Tracey Massucci - An Artist, A Woodcutter

“I took a leap of faith five years ago and opened up a private group on Facebook and started Woodtique Treasures,” recalls Tracey Massucci, “It’s been an amazing journey.”

If you haven’t found Woodtique Treasures by Tracey on Facebook, you need to.

Tracey has found her niche as a wood craftsman.

“I started out making crafts with my best friend about 30 years ago,” said Tracey. “We would get ideas and go home and gather up our materials and lay a board on her front porch steps, and one of us would sit on it while the other one cut the design out with a jigsaw.”

Tracey was born in Lawton, raised in Thomas, and lives with her husband on their small farm near Chandler. Together they raise cattle, bucking bulls, chickens, turkeys, ducks, dogs, and a few cats. The mother of two, a daughter and a son, and a grandmother to six grandchildren, she still finds time to work in her flower gardens and yard.

Today Tracey works with plywood, pine, birch, and reclaimed wood for her wood crafts in her shop at home. “I take a lot of pride in my work, and it’s one of my favorite hobbies,” said Tracey, who creates each woodcraft project by drawing a pattern on paper and tracing it to the selected wood type. “Then it’s just me and my DeWalt jigsaw and sander.” “I use heavy wood, good paint, and I put three coats of sealer on each order to protect it as much as possible,” added Tracey. Most of her wood pieces are displayed outside for yards, porches, front doors, but some are displayed inside the house. “I have made custom orders with fabric and scrapbook paper.”

She says fall and Christmas are her busiest times of the year, and she does special orders too. Now and then, Tracey will do wood crafts for birthdays, Mother’s Day, children’s rooms, weddings, sports, new baby celebrations, and all kinds of special orders.

“I find ideas and post them on my page, and my customers send me ideas that they find that they want me to do for them,” said Tracey.

“I have had tremendous support from friends and family. I have customers who have been with me for over twenty years, and I get new customers all the time.”

Tracey is grateful to all her followers and her family for all their support and love. And she is quick to tell you she is most thankful to God for giving her such a great talent. “I am truly blessed.”

written by Cindy Lockstone
photography provided