Incredible. That would be a hell of a house to live in.
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Amazing! What are the windows made of?
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Thanks! The windows are poured isomalt, which is like sugar when melted, such as for making hard candy. The difference is that isomalt is more resistant to humidity.
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Fantastically detailed! Great job!
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Thanks!
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Oh my, the ickle teeny glowforge just finished me off! Outstanding work! 
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Thanks!
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Well well well well done! Amazing…you have more patience than I do clearly…
Nick
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Outstanding!!
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Well, I would say design took exponentially longer than construction (although we put in a 10 hour day to get everything assembled). Plus I was learning Inkscape along the way. And of course, it didn’t help that I was so excited about the whole thing I baked the gingerbread way too early (so I could then laser cut it), that it was kind of warped by the time we got to the actual building. 
I did amuse myself in the interim adapting the mini-glowforge model for gingerbread and doing the acrylic engraved border (I had not ever covered the side edges of the board until this year, but I have a laser now, so why not?)
Thank you!
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So @lise, why did you come back now on the forum to post? Discourse said you haven’t participated in a while. You haven’t been present much. How are you doing with your Glowforge? Did you ever get Inkscape mastered?
Sorry, @ElsieH for interrupting the topic, but this I am just following my intuition. I think @lise has some cool things she should share here.
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Marmak, I am a very lightweight user, and I make just for my own benefit, and for creative parties I have with family and friends. I’m still learning the vector based software - I’ve been raster for a couple decades now and I am not good at dedicating myself to learning (so many other distractions).
But to your question, I came to the forum the other day because I had a new issue pop up on my glowforge. I look at the glowforge facebook group, but am not a regular on the main forum. While roaming around I saw some of the things folks were up to (which I do love to see). As expected, the forums had the answer to my issue, and I was able to finish my tasks.
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so cool! love the tree!
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Thanks! I’m very proud of the tree, I somehow converted an stl file I found on Thingiverse to a vector in order to cut it out. And added slots so it would fit together, and then fill branches. I only wish I could have found a way to hang edible ornaments on it, but it’s way fragile 
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This is truly Awesome! I have been thinking about a Gingerbread house this year. This is just the kind of inspiration I need. We’ll have to see if I can find a time slot to fit it in. I need to find a good recipe for “Construction Grade Gingerbread”.
Anyway, thank you so much for sharing, even if I don’t make one, seeing your has certainly made the holidays better.
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I can send you a recipe if you’d like, just let me know!
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YES PLEASE!!! Having a good foundation would certainly make it easier to get started.
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This is the one I used this year for the first time. I like it because it is simple (and I have heard that some folks substitute Karo light or dark corn syrup for the honey) Also, spices are optional. I only add them if I have them (and if I need the dough to be darker, although there are other ways to to do that as well).
Feel free to DM me if you have any questions, I love talking all things gingerbread!
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Thank you!
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amazing. love the ingenuity.
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