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  1. 07-29-2014, 11:51 AM #1
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    Fun little project I just finished

    It's my girlfriend's birthday next week, and since she usually spends a lot of time leading up to it bugging me to get her gifts early I decided to have a little fun with it this year! The idea is she gets a random gift each day leading up to her birthday. She chooses which gift by spinning the spinner! I of course have yet to obtain my own laser machine so I had a friend with new shop cut the parts for me from 1/4 inch ply.

    Anyway, thought I'd share. It was a fun little thing to whip up!

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  3. 07-29-2014, 1:51 PM #2
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    Looks nice and colorful, but got to get the spelling of "Spinnar" corrected before you give it to her.
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  4. 07-29-2014, 2:09 PM #3
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    Jason,

    I don't know man, I don't think ya thought this through too much...

    I would have done 16 spots, only 8 "real" pre-gifts, and the other 8 spots be consequences...

    Give your boyfriend a massage every day for a week.
    Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater for a day, in the summer time!
    Whatever your boyfriend say's to do for one hour happily!
    etc.

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  5. 07-29-2014, 2:17 PM #4
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    Kim - I misspelled "SpinnAR" on purpose, it's an inside joke

    Robert - Wish I had thought of that one! Maybe I'll make an alternate version for Valentines Day!
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  6. 07-29-2014, 2:40 PM #5
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    Who gives 8 gifts for a birthday? What'd you do wrong? Clearly you're trying to buy forgiveness for something bad you have done (or are planning to do)

    She's obviously quite lucky!
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  7. 07-29-2014, 3:45 PM #6
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    HAH! I did mostly little things, mainly wanted her to have a lot to open, more fun that way! And yes, she's quite lucky! (So am I!)
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    Very cool idea!

    I'm wondering why you cut the 8 individual pie shapes instead of just painting them directly on the background?
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  9. 07-29-2014, 4:55 PM #8
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    I did separate pieces because I had limited time and painting each piece separately made painting them a lot faster.
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