• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    The engagement ring I bought lived on a shelf in the living room for a few months waiting for the trip I intended to propose during.

    My wife had no idea. It was hilarious to show her pictures I took of her looking at things on the shelf and not noticing, like picking out a movie and just completely missing the big wooden ring box.

    Which i guess is a long way of saying I love this game!

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      12 days ago

      I love that. Were you expecting her to notice and had a plan in case she did notice, or were you just going with the flow?

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        Oh I knew she wouldn’t notice it. And if she did, I would have just proposed then.

        She’s wonderfully oblivious to some things (and still is, which makes it still so much fun to do with birthday presents and such for her)

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      It’s good for custom vinyl stickers, or lettering on fabric. I’ve made star trek decals for my friends cars, made pop-up holiday cards, and custom designs for quilts among other things. It’s a bit limited because the joy isn’t as large as other cricut machines, and it isn’t as good for engraving or embossing in my experience. But it’s a great entry level machine

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        I get the impression that Cricuts are super proprietary. Better to get some other brand of vinyl cutter machine, like Silhouette, Brother, Vevor, etc.

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          I’m with you on that if it was for me. I have been looking at a getting a laser engraver, and I don’t even consider proprietary software and materials.

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          Yeah, I have often regretted buying it, but it was on deep sale. I also wasn’t sure if I’d use it much so I didn’t want to spend more for a silhouette. They locked a lot of features behind a pay wall a few years ago, but it’s easy enough to bypass if you’re good with gimp or a similar software

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        I see it as a CNC for paper and similar materials. I steal my spouse’s at least once per year, often for making stencils for painting projects or for making layered lightboxes.