[lumberjim]

My package went yesterday. It is international, and they couldn't guarantee delivery by the 25th. The postmaster said it would PROBABLY get there in time... but if you are in a NON US locale, and your gift doesn't arrive ...give it a couple of days before you cry foul.

I'm sorry it took so long, but I kept trying to go with the handmade item suggestion, but ...what had happened was....

I tried one thing, and it sucked. then I tried another, that one sucked, burnt down, and sank into the swamp.

but the THIRD thing I made was not suck. It was really cool. but really delicate. So I got clever. I put saran in the bottom of a cardboard box. then I sprayed that spray foam insulation about half full. another layer of saran..(2 sheets in case it melted it ) and then I gently laid the item (picture a dragon ornament with wings and flames and a forked tongue made out of FIMO) onto the foam. It sank in nice...not too far, but it was seated snugly. I let that cure for a few hours.... then another layer of saran, and more foam on top.

That's when it all went to shit. The bottom had apparently NOT finished expanding some how.... and the top turned into a liquid that took me 20 minutes to wash off of my fingers. I disposed of the top... and left it to deal with in the morning. well, overnight, the bottom foam became rigid, and broke the poor little dragon into 6 pieces.

I couldn't even glue the fucker back together.

Shame. it was cool. and worse shame, I didnt take a friggin photo of it. so.. this all may not have actually happened.

but it did. it really did happen. I wasted probably 4 hours on that dragon, and another 2 on the first 2 attempts. So i went out and bought a big rubber dick and mailed it off. ENJOY!