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Here is the complete project with dvd.

I could have done a better production job but I needed more money. At least I realize one of my weaknesses that can definitely improve.

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I plan on making a more complex waffle with the griddle depressions and a styrofoam inner core. I created the skeleton out of cardboard. I also want to add a felt inner core with magnets so they will stay together without the dvd. I am satisfied with this project but all I see is where i can improve it. Oh well, my first project in a long time.

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Hello everyone, it’s been over a month since my last post. I have been busy trying to get enough money to go back home for the holidays but alas, all in vain. I have picked up a second job in the evenings and will put the side money into a separate account so I can DEFINITELY go home for next winter. I have pretty ambitious plans for the upcoming new year. Some of my plans are: so get a motorcycle license, put in a real effort in learning Japanese, finish my pop up book and start designing again. We will see how long the steam lasts.

As of now, I am finishing up wrapping Mina’s Christmas present. I don’t have much money this winter so I just bought Mina a dvd. This is no ordinary DVD btw, it was the Mr. Children concert that I took Mina for her birthday and it so happens that, the day we were watching Mr. Children, they were shooting the DVD. Yeah, our first concert together! But I am presenting it to her in a special way. One of the songs during the concert sounded like they were singing “Yasashi uta, waffle!” So I am making a papercraft of a waffle and inside will be the DVD. I am 80% finished but I realize that my craft need a lot of work. I haven’t worked with my hands in a long time and it feels good to work with them again. Today I put in over 12 hours in designing and building the case.

I was going to make a silk screen of the illustration I gave her but I didn’t have the money. Oh well, it will be a nice birthday present. I will accompany the tshirt with a paper doll of the illustration.

If you want to make the waffle case for a dvd. I am including link to the print file. You should print 4 copies. [ waffle case ]

Merry Christmas.

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