Wooden Keep

👻 Halloween is when all the pumpkins come out to show their dance moves 🪩 🎃

😈👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! 🎃💀

🐈‍⬛ We hope everyone has a horrifyingly good time, gets all the treats & only the fun tricks 👽

✨ Here it is all finished & together, Vivi’s Mage Staff in it’s Mount 🔥

A celebration of Final Fantasy IX & its story, which I look forward to enjoying for many more years to come !

🥳HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY FINAL FANTASY IX 🎉

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😻🎉 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CATS DAY EVERYONE 🎉😸
We hope everyone has a purr-fect day!

#InternationalCatsDay

I’ll be doing a separate post to show the staff & Mount together, this one is just to show off the Mount 🎉

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The only piece that isn’t from the hawthorn is the mini staff holder which was made from an old upcycled hardwood floorboard.

🖌️I used a mixture of pigment stains, acrylic paint & inks to colour the different pieces. Then sealed the colours with a clear coat of gloss varnish & wax 🫟

✍️So back to the drawing board I went and then came back with the design you see now. It combines a few of the elements of IX, including the crystal, carved number & a holder of two carved mini staffs! 🎨

🪵 The wood I used was actually the offcuts from the staff, so no wastage of wood 😄

🥳 Finally finished the mount for Vivi’s Staff!
This was originally just going to be Vivi’s hat with the holder being two prongs where his eyes would be, but the hat turned out really nice and I didn’t want to cover it up when the staff was hung up.🫣

The staff is made from one single log of Hawthorn, which had branched giving it the perfect width for the entire staff to be carved from one piece. This Hawthorn had also blown down in the storms last year so was almost fated to be made into a staff!

Vivi was one of the most compelling characters of the story & his use of multiple mage staffs in the game made it the perfect choice.

I used the Art of Final Fantasy IX & screenshots of the game to get the design & then scaled it up into templates that I could work from.

Happy 25th Anniversary Final Fantasy IX !

IX was the first Final Fantasy I played and to this day is my favourite.

So to join in the celebrations I wanted to see if I could make a keepsake from the keep and this is what I came up with, Vivi’s staff.

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☀️The Sun is definitely shining today☀️

🌞But for those days where it may not be quite so eager to bathe us in its rays, we’ve made a few keepsakes to remind us of days like today! 🌞

🌅 Remember to keep hydrated whilst enjoying the Sun 💧😎

🐈‍⬛ Happy Friday the 13th everyone ! 🐈‍⬛

🍀We hope you all have the good luck of our feline friends today and if you feel like it you could even celebrate them with a kitty keepsake from the keep 😸

🥄 Mini-spoon! 🥄
🪵 Hand carved just like our utensils but like they’ve been zapped by a shrink-ray! ⚡️

🎁 A fun little gift or treat for the chef or baker 🍰 Other styles are available too👇

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(No shrink rays are involved, just some logs & carving tools 😄)

☀️Sunshine always seems to make everything just that little bit more beautiful ☀️

🌞Here is a few photos of some Wooden Keep keepsakes basking in those bright rays🌞

💘❤️💖HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!💖❤️💝

💖Whether you’re spending time with a partner, friends or family we hope you all have a Valentines Day full of health,love & happiness 💖

💘 This Valentines Day why not give a gift that you can keep for years to come with a hand crafted Keepsake 💝

❤️ We have hearts and more, that all will adore in the Wooden Keep store 💖

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🍾 🎉 Wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 🥳 🥂

🥂We hope 2025 will be filled with Health, Love & Happiness for all🍻

🎁🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!🎄🎁

☃️ We hope you all receive the gift of Health, Love & Happiness ⛄️

🎁🎄 Only one more sleep til Christmas! 🎄🎁

🎄The countdown to Christmas is on! 🎄

🎁 If you need a little something for a special person in your life why not take a look at our selection of keepsakes. Each gift is made to order, making it as unique as the person your gifting it too 🎁

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