Makerspace Christmas Party + Open Evening: Wednesday 16th December

#21

I totally don’t have time to organise this but:

Christmas Decoration Making.

Glue, glitter, spangly things. Cutting sticking shaping. Covering things in glitter! Someone make this happen :smiley:

#22

I’ll bring in a Christmas tree for the evening that has lights and bauble things. Could do with something to go on top though that is suitable makerspacey.

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#23

I have just the thing for lasering :smile:

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#24

That is nuts…and also ‘the nuts’

#25

Very kind of Tom to make the original with a perfect 30 degree angle :smiley:

#26

Just realised that this is for the tree?

#27

I made it earlier today for Christmas in general, without a specific use in mind, but I think it would be perfect :slight_smile: Would probably need to be glued onto a backing sheet, or redsigned not to fall aprt into 6 pieces…

#28

If we want to do a bit of quick Xmassing of the space…Poundland is our friend. I could grab an armful of tat (or very nearly an armful?)

#29

Or engraved…and LED’d? using David’s patented method?

#30

We can have some fun :smile:

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#31

Right. I’m going pop to 99p shop on the way and buy some Xmas tat.

David’s bringing music and pocket food.

Falling snowflake animation to project on tarp? Or something on ceiling, anyone?

I’ll be there at 7 at the very latest, Aiming for 6.30.

EDIT: who’s coming? I don’t want to blow £5 (Inc bag) for nothing…

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#33

Yes! I’ll see if I can dig out some dark green acrylic that can be lasercut into some lovely Christmas tree ornaments!

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#34

Trains are cancelled my end. I won’t be there until just before 7 if I’m lucky. Probably after 7. Someone with access needs to open up.

#35

I’ll be there about quarter past six.

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#36

That was a nice evening: the space looked brilliant, and the atmosphere was great.

@david and @JackieO pulled out all the stops: music, Xmas tree, mince pies, and Jackie’s delicious chocolate cake!

@andrew_d was first on the scene and he and I started pulling phase 1 into some sort of order.

Jackie, Tommel and David arrived soon after, and we roped Tim in for a bit, as his friends were late meeting him at Canopy!

£9.90 spent at the 99p shop pretty much got the decorations covered and we roped in the early bird guests to a "paper chain sweatshop’ which gave a vision of what working for Santa is like in reality.

We rear-projected winter scenes onto the big tarp, then later drew it back and had flames course across the ceiling and burn soothingly against the birch ply over the front doors.

A nice aspect was that there was some rmaking going on during the evening. Purely by chance, as I hadn’t got round to tidying the Christmas craft gear away: so there’s a Mr Potato Head with a bad head somewhere, a traditional Danish heart… And members will have fun discovering the ‘googly eyes’ that have been mischievously and imaginatively distributed…

A star was also laser cut for the tree: what happened to that?

It was a shame that more members didn’t make it down. This was a last minute affair. With the email only going out the day before. It worked as an event, but it’s not as if we didn’t know Christmas was coming…so could do a lot better on that front.

But, a nice evening: plenty of food, plus beer from Canopy, and great company.

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#37

I couldn’t find quick-drying glue, so it’s pressed flat under some stuff on top of the laser PC while the epoxy sets. There’s some possibility that it’ll fall apart when picked up…

#38

I’m taking the tree home tonight after the meeting so it should last long enough to get a photo :smile:

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#39

Sorry to have missed this.

#40

It was good fun and lovely to meet so many of the other Makerspacers!