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Stuff I Made: Moar of It

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Yes, friends, it's time once again for me to show off some stuff I made, having accumulated enough stuff to constitute a post.

I have been thinking about doing this for literally years.  Why didn't I do it sooner?  Who knows.  Here they are now:




These are super easy Harry Potter-inspired wands, via this tutorial.  Next up I need to make a wand holster, via this tutorial, to make it easier to carry the wand around!  (If you're super ambitious and want to make a wand that lights up, try this tutorial instead.)

To ensure you don't think that everything I make turns out well, I present to you, unfinished & abandoned Christmas ornaments of 2017:



The laser cutter melted the edges so they were sticky and gross; the engraving was impossible to read; I couldn't figure out the paint job.  Sorry folks.  You'll have to wait til next year for ornaments.  But I did manage to cut out a bunch of squares of cardboard that may yet become something, someday!

In case you didn't know, every year I also design the t-shirts and pins for the Odyssey of the Mind - Silicon Valley Regional Tournament.  These are shirts for judges, and pins for anyone to purchase.  I post these typically on my Tumblr, so go check it out there.

Let me see, what else did I make recently?  Oh yes, these buildings (Frost Amphitheater - though they are as yet incomplete):






Also this one (James Lick HS - Student Center, also incomplete), although I did not design it:






I think that concludes this post of Stuff I Made!  Join me next time, when hopefully I will have made something slightly more finished (for the buildings) or interesting (for my personal projects).  If you enjoyed this stuff, let me know, so I will be encouraged to make moar!
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