I Turned a Bunch of Sticks into a Bouquet of Flowers -Fun and Easy Project that Anyone Can Do

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[@michaeltitmus4073]

It must feel great to have inspired so many people 👏 Thank you

[@ginabirks4910]

I think those flowers look fantastic in your vase, so original and really appreciate you showing us how you made them. Love the outdoor setting too.

[@CaptJohn-op3bf]

Very cool Doug! And just FYI. You got me started in carving 5 years ago when I stumbled across one of your videos. Ive dated every one of my dozens and dozens of carvings (many given to friends and family) and its amazing how far I've come along. (And how many knives and gouges of every sort I've collected along the way - ha ha!). 70 now and hope I have a few years left, its been one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done. Thanks Brother stay well!

[@nicola_3viso]

Love this project, thanks for sharing Doug.

[@paulkemp6459]

Doug, you have such a beautiful place to enjoy being outside and carving. I love that you brought your gnome house along on the journey, it seems like an appropriate place for it. It is always a pleasure to watch your videos,. Hope all of your family, are doing well. Thanks as always for sharing. 👍🏼

[@kerrylevitt7780]

Absolutely beautiful Doug!!! Precious gift 💐

[@cbart3634]

ive been making flowers like this for years. its really easy and you can make them anytime sitting around.

[@allisonwoods6161]

What a fabulous idea. Thank you. Great to make whilst sitting around the fire enjoying nature 😊

[@tonyjoe5707]

Love this. I've never seen them done before. Thank you Doug 👍

[@robertcornelius3514]

Way cool. Love your backyard workshop.

[@joyhaynes7844]

They’re absolutely lovely! I love when you carve outside!! Great as always! Happy upcoming holidays !

[@KevinHampton-i7b]

Great video, loved it. Thanks Doug

[@sandrathomson1084]

Thanks for sharing with us Doug. Love and Appreciate What You Do. Stay Safe. ♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Moira-h3n]

WOW Doug, you are so creative and I love that you use the 'mocca' (that's what we call the coffee pot in Italy) and ILLA caffe'! Best Italian coffee ever :) Another great creation. Thanks for sharing. Willow grows everywhere in Alaska and the moose love it but there is loads so this will be cool to try.

[@Cooks-carvings]

Thanks for sharing. I started watching your videos about 4 years ago and followed pictorials and started carving and love it. Thanks again.

[@Ss-mh5wi]

They are so beautiful...❤ bought some 20 years ago from a young girl who was making them on a sidewalk in Spain...and they are still beautiful. 👍😁

[@natalierichardson7672]

Love this! What a beautiful transformation for a weed.

[@Alberto1993]

Thank you uncle Doug, really loving the flowers! Will give it a try!

[@tomevans4402]

Oh my gosh, what a fun carve. I’m stink hunting now and probably for ever😂. Thank you

[@bernadettesjones9142]

Love his❤❤

[@wattsnex2725]

My wife saw these while I was watching, and I am now tasked with making a bouquet for her and one for her sister…unluckily I actually have the dried sticks for it too..

[@kathydulyea-qw6gu]

I like the flowers. Great idea ♥️

[@martybauer9420]

That is so cool and looks like fun to do. Good looking result too.

[@fizzypop8562]

Cool project Doug. I really like your carving spot with all your other carvings around you.

[@timothypwagner]

Pretty cool project!

[@JonPittman-e8c]

Very nice and beautiful bunch of flowers 💐 Just a thought you could do the same process for an cheerleader

[@medicus5565]

Thanks for the video, Doug. A great idea to pass the time while camping.

[@awhinathan614]

Nice work. They look awesome.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

Another great idea. They'd make a nice addition to Christmas decorations, too..!

[@TomWindeknecht]

Those are pretty! I like your mix of natural and colorful ones.

[@2duser2]

Great project. something different and interesting. thanks for sharing.

[@garypaulson5202]

Wow, that came out great!

[@mrs.americanmade7452]

Good to see Our Master Carver again! You have helped sooooo many people Doug, God Bless you.....Absolutley Beautiful and creative!!!!!

[@Jeffrose_]

Great stuff. I've binge watched many of your videos in the past week. I'm currently waiting on my Mora 106 in the mail. I can't wait to get started.

