Susans Wine Bottle Stopper gift Complete

Here is the completed set.
I tried to turn the bases to look identical. The red cedar one, for red wine, is a wine bottle and the lighter sycamore one, for white wine, is a wine goblet. The holder has 3 coats of polyurethane. You cant see it, but it still needs a 2009 penny embedded in the bottom. The recess is drilled, but I have not yet seen a 2009 penny.

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Susans Wine Bottle Stopper gift

Im making a birthday gift for my girlfriend, Susan. She asked for a set of wine bottle stoppers and holder, similar to the ones I made a while back. She likes the set I have in my kitchen.
Her birthday is in May, so I have plenty of time, but I started early to get it done as soon as possible. What she doesnt know is HOW they will look. The first one is a wine goblet on a pedestal.
As you can see, I hollowed it out on top as well.
The stand is the one I kept for myself. At this point I have milled the wood for hers, cut it to size and drilled the holes and recesses. But the wood needs sanding and finishing. So for these pictures I posed the first stopper with my holder.
Also, I have glued up a cedar block for the second stopper. It will be shaped like a wine bottle and will sit on a matching pedestal. It will have a hole drilled to make it look somewhat authentic.
More to come soon.

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Wine bottle stopper first of many

Here is my first. The wood is aromatic cedar and I intend to use this for red wine.
The only difficult thing about this is deciding on a shape. I did like Michelangelo and just removed the wood around what was already inside. :-)
Let me know what you think.

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