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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 :)

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