[@johnwyman5939]

Cool idea.. Nice job on video.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍🏻👍🏻

[@gracegene4253]

Awesome!

[@6bluestrings]

Thank You Doug.

[@fouroakscrafts7240]

Very cool Doug! I've got to try this.

[@beverlydeardurff5366]

I've got some of those flowers. I've got a couple of whittling books that show how to carve rooster feathers. We had some trees cut down because they were dead. One was by our house in-between the propane tank and the generator. The others were birch trees. I moved cut up trunk and branches and noticed some were the end ones. I had an aha moment that I could whittle these in to feathers. Your campsite reminds of the area that surrounds our house. We have a fire pit and I've thought about camping out on our lawn. Primitively.

[@BobCraymer]

thanks great idea Doug

[@WoodchipWhittler]

So creative!! Love how you set the scene with the gnome house etc for the video! Looks like fun little project. Thanks for sharing Doug!!

[@phyllisrambo3100]

Love it! Great ideal, thank you again.

[@markroach4822]

Pretty neat project 😎

[@midnight4540]

Fantastic idea thanks and take care!!

[@andi_woodpecker1234]

Very nice Idea - thank you for this Video - I think the next walk with my dog I make a visit in the forest ❤

[@RobCarr-c9g]

Thanks Doug. Great video and fantastic idea for Christmas. Looking forward to the next video.

[@tinagibbs618]

😃xx Great video.Awesome.

[@noelharpenau9223]

Great idea,another great video

[@jerrytoler9789]

WOW, amazing!

[@H2oBubbls]

Beautiful!!! How fun!

[@W.C.R.-jm3fb]

Thank you! Very cool.

[@mohammedshehadeh9943]

My favourite content to learn carving, if possible, please use metric system also.

[@ronmccarty7537]

VERY COOL! THANKS DOUG!

[@jwatt65]

Looks like fun...thanks!

[@leonmorgans4250]

This looks interesting. Will watch later 👍

[@ga5743]

Was just thinking about you today, thanks for another cool project.

[@patrickdevos-e7w]

het weer een topper dank linker

[@BrLambert]

I love it. I dry flowers I receive and they look like dried mums only nicer

[@sheilam4964]

Very lovely. Thx.

[@ccarbe3878]

Great idea

[@TheLidlClan]

I made these approx 3 monthes ago great fun Hazel and willow work well. A shave horse and drawknife works well as Doug said.

[@tjkoker]

Nicely done, Douglas. This is the first carving of a flower video I've seen. Gonna give it a whirl. Looks medium/hard difficulty. I'll be sure to give myself a full week for a small bouquet. Great job. Cheers!

[@bigjoe8922]

Nice video thanks

[@22ceedee]

good job Doug . I do make a whole bouquet of flowers at one sitting , but I do use a shave hourse that I made and a flexcut draw knife . works great as you mentioned . yes one or two at a time with just the knife as you also said . they are pretty and people sure do enjoy them . they make a great gift .you did a very good job using just a knife . by the way that Mora 106 has the perfect bevel and sharpnes for doing these flowers . It was made for taking shavings like this off of spoon handles . your Bouquet looks lovely ..... who you giving that one too ??? wink wink .

[@markuseckl7505]

🇩🇪 hey this is great idea!

[@MysterJ91]

Yay! I can't wait to do this. I wish I could share this project with you I'm working on. I'd love insight and advice from you.

[@miniwetwegrow8564]

Amazing.

[@Gratandinorr]

Like Like Like it Doug from Skandinavia

[@marcvick8113]

Enjoyed this video. Oh, and I did look up the archaic term for a “bundle of sticks”. Thought for sure you were going to ask all of us to put this word at the start of our comments!

[@dougLinker]

that would be too much lol

[@scotttatlock3188]

Whew! You made this video just in time! I have a load of sticks I trimmed off our tree that I was going to haul off to the woods to get rid of. That is t a pile of sticks! It’s now a pile of flowers! Good and dry too!

[@mikemcguire8351]

Nice!

[@mkl80]

Now those are some manly flowers.

