After many many hours and months of fluffing around, secret meetings with staff at Officeworks and late night stints on the computer when Mark was out I managed to create a photographical printed masterpiece for Mark's birthday. A 10 double page book! Hurdles were figuring out the software and not having Mark to ask as it was all very secret business and finding the best biggest images (he took) possible without getting him suspicious.
Excuses for my secretiveness were "I'm carving you a new coffee mug out of moonrock" and "I'm having an artist paint a nude portrait of you".
After a delay in the printing stage (failed quality control and had to be reprinted) making it not here for his actual birthday it arrived 2 days late and I think I did manage to actually surprise him!!
I've learned a lot and did manage to have fun so I'll definately be doing another making adjustments and adding text etc. I think the multiple photo pages worked out the best.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/birthday-book-1.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/birthday-book-2.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/birthday-book-3.jpg)
Now that was just plain sneaky PP But in a nice way.
AWSOME idea Mate, Mark is a very lucky bloke :yahoo:
Wonderful gift PPH. Will Mark be holding the new coffee cup in the painting.!! :shok::shok::shok:
Great Work! A very nice surprise indeed. :yahoo:
Beautiful job PPH!!
Robster, you're on a roll!
Quote from: 'Robster' pid='44509' dateline='1395467493'Wonderful gift PPH. Will Mark be holding the new coffee cup in the painting.!! :shok::shok::shok:
He says he'll model if he gets to hold a maundy penny over his manhood.
No seriously, he broke his coffee mug a while ago and life will never be the same again.
QuoteHe says he'll model if he gets to hold a maundy penny over his manhood.
I recon a Bloke with his "Backbone" would need a lot more that that to hide his "Credentials" :ok:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='44520' dateline='1395469320'QuoteHe says he'll model if he gets to hold a maundy penny over his manhood.
I recon a Bloke with his "Backbone" would need a lot more that that to hide his "Credentials" "ok"
Maybe a 5c piece.
Seriously though, I was really surprised with the gift and it's fun to sit and leaf through it. And given that PPH hates computers and has no patience with software she's really stepped out of her comfort zone to make this for me.
Fantastic present,
Job well done PPH.
Now tell me what happened to that 1976 50c.
It appears to have been struck multiple times on a thin planchet.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/australia-1975-50c-error.jpg)
Very nice job PP, yep ya pretty lucky Mark :good:
This may be a rare and expensive error coin But to be totally Honest I find it quite Ugly to look at.
Very nice set of error coins.....hope you remember my birthday
:yahoo:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='44525' dateline='1395470334'This may be a rare and expensive error coin But to be totally Honest I find it quite Ugly to look at.
I would have to agree.
I saw something similar on the internet a few years ago.
A picture of a motorcyclist who had an accident and lost
the lower half of his jaw.