Dire wolf…
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This brings back memories. My mom made this same tree back in the 60’s. There were small plastic pegs shaped light bulbs that fit in the holes on the tips of the branches. A low wattage bulb inside would light them all up.
Light-bright pegs light work, or you could wire up some LEDs (and optionally use smart ones Andy an Arduino if you wanted them to twinkle).
3D printing bulbs from clear filament or sculpting and casting replacements in resin is another (labor intensive) option.
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Here are some floor standing speakers that I’ve finally finished after a year’s worth of design, testing, trials, errors, building, finishing, and finally listening! I made them with the help of my friends, using mostly the MultiCAM, then using a hand router at home to finish them. They were originally designed in Fusion 360, then transferred to Vcarve, acoustically checked in WinISD. The why: I wanted to make speakers that sounded way better than how much they cost, I tried to make them look as good as possible without compromising on the sound quality. Here is a couple of pictures, but I have a whole thread if you’re curious to see them all. https://imgur.com/gallery/lM8fbBN
Without further ado, the Kassanovas
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Wow! That’s some serious engineering/design. It’s not easy ensuring speakers like this are correctly sized/dimensioned/tuned for optimum sound based on speakers used and power applied. Well done!
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My dog just won best in show at the spca bark and build fund raiser in north park! 
I laser cut the dog here and engineered the dog house at my new job.
End design: http://www.enddesignllc.com/dogometry/
bark and build: https://dallasbarknbuild.org/entry/dogometry/
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Your pooch is quite the talented builder! And without opposable thumbs to boot. Kudos to both of you.
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Made a 20 inch sign for my Dad (probably to hang in his garage). Still amazed by the more than 50 years he worked for Kidron. The first picture is my old copy of the throwback logo they used during most of his time and the second is the finished sign. Found a jpg of the logo to bitmap trace in vCarve and used the Multicam CNC on a board spray painted red. Rather then painting the “interior”, I chose to let the wood color be the white. Added some poly and routered a keyhole on the back for hanging. Pretty straightforward project, but he will love it and it will be in the mail today.
Merry Christmas y’all!
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Been working on business-card sized blocks for the Printmaking Committee’s Holiday Print-A-Thon on Saturday. Am in the process of re-making the Merry Christmas block…trial and error, trial and error…it’s the Maker Way.
BTW, Print-a-Thon is an Open Workshop, so any one - even the public - can try these out.
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Based off of @Webdevel’s no-sew pouch class, I made a sewn pouch because I’m a glutton for punishment.
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Looks great!!
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Looks like I found something else I may want to try!
I randomly made a septum ring, sterling silver and looking for a home. (size is 14g and 9mm diameter)
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So this is a work-in-progress I’ve been working on off/on for about a month. This will be a quilt measuring about 30” x 40” after all the stitching is done.
One photo is just the quilt top, the other has the photo I was working from above the quilt. This was my favorite photo of @ioport51 late, great Aussie, Gizmo. Aka Moe.
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Awesome!! Make sure you post when the stitching is done. I’m dying to see. 
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But of course. I figure it can be like the backyard shed reports.
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I attend a Toastmasters Christmas party each year. We have a ornament exchange as part of the festivities. I decided to make one for the occasion.
The two spindles, top and bottom, are made from African Blackwood. The middle is made from a unique piece of cocobolo I acquired several years back. The white sandwich wood is tiger maple.
I think it turned (sic) out pretty well.
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Tonight I took @Mandaris ‘s beginner chain maille class. Kinda cool, really. But brain twisting until it finally “clicks”.
Yet another new interest vortex…
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