New Directions

My husband has taken the initiative to start a new direction for SlapHappy Drums. High end, high quality works of functional art. Here are some pictures of his first couple of attempts. In my opinion....he's on to something spectacular.











These drums are for sale on our site.

Vote!

We were finally getting ready to recycle our lawn sign when we thought..."Hey! We could use this!" So my husband used the metal stand to roll and weld the rings we head the drum with and I used the plastic sign to wrap them. Now we have what we call the Obama drum.

I entered it into a contest online and would appreciate any and all votes in my favor. Check out the link below.

http://www.americancraftguide.com/2009/red-white-blue-craft-off/

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend! SlapHappy Drums wants to give a heartfelt thank you to all of the brave souls who have served our country.

New Ashiko

I was finally was able to eek out one lonely little drum. It's a good one though!

These are the smallest drums we make and are great for travelling or kids. They creat a surprising amount of sound and despite the size give off a good bit of bass.

For more information on this guy click on the link:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22296329

Have a SlapHappy Day!

I'm Still Here

Wow has it been awhile since I've written anything here. Ahhhhh life.

I will soon be heading back out to make more drums and shakers but in the meantime....

Last summer I bought some plastic egg shakers to sell at various shows that did not require everything to be hand made. Well I ended up hanging onto quite a few (Ahhhhh the economy). So how to make them "handmade" in order to list them on Etsy and sell them at the upcoming Eugene Saturday Market? Crochet, crochet. I've just started but hope to let my imagination run wild.

Check them out to the left in my Etsy Mini.

Take care and enjoy the wonderful sunshine coming our way.

A Good Day

I had a wonderful day yesterday. Nothing too special about it but my new shop ( http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6255486    ) had only been open for 1 week on Etsy and I made the front page!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28488923@N05/2887640935/in/pool-etsyfrontpagers


I also found out I am in the Autumn Gift Guide!

http://www.etsy.com/gift-guides/autumn/67



It got me a few sales and I headed back out to my shop to create a some more pieces.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6255486&section_id=5650437


All in all it was a fun day and it made me happy. It  comes down to the little things and for those I am grateful.

In my shop where I make ashiko drums, I try my hardest to use scavenged and recycled woods. I also try to use up every scrap of wood in some way so nothing goes to waste. I had been pondering what to do with all the tiny bits left over from making shakers. Here is what I came up with and I have been having a wonderful time doing it!

Etsy Buy Handmade SplendidPendant

You can also check out my drums and shakers here.

www.slaphappydrums.etsy.com

Have a wonderful day!

New and Unique Ashiko Drums

I recently created a new batch of drums, and although each one is slightly different and unique in its own way, I was particularly excited about a couple of them.



The first is this eye catching 18" ashiko. It is made with recycled flooring and has a variety of woods including oak, maple, tigerwood, ipe, walnut, and hickory. The wood itself is beautiful but what really makes this one stand out is the head. My friend Anne who does my tie dyes for me created this head awhile ago and it just sat in my back room waiting to become a drum. It's silly but I just couldn't find inspiration in the pattern so it waited and waited......sad little drum head.

I originally headed this drum with another tie dye head but there was a weak spot in it and a small rip developed. So off with its head! I grabbed the first tie dye I saw to replace it and it was this colorful one you see here. Great job Anne! It really makes the drum. I love it!










The second ashiko is our standard size of 24" and has a fish skin on it. We get these skins occasionally but not as often as we like. It is a much thinner head than a goat skin and has its own unique tone to it. This is a wonderful sounding drum!

Again the wood is a variety of recycled flooring with great dark and light tones throughout. Ooooooohhhh shiny.






To see a few more pictures of these drums and the rest of the ashikos I just made visit my Etsy site at

www.slaphappydrums.etsy.com

Thanks for looking and have a SlapHappy Day!