Day one of placing a cricut in the open until my wife notices.

[nosavingthrow@lemmy.world]

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[gilindoeslemmy@lemmy.world]

What is the purpose of this experiment?

[marafon@sh.itjust.works]

To see if she notices.

[nosavingthrow@lemmy.world]

Fun, mostly. She noticed basically right away, do, fun's all done for me.

[marafon@sh.itjust.works]

Hell yeah, science!

[barkingspiders@infosec.pub]

I like the way you think!

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

I guess its a machine that cuts shapes or something? idk have fun ig

[foxyferengi@lemm.ee]

It's good for custom vinyl stickers, or lettering on fabric. I've made star trek decals for my friends cars, made pop-up holiday cards, and custom designs for quilts among other things. It's a bit limited because the joy isn't as large as other cricut machines, and it isn't as good for engraving or embossing in my experience. But it's a great entry level machine

[adhocfungus@midwest.social]

I see it as a CNC for paper and similar materials. I steal my spouse's at least once per year, often for making stencils for painting projects or for making layered lightboxes.

[landless2029@lemmy.world]

I assume it was a gift you left in plain sight.

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

Note to self: it takes one day.

[grue@lemmy.world]

I get the impression that Cricuts are super proprietary. Better to get some other brand of vinyl cutter machine, like Silhouette, Brother, Vevor, etc.

[curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

The engagement ring I bought lived on a shelf in the living room for a few months waiting for the trip I intended to propose during.

My wife had no idea. It was hilarious to show her pictures I took of her looking at things on the shelf and not noticing, like picking out a movie and just completely missing the big wooden ring box.

Which i guess is a long way of saying I love this game!

[mysticpickle@lemmy.ca]

The only box I noticed was Tyrants of the Underdark. Someone is a board game aficionado!

[nosavingthrow@lemmy.world]

It really is just better Clank!

[nosavingthrow@lemmy.world]

I'm with you on that if it was for me. I have been looking at a getting a laser engraver, and I don't even consider proprietary software and materials.

[foxyferengi@lemm.ee]

Yeah, I have often regretted buying it, but it was on deep sale. I also wasn't sure if I'd use it much so I didn't want to spend more for a silhouette. They locked a lot of features behind a pay wall a few years ago, but it's easy enough to bypass if you're good with gimp or a similar software

[notsteve_@lemmy.ca]

I love that. Were you expecting her to notice and had a plan in case she did notice, or were you just going with the flow?

[dozzi92@lemmy.world]

Hope you like CUSTOM LABELS.

My wife has gone all in her the past month or two.

[curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Oh I knew she wouldn't notice it. And if she did, I would have just proposed then.

She's wonderfully oblivious to some things (and still is, which makes it still so much fun to do with birthday presents and such for her)