Decided to share some of the gifts people have asked me to make for them in the last year (or so) for friends, family, & coworkers.
I don’t charge outside of materials because GF is my happy.
Project dump ahead: 
…morse of a “I am proud of the things I have done and realize I haven’t been active on the community for awhile.
I love the framed engraving. Thanks for the photos.
Those are really nice!
I assembled a model of my daughter’s first car, which was a header-orange Challenger. Although not the charger from the TV show, it looks like it, and so I assembled a board that plays “Dixie” when you press a hidden button.
You could do the same, so it plays what the audio waveform represents when pressing a discreet button.
That is an awesome idea! I agree that a waveform without the ability to hear it isn’t as powerful of a message.
I wish I could have used a button push, but it isn’t a short message and anything battery powered won’t last.
I didn’t post the back of the plaque because it was a personal message from each of the family members. (The engraving is all if them layered on top of one another -you can see them really well if you zoom in!) The good stuff is all on the back on a beautiful piece of maple
veneer.
I cleaned up, combined, and then hosted the recording on their google drive and made a QR code link to it. Then I engraved a transcription of each of the messages and the code.
Here’s a trimmed version of the photo of the back.
It looks beautiful on the black acrylic background!
Right? 
I want to know more about the book picture. Are all the different colors inlaid, or fit together, or ???
Beautifully done!
These are all just beautiful and I get when you say it’s your happy place…mine too!
I need to engrave this on a plaque and point to it whenever my husband asks me, “'WHY?”
What I used is a standalone MP3 player circuit board with an SD card slot, it will play as long as you can fit on the card - although in my case, it’s only a few seconds. The same 9V battery has powered it for several years now.
Just to follow-up on this, I can’t find a record of what I bought. It must have been eBay, not Amazon. There are plenty of similar items out there, however, that have built-in speaker drivers.
That one was inlayed, but I made one for a joint present for mothers/Father’s Day, and that one was layered with all of the combined kids & grandkids on it.
This was the other version.
If I make something for my husband or myself, I will probably try this out. Thanks for the great idea!
You are blessed with artistry and patience. Great projects!!
Great projects! I especially liked the book. Excellent!
Those are great!
Thank you so much!!
