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Oh oh, is this how it's going to be a blog full of Free File Friday posts? I guess I should have considered what my project blog would look like when I'm not posting a whole lot! I have some catching up to do; although I have uploaded the free files on time each Friday:) The last two weeks are...

I've decided to start a free weekly design post for my project blog; I'm cleverly calling it "Free File Friday". Although I readily admit it could quickly collapse into "Free File Monday" or "Has It Been a Month Already? Free File" The complexity of the files will range quite a bit and some of my past laser cutter experiments will get a refresh and be released with some new materials in mind. The focus will try to be design files that people can use a starting point to speed up the design process...

Part of my idea of a "project blog" is wanting to share works in progress as well as the finished pieces and outright failures...I've had these red acrylic circles for almost 4 months and for one reason or another haven't had time to glue them together. Well I finally found the time and overall I'm pretty happy with the results. Here's a few things I ran into as a novice acrylic user...

We tend to cherish those relationships in our lives that bring us some form of happiness and fulfill us in some meaningful way. We buy gifts for family and friends, bring flowers to lovers and bake cakes for our friendly neighbors. What we don't often do is acknowledge those awkward relationships and interactions we may be having throughout our day with gift giving. The guy thats been using your front lawn for his dogs bathroom for example. How would it feel to leave him a gift of plastic bags for his next visit? Gifts often send a message of "I'm thinking of you" with the undertone of mostly positive feelings. But gifts can also be used to force people to think about why they might have gotten such a wonderful gift in the first place...