First, go look at this:
A holiday crafts project!
Here’s my favorite part:
And can you tell what they’re made of? Styrofoam and plastic spoons!
I could. I could tell right away.
My other favorite part is that you need to snap the bottom of each plastic spoon off without breaking the spoon or slicing off a body part. Good luck with that. I know I would end up in the ER. Your mileage may vary.
I’m kind of sorry to make fun of this, because the person seems so good-hearted and earnest. And I can relate – I’ve been there. You create something that you spend A LOT of time on, so much time that you fall in love with it, maybe a bit TOO much in love…and it is still just a styro ball with spoons stuck in it.
Spray-painted gold. (Did I ever tell you about my mom’s gold spray paint phase? OMG everything. Sticks, canisters, pine cones, baskets…Because anything looks Klassy if it is gold! “Oh, wow, Mom, I thought you actually bought SOLID GOLD bookends!”)
So. I’m not trying to be mean. Ok, a little mean. But mostly what I’m trying to do is to save you from having your relatives make fun of your spoon ball behind your back for years to come. Trust me on this one.
December 7th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Oh. My. I always feel bad when people are very serious about their incredibly ugly art. I don’t like hurting people’s feelings. Also, I’m pretty sure that I’m going to make something, someday, (or maybe I already have?) that I will be enthralled with while people are secretly throwing up in their mouths behind me.
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December 7th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Ok, I edited to be a little less mean.
Jessica (38 comments.) Reply:
December 7th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Heh.. really, it’s a styrofoam ball with spoons stuck in it. If anyone but my first grader made one of these, I would be hard pressed to say anything nice about it. Even then it might be a struggle.
I look forward to the day when I make something bizarre enough that it can be found on Craftastrophe; I love this site.
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suebob (230 comments.) Reply:
December 8th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Well, get to work! The possibilities are endless.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:50 am
This falling in love with your own work if you worked really hard on something even has a namd, it’s the IKEA effect:
http://hbr.org/web/2009/hbr-list/ikea-effect-when-labor-leads-to-love
(I’m afraid that I one day might also fall into that trap *urghs*)
suebob (230 comments.) Reply:
December 8th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
That is awesome. Thank you.