecans, but I love walnuts in brownies and chocolate chip cookies!

I was hoping you would tell us what you were going to make...sounds like fun to me

Thanks, thanks! I'm practically giddy with excitement over having a fun, new little project, isn't that goofy? lol

I had an idea- get 24 empty 16 or 20 oz clear soda bottles- the plastic ones. Cut a slit, bend it open, put in shredded blue paper, nestle into that one little ship, seal it shut with a cork. Presentation, baby! A ship ornie in a bottle.

I need to look at the recycle bin for empties!

Flamingo, you've just GOT to see this:

http://www.make-stuff.com/projects/walnut_flamingo.html

ttt for Flamingo

Linda, that's the one I saw the other day and asked FlamingO if she was going to make those. She didn't reply so I figured it was a secret. :) Now we know what she's making and who knows, she may try those as well. Aren't they cute!!

Here is a link that might be useful: flamingos from walnuts

I saw those the other day, Lindas. lol No, I'm not making them, they would be wasted on my ornament group, they don't know I'm really a flamingo in a secret life. They're cute, though, aren't they? And very clever.

I'm sorry I forgot to answer you, LindaMscsippy. I certainly meant to. I got caught up, I guess, in all the frustration of trying to break walnuts without ruining them.

O M GOSH!! Pirate ships!? ::Fainting from the cuteness::

Flamey, you are so talented! I can't wait to see these things!

Blessings!
Haley :D

Ummmm I think we need to tell your group that you are a flamingo. LOL

They really are cute, but I know your ships will be too. Can't wait to see them.

I searched for "walnut shell crafts" and look what I found, a Flamingo! Do you have any halves that make a whole shell?

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: Flamingo

Should have read more of the follow ups, now I wonder if Flamingo will try those pink birds.

Did find lots of crafts made of walnut shells and now we know how to get them opened, well I have halved them with a thin edged knife years ago, just didn't know to bake them first.

Sue

I know I have several sets that would match up if I tried them on each other, it would probably take hours to do that, though. Right now they're all mixed up in a bag. I should have taped them together in their pairs just in case, huh? lol Well, I like a good puzzle.

I liked the craft that made the walnut a little presentation box for a small gift. I think you could fashion a hinge and a latch on one, too, to make it open/closeable. Oooh- pirates need treasure chests! lol I think I WILL be matching up my halves now.

***waving a paper in Haley's face, wake up, hon, wake up!* rofl

Flamey, your talents are something to admire for sure, but your patience..oh my..now that is a treasure! :)

Wish projects like this could get me going like it does you, lucky Bird. :)

Do you think we can make a little, tiny Johnny Depp to put inside :o)