9/n and it's done! Thanks again #SecretSantaNZ2022, that was a lot of fun! Back to slowly grinding out plastic and resin now 🙂

It's been a wild few weeks and I had to move the #Swearrings shop to deal with the volume of sales, but move we have. Now at https://earfull.co.nz/ I've got a special discount code valid for 10% off until Valentine's Day. It's #SecretSantaNZ2022 in honor of our humble beginnings. Shipping now "free"*

*not really free, but, you know, included

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair 4/n

The next three pages of the instructions and where it's parked for the day to let the glue dry before painting. Never had to use a black and decker in my modelling before (one of the pieces needed thinning), but there's a first time for everything

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair update (also will start threading this, so we're up to 3/n)

Masking applied, with some of my usual tape sneaking in where the stencils didn't come off the paper properly and first four pages of the assembly instructions completed

Finally getting around to this, one of my long weekend projects is going to be putting together my Secret Santa 2022 gift. Which looks simple, but I've found a way to complicate it slightly. I found a picture of the real thing (which happens to be the exact aircraft for the markings in the kit). Since I'm a modeller, and the markings are already scribed on the wood, it's a "why not?" to apply some technique and paint it. Plus it's almost all one colour.

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair

#SecretSantaNZ2022 I just thought I’d share the finished product of the #embroidery kit you sent me. The process was closely supervised by Miss 4 who has claimed it for her wall. She requested flowers be added so the butterfly doesn’t get hungry

Thanks heaps again to my #SecretSantaNZ2022. Really enjoying this book and I'm halfway through. The Gingerbread chocolate was delicious and it's gone.

Still have no idea what happened to my #secretsantanz2022 recipient - they evaporated from twit app I have no idea where they went. I spent a good deal of time putting the gift together and I'm kinda bummed tbh

Drinking the #SecretSantaNZ2022 coffee today, Raglan Roast "Daganic”. Decent brew 👍

Presenting: #SecretSantaNZ2022: The Unwrappening!

Thank you so much to my Santa - your generosity is greatly appreciated. May you and yours (and the rest of the wider #SecretSanta team!) have a most excellent Christmas and New Years. See you all next year (here on Mastodon!).

Playing my #SecretSantaNZ2022 gift last night and I was reminded on how brutally hard old arcade games were.

And 3 lives?! WTF! Even cats get more than that!

To my #SecretSantaNZ2022 gift provider. You have bowled me over with abundance and thoughtfulness. I love #abstractionism, #coffee, delicious smelling soaps, and the lovely @pepperraccoon #puririMoth pin makes it all 100% awesome. Excuse me, there’s something in my eye. The color coordination is charming. Thank you.

And so with the end of #SecretSantaNZ2022 I have now done the deed!

So.... Looks like I've got enough interest in the Swearrings I made for my #SecretSantaNZ2022 to give a whirl at selling them. I've got my first commission.

Any word based Mix and Match words YOU would be interested in wearing? They don't need to be sweary. #advice #opinion #jewlery #NZTwits

#MakerSanta gift I made for #secretsantaNZ2022 #NZTwits #Stitcher #Craft #Embroidery

One of my absolute favourite parts of Christmas is the Aotearoa Secret Santa. The absolute joy that fills my timelines, the love and care that people put in for folks who often are relative strangers, and seeing the many talents of folks just warms my heart every year.

Christmas is always pretty hard emotionally, but the tag keeps on giving.

Check out #SecretSantaNZ2022 for your own squishies.

And my contributions / gifts will be threaded below later on today

Happy to see my #SecretSantaNZ2022 likes their Swearrings, Mix and Match Scatological Earrings. CAD and 3d printing by yours truly

Time to give this #SecretSantaNZ2022 choc mint a burl 😋

So tonight's post, in floods of tears, is special effort. This is for the kindest person in Aotearoa 😭 Dear #SecretSantaNZ2022, Cate & I are hugging each other & openly weeping at your generosity, your spirit, your story, your poem, your aroha, your mana, your immense heart 2/?

So tonight's post, in floods of tears, is special effort. This is for the kindest person in Aotearoa 😭 Dear #SecretSantaNZ2022, Cate & I are hugging each other & openly weeping at your generosity, your spirit, your story, your poem, your aroha, your mana, your immense heart 2/?