He said:

Just a weekend afternoon collaboration with the wifey.  Cherry is such a pretty wood. This was the first project where I really used the router table in bulk. I fashioned up a prototype, perfected the production sequence, and cranked out a bunch of cut, drilled, and sanded blanks. The talented person in the duo cleaned, assembled, and applied her magic to really make these special!

She said:

This was a fun little “what if” kind of project that accidentally got kicked into overdrive. We were fiddling with some ideas on creating some fun Father’s Day gifts, and combined a few ideas we found online to come up with this concept. We made two together — him doing the cutting and configuring, and then me attacking them with my wood burner and some oil. They turned out awesome! We picked up some supplies to make a “few” more. I spent a couple hours at a friend’s house, drinking wine probably, and when I got home there was seriously a stack of over TWENTY on my work table. My guy kept himself busy while I was gone, apparently! Although, that’s usually the way it goes. Anytime I leave the house, I inevitably come home to new construction.