I’m really glad you started this. It will force me to get better at using Cuttle. I’ve decided that they all will be designed in Cuttle so I can better learn it. 
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Nov 3. Quote
I’d been looking for the right project to test some flooring I have as engraving material. This was perfect and I love the results. The results right after the engrave wasn’t optimal. The material doesn’t leave a good burn color behind. Much of it looked like it had been scraped out, not burnt. So I gave it a coat of black paint before weeding.
This may be the most professional looking item I’ve generated on the Glowforge to date! 
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That is lovely!
Whatever you’d like it to be- I’m making a times table disk for my youngest son to help him.
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Nov 4: Bookmark
This project allows you to alter the width, height, text, font and if you’d like to leave space for an image to be placed before engraving.
The leather split I used for this is so thin, I was able to use my settings for cutting paper. On the bright side, there was no need for masking. 
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Nov 5: Earring Stand
I asked the wife what kind of earring stand she’d like and she suggested something with fish. Since we have koi in our pond and she really likes them, I thought I’d do it koi themed. However, I did seriously under-estimate the number of earrings she has. LOL
I put a Japanese koi pond image in the ring tray.
I like trying to push the limits of the detail I can achieve using the Glowforge, so I tried making little fish as part of the living hinge. I’m not sure I pulled it off. I think they look more like sharks than koi.
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That is phenomenal! I really love that design, especially the Living Hinge!
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Nov 6: Egg Stand
I’m not sure if this was what was meant by an “egg stand”, but the interpretation is part of the challenge, right? 
Bigger image for those who don’t want to click to Cuttle…
I left the sign kind of rough to make it look hand painted, but I think I might give it another coat of white.
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Nov 7: Coaster
Of course the best one to add electricity to is the one holding a condensation-laden cup, right?
I could have done a better job with the flames, but it’s a one-day build and I have to work late tonight, so this is it.
Here it is lit up in the dark. It’s amazing how much light can be put off by a coin battery and a couple of small LEDs.
It’s 3 layers thick (well, 4, if you count the cork ring on the very bottom). The bottom layer (not the cork) is a ring of thick acrylic. This leaves enough room for the battery and LEDs. The middle layer is just a solid medium transparent acrylic circle with a few score lines to try to make the flames pop a little. And the top layer is an outer ring of medium acrylic and the cork design in the middle.
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Love this idea!!! Would be interested for a new one to go up each month. Can you imagine - 365 days of laser?! (Right now I’m at about 4 days/month… lol)
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Right now I’m at about 4 days/month
Until this month, you were way ahead of me! 
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Nov 8: Business Card
Infomercial (i.e. setup a situation NO ONE has and offer a solution NO ONE needs):
Announcer: Have you had this happen to you?
Client: I know I was supposed to call you last week to set up that great deal, but I gave your business card to a friend and didn’t know your number.
Sad Guy: If only there were a way to hand out two business cards at once.
Announcer: And now there is! Introducing the SHARABLE business card! Your client can keep your card while sharing the pop out card with a friend. Amazing!!!
I really wanted to do this in cardstock, but the engrave just wasn’t visible. The top one is my best effort at pulling off cardstock anyway. I put a thin layer of black acrylic paint on yellow stock and engraved that. I won’t call it a success, but maybe someone can learn from my trials.
And the little tabs holding the embedded copy in place need to be a bit smaller. I torn the card getting the embedded one out.
Information is all parameterized in the Cuttle project:
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Nov 9: Tie Hanger
I’ve had a long day and I have to get up super early, so this is a simple one. Just cut and assemble.
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I love LEDs and acrylic. What does the circuit look like? Is like a LED throwie? A coin cell and a LED?
I tried to post this yesterday, but the forum software won’t allow more than 3 consecutive posts by the same user. I couldn’t post again until someone else did. Thanks, @bwente !
Nov 10: New House Tag
Ok, I wasn’t sure what was meant by this one, so I made a configurable house sign.
There’s a flag, invertCorners, that can be flipped to give the following instead:
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Yes, it’s a throwie, just no magnet.
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Nov 11. Christmas Ornament
I’ve been wanting to make a parametric snowflake for quite some time. I finally have a reason to just do it.
If you go to the project, you can change the multiple aspects of the snowflake. Here are a few samples in some different colors of acrylic:
This picture doesn’t quite do them justice, especially the transparent blue ones.
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Nov 12. Wine Glass Marker
You just need to add one of the following:
- Jewelry Hardware
- Ribbon
- Colored String
These are also pretty great for using scrap acrylic material from other projects. I wouldn’t cut the hanger piece from wood, but the markers themselves could be.
Close up of the completed ones and additional markers.
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LOL I had to look up the key to your puzzle. Very nice!
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