What did you make today?

[glatt]

Was he envisioning the inside or the outside of the GI tract? Yours looks like the outside, but the inside would make more sense if the food were traveling through it. It's probably a lot more difficult to get that texture right though.

A cutaway view would be cool.

I know I'm not helping.

[BigV]

I don't think too busy is bad. you're clearly not going for anatomically/photographically correct, why not make it merely representational? It doesn't look "wrong" The details do have meaning, and you can see them in what you've painted. I'd say keep it.

[Clodfobble]

That is supposed to be a cutaway view--but I realize now that from a 3-dimensional perspective, the red and pink ought to be flipped, so darker is farther away from you. You can't tell from the picture, but one side is slanted higher so when you drop the marble in it rolls quickly down to the other end. What he's envisioning is vertical, like this, but much more complicated, and with marbles instead of cars.

[Sundae]

I think it looks amazing.
And children as smart as Minifob will see what they want to see.

My offering. Far less impressive.
I don't like gift tags. Never have done.
But I wrapped quite a few prizes of similar sizes this year, and they were certainly not interchangeable.

In the absence of any cameras in the house I was unable to dress Diz up in the Santa hat and collar I bought for him this year (Poundland), expressly for the purpose of making said tags...
In the absence of the 3/4 full pack of photo paper I was going to use for same...
Well, I had to improvise.
Photo of Diz from 2009. Printed on normal printer paper. Stuck on with sellotape.

I put this on the scanner as luckily that hasn't been "lost"
Pretty much life-size (the present, not Diz).

And anyway when all the presents are together it has quite a cute handmade feel to it. That and the fact that this is the wrapping paper Mum didn't use last year is making me feel quite earthy.

[Gravdigr]

$615

[footfootfoot]

Bowel!
Got it in one.

[BigV]

you're full of it.

[Griff]

The project continues.

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[glatt]

Nice!

I don't see a single western saw. Aren't those Japanese saws awesome? The one I have is the only saw I use. My grandfather's western saws are all hanging there, but never get used.

[Griff]

The first tools up are the ones I actually use, so the western saws are still lying around until I find a home for them. The Japanese saws are so easy to use, I can't find a reason to ever get the others out.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That, Sir, is a beautiful thing!

[Griff]

Originally Posted by glatt

Nice!

I don't see a single western saw. Aren't those Japanese saws awesome? The one I have is the only saw I use. My grandfather's western saws are all hanging there, but never get used.

I just realized there is a vintage Rockwell circular on the shelf. That's pretty western... although I use a Makita.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That, Sir, is a beautiful thing!

Thanks, I'll have to take a real picture sometime my tablet is handy but the photos are kinda crap.

This project started because I needed a vise... I got a nice PA made Littlestown 25 but then I needed a place to mount it. Snowball effect.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Some of the greatest things have been created in preparation for building something else.

[glatt]

Makes me temped to organize my space better.

[Sundae]

"When life hands you lemons..."
Well if Life handed me lemons I'd wonder why an American magazine had tracked me down.
But as unwaxed lemons were very, very cheap at work - even before staff discount - I bought them.

Mum is having the girls over in February. I've been planning this for ages, but it's been delayed for one reason or another, not least the festive season taking a month out of many of their social calendars.
Five ladies who work shifts aren't all that easy to pin down.
And ladies that work for the Police are trained not to be pinned down anyway.

So I had in mind to make preserved lemons.
I didn't actually squish the first ones down hard enough - there shouldn't be as much space in the jar - I got seven in though. Still, it meant I had enough lemons left to make some Limoncello.
This is the very beginning, where the lemon zest is steeped in alcohol.
American recipes call for a much higher alcohol volume; European recipes tend towards vodka. I think it's just what you can get hold of. There's a litre of vodka right there. Not even a cheeky sip missing.

The preserved lemons need time to maserate.
Which I had to look up. Micturate I got. Masturbate, masticate, eviscerate...
FTR, to soften or break into pieces. Especially when using liquid to absorb flavours. You scrape off the pulp you see, when using them.

The Limoncello is already yellowing.
I hope it will acquire a bright yellow hue, as this will be softened slightly when the sugar syrup is added.
I should get 1.5 to 2 litres of liqueur.
And no, Limoncello is not typically Moroccan.
(If I didn't say here then I'm sure I did elsewhere that this will be the loose theme of the evening) but they fit well with the preserved lemons, which are.

Now I need to find some 100-150ml bottles for them to take some Limoncello home with them. There will be at least one driver, and possibly two. And as it's a digestif, those that are drinking might not appreciate my amazingness by that point. Hope it's amazing.

I've sourced them at about £20.00 so far.
Sod that.
I've already bought the lamb, dried apricots, couscous, hajib (for me), vodka, lemons etc.
It's been over the last few months and I do it because I love it. I am a frustrated dinner party hostess/ events organiser.
And Mum always offers to pay and really means it.
But if she was in charge of the budget we'd have a slap up roast chicken dinner that no-one would ever talk about again and where's the fun in that?

This way she gets to relax and enjoy her friends' company.
I get to play with things I really, really enjoy.
I earn my keep.
And honestly, her friends do talk about it for ages.
Winner, winner, Moroccan dinner.