[@jeffs2905]

Thanks Doug. It looks so easy even I can do it 😂. I hope I get a kiss from the wifey!

[@paulnagtzaam914]

Dear Doug your freedom of speech dosn`t stop where there feeling`s begin.love the flower`s

[@sunbunny1236]

You rock 👍👁🦉👁

[@beardbooze]

Love it, Doug! Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you don't do much chainsaw carving anymore (or do you?) Do you prefer the knives and handtools? Just curious. I just realized today you had some older chainsaw videos because you mention it in your tree 1x1 video, so I searched for it. Either way, love it all! Thanks

[@dougLinker]

Just too many directions to go with limited time -I’ll stick with simple

[@walterbarrett2462]

Doug, do you have to use willow or will other woods work?

[@rhondachung4540]

🥰

[@TopNotchWhittles]

Hey Doug, you should crate a 1x1 elephant tutorial. I’ve got a few folks on my tik tok wanting me to carve one and I don’t really know how I’d go about it.

[@JohnJude-dp6ed]

I'm good but some people shouldn't be drilling towards the other hand holding the wood.I remember you are an experienced carpenter and you make it look easy but I'm thinking about the fool I know almost lost his finger in a circular saw . Just like everyone to enjoy our crafts. I've got a willow tree and lots of 1.5 sticks of one season growth so I should try this project . Great choice of knive. Thanks

[@Gam3Junkie]

Beautiful stuff! Will most dried sticks do or should it be a specific type?

[@dougLinker]

I think most would work -i might avoid super heavy grains but even then you could problaby make work

[@Gam3Junkie]

@@dougLinker Thank you Doug! God bless.

[@johnconklin9039]

Another great project Doug, thank you. Do you know if any other species of tree works?

[@dougLinker]

For sure -i would just stay away from super grainy woods but even then I’m sure you could make it work

[@dave0sparky0matkin]

Thanks Doug great video As ever! What’s the name we can’t use?

[@MrLupus2011]

Gypsy but i cant see why. my ex wife's family were Romani Gypsy and refer to them self's as such. and faggot of sticks was a common term where i grew up.

[@daryldawe3943]

Beautiful video! What kind of twig stove was that? It looked rather large but I don’t know if it was the angle.

[@dougLinker]

Yes its a bushcraft essentials xxl Bushbox

[@Adamastor00]

Absolutelly gorgeous. Can you show please how you made the vase?

[@dougLinker]

Seriously i just drilled a hole in a piece of firewood lol

[@Adamastor00]

​@@dougLinker What drill did you use? That thing is massive! 8)

[@barbarahansen674]

Could you recommend any other wood , since I don’t have willow by me .

[@jackhaynes9864]

If you use red cedar you don't have to wait for the wood dry.

[@elcazador9963]

Hi Doug! Random question. I am interested in getting a bench grinder. More so for stropping. I have been using a homemade strop, but like to be a lil more efficient and get results. Looking at harbor freight products. Do u recommend a m8n/max rpm or horse power machine?

[@dougLinker]

i recommend nothing lol as i'm using the wrong one myself -mine is full speed ahead and i'd really like something i can control the speed

[@MôHìnhGỗ]

[@user-qjvqfjv]

You might even say... a bundle of sticks.

[@Arkadiosjiujitsu]

Bundle of sticks lol

[@sand3882]

Will they curl back up as the painted ones dry?

[@dougLinker]

Nope those are coloured a few days back

[@gregpassmore7716]

Will pine work ok

[@andrewsomers8474]

what other wood can I use. I tried one and it didn't work out

[@817Thrifter]

Do you still sell the whittled carving of yourself shirt?

[@kentwhoo]

Jewish flower, is how I know this.

[@truthreigns7]

Well that is the same name as what an english person would call a cigarette. In America we have freedom of speech and I do agree we should not misuse it. However no person or group can tell one person or people what they can or cannot say, especially when it is true.

[@MrLupus2011]

good old Gypsy flowers. you will make quite a lot from a faggot of sticks. another old word for a bundle of sticks is bavin . i used to cut birch bavins for a local besom broom maker years ago.

[@stormbringer_7774]

Using a bialetti for coffee nice bruh!😂🇺🇸🇬🇧 Love your work dude