Nice! I hope that it works out well for you! Mine is still holding up beautifully

Both are insulation foam painted to look like wood. That worked great for the sign, but the post was actually not quite sturdy enough, and broke not long after this photo. Fortunately I was able to set aside the broken bit and just be somewhat more careful with the shorter post, and then I remade the post with a metal core to give it some extra strength and rigidity

The price of housing

I’d be shocked if they hadn’t heard that before

Yep, Ritza 25 Tiger thread 0.6 Aqua

My wallet wore out about a year ago. I liked the general shape, but was looking for a fun project, so instead of buying a new one I made a similar one, first out of paper, then scrap canvas, then scrap leather, then a final version from Walpier Buttero with edge paint and hand stitching in an accent color. I designed it in Inkscape, and laser-cut the pieces, including the holes for stitching, which allowed me to get very precise stitches. Not pictured - several paper/staples iterations on the pockets tweaking the pattern to my liking

It’s a simplified stand-in for “creation or evolution?” The “hard to tell” usage of the phrase that is often used has always confused me, because it is an easy answer regardless of your worldview, but different worldviews have different ‘obvious’ answers