Secret Santa 2013 - Page 5

orthodoc · 12-14-2013, 11:40 PM

Have the address; have the gift; it goes in the mail Monday. Promise.

Jaydaan · 12-15-2013, 02:10 PM

Mine.. I really struggled with.. ended up making a few things... its in the mail today

richlevy · 12-15-2013, 05:14 PM

All done my SS. Now on to Toys for Tots.

Lola Bunny · 12-16-2013, 09:17 PM

Package sent! I think it'll make it in time....whew!

orthodoc · 12-18-2013, 07:40 AM

Got the package in the mail yesterday, guaranteed delivery Friday! Hooray!

lumberjim · 12-19-2013, 10:45 AM

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!

glatt · 12-19-2013, 11:07 AM

I love stories like this.

I mean, I'm sorry. It sucks.

But the honesty is so real. That's how things often work out, but most people wouldn't admit to the mistakes. So you end up with people showing all their amazing stuff on FB or wherever and you feel inadequate.

lumberjim · 12-19-2013, 11:09 AM

well, yeah.. except the big rubber dick part was a lie.

glatt · 12-19-2013, 11:10 AM

I figured that part might not be true, but it was the least consequential part of the story so I paid little attention to it. The story was about the foam packing.

lumberjim · 12-19-2013, 01:02 PM

Well. I do feel better now that it's posted. The gift, not the story.

And I've been wearing my Hebe your face pin on my vest. I hope my recipient likes what comes.

Sheldonrs · 12-19-2013, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

Well. I do feel better now that it's posted. The gift, not the story.

And I've been wearing my Hebe your face pin on my vest. I hope my recipient likes what comes.

orthodoc · 12-19-2013, 06:20 PM

I was going to reply but ... I can't top that.

lumberjim · 12-19-2013, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

The story was about the foam packing.

I'm just glad I didn't use fudge. I'd hate to try to explain how my fudge packing experiment went horribly wrong.

Jaydaan · 12-19-2013, 10:46 PM

I know I posted already, but mine is in the mail.. With Canada Post "issues" of late, I am hoping it will get to the international recipient in time.. if not, I am so very sorry.. it is coming

I have 3 parcels I mailed November 25, and they still have not go them.. so now I am really scared...
I really struggled this year for some reason... but eventually was able to sink into some creativity and create something I was comfortable sending out

Aliantha · 12-20-2013, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'm just glad I didn't use fudge. I'd hate to try to explain how my fudge packing experiment went horribly wrong.

Well as a heretofore straight man, you might be more concerned if a fudge packing experiment went horribly right.

12-14-2013, 11:40 PM	#61
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Have the address; have the gift; it goes in the mail Monday. Promise. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-15-2013, 05:14 PM	#63
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	All done my SS. Now on to Toys for Tots. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-18-2013, 07:40 AM	#65
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Got the package in the mail yesterday, guaranteed delivery Friday! Hooray! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-19-2013, 10:45 AM	#66
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	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! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-19-2013, 11:09 AM	#68
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	well, yeah.. except the big rubber dick part was a lie. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-15-2013, 02:10 PM	#62
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	Mine.. I really struggled with.. ended up making a few things... its in the mail today

12-16-2013, 09:17 PM	#64
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Package sent! I think it'll make it in time....whew!

12-19-2013, 11:07 AM	#67
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I love stories like this. I mean, I'm sorry. It sucks. But the honesty is so real. That's how things often work out, but most people wouldn't admit to the mistakes. So you end up with people showing all their amazing stuff on FB or wherever and you feel inadequate.

12-19-2013, 11:10 AM	#69
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I figured that part might not be true, but it was the least consequential part of the story so I paid little attention to it. The story was about the foam packing.

12-19-2013, 01:02 PM	#70
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Well. I do feel better now that it's posted. The gift, not the story. And I've been wearing my Hebe your face pin on my vest. I hope my recipient likes what comes. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-19-2013, 06:20 PM	#72
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I was going to reply but ... I can't top that. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-19-2013, 10:46 PM	#74
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	I know I posted already, but mine is in the mail.. With Canada Post "issues" of late, I am hoping it will get to the international recipient in time.. if not, I am so very sorry.. it is coming I have 3 parcels I mailed November 25, and they still have not go them.. so now I am really scared... I really struggled this year for some reason... but eventually was able to sink into some creativity and create something I was comfortable sending out Last edited by Jaydaan; 12-19-2013 at 10:52 PM.

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