Golf Ball Card Holder

I needed to come up with a way to display my business cards for a local golf shop that will be selling some of my carved golf ball products. Today, I quickly whipped this up:

I simply gouged out a space through the center of the golf ball to place the cards in, then did a little bit of decorative carving to give it a nicer appearance. To keep the ball steady, I glued it to a bottle cap. I plan to do something a little nicer shortly, but this will do for now, as the shop needed something made up fairly quickly.

Butterfly on Flower... Finished!

Well, except for the varnish, this little guy is all done. Again, I'm sorry I don't have the greatest pictures. I'm using my computer's camera, which isn't the best. However, I think you'll still enjoy the look of this butterfly:

Butterfly on Stand

A close-up of the antennae

The antennae are the only part that are not carved out of the original golf ball. I find antennae are too delicate to carve, and to be perfectly honest, I just don't have the patience to make sure I get them right. Instead, I molded the antennae from black-colored Sculpey clay, and baked them in a 275-degree F oven for five minutes. I used white glue to attach them.

The golf ball stand is homemade, using corkboard, a self-adhesive fake grass tile, and a golf tee. I found both the corkboard and grass at a local dollar store, and the golf tee is from Wal-Mart. I attached the grass to the cork, used an exacto knife to cut the board into squares, and inserted the golf tee into the center of the square. I then used a glue gun to securely attach the tee in place.

~Karen V.
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Golf Ball: Butterfly on Flower Day 2

In my second day of carving this golf ball, I finished the basic carving. Here's how it looks from the front:

And here's how it looks at the back:

Now all that's left to do is paint it, varnish it, and add a pair of antennae. I'll use Sculpey clay to make the antennae. It will be a few more days before I get around to painting. I like to wait until I have four or five golf balls ready to be painted, and do them all at once. I'll keep you up to date, though, with other projects on the go!

~Karen V.
www.etsy.com/shop/thewhittlethings