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I really wanted a romantic, floral look but didn't want to spend a fortune, so I decided to make my own. I started with a simple plain veil that came with a built in comb. Then, I ordered some preserved flowers and pearl decorations from SHEIN, and picked up some fake greenery from a local supermarket. Before gluing anything down, I spent some time laying all the flowers and pearls out on the tulle to figure out the placement. Once I was happy with how it looked, I used a hot glue gun to secure everything.

Originally, I only planned to use this as a prop for our wedding photos. However, my husband saw it and insists that it's beautiful enough to wear during the actual ceremony too! I'm a bit torn. What do you guys think？is it ceremony worthy, or should I stick to just using it for photos?

Took my half wig outside today and suddenly turned into the selfie final boss lol

I’ve been using an old Fanatec pedal set for way longer. Recently I finally switched to Simagic P1000 pedals, and the difference was way bigger than I expected. Braking in sim racing feels much more controlled and consistent now, especially when trying to hit repeatable laps.

solo home-services operator here, will keep the exact trade vague because the post isn't really about the trade. spent the last ~60 days testing AI phone agents because i was losing maybe 25-30% of inbound calls while my hands were physically on a job. a human answering service had quoted me $240-400/mo which is brutal on the margins of a one-person shop.

ranked from "uninstalled fastest" to "still using":

Dialpad AI Voice. enterprise phone system with AI features bolted on. not really built for "solo owner gets a call while drilling into a wall." overkill, and the AI part felt like an afterthought.

Smith.ai (their AI add-on). voice is the most natural of the four. but their product is built around their human agents, so the AI-only setup felt half-finished and the pricing assumed i'd also want the humans. fine if you want both, weird if you don't.

a fourth one i won't name (demo was actively buggy). voice was rough, mishears constant, uninstalled after 3 days. wasted a week.

PollyReach. what i'm still using after 6 weeks. it picks up, talks to the caller, books on my Google calendar, texts me a summary. honest stuff that bugs me:

• voice has a mild AI tell. roughly 1 in 10 older callers ask "is this a person?" which i don't love.

• mishears proper nouns about 15% of the time. had a "2018 Escalade" come through as "2018 Escape" in the booking note. i fix it from the calendar entry before the appointment.

• doesn't negotiate price. if a caller wants to haggle the AI gives up too fast and just asks them to call back. some of you will see that as a bug; for me it's actually fine.

• pricing was the cheapest of the four, fwiw.

stuff i specifically stress-tested across all four:

• noisy background on caller side: all 4 handled it.

• caller asking off-script questions ("do you do mobile?"): only Smith and PollyReach handled OK, Dialpad sometimes looped.

• the handoff to me when the AI couldn't resolve something: only one of them sent a useful summary i could act on. the others dumped a raw transcript or just pinged me "missed call."

what i wish all of them did better:

• learn my actual pricing rules from past emails instead of me typing them into a form

• handle 2 concurrent calls without sounding overlapped on the recording

• voice that sounds less "saas demo" and more "shop." older clients pick up on the tell fast.

anyone here trialed others i missed? specifically curious if anything handles in-person estimate workflows well. most of my higher-ticket bookings need a site visit first, and none of the four really nailed "collect address + good callback window" as a separate flow.

Honestly, I’m not entirely sure how to use Stage Manager, but I really love this multi-tasking setup. How do you guys usually use it?

I finally placed my first Shein order and went with an all polka dot theme. I’ve put my try on photos side by side with the product images so you can see how they compare. I’m a size Small and everything here is an S.

1. I am obsessed with the waist design on this one. It’s so flattering in person.
2. The top is slightly asymmetric and I was surprised to find the bottom is actually a skort!
3. Sizing is spot on, but the hemline/bottom part of the skirt feels a bit funky and strange.
4. am I wearing this wrong lol? I feel like it would look way better if it showed more leg.

Overall I’d call this a small victory for my first time! What do you guys think?

I’ve been working on these for the past two months! I used up every last bead from my Shein and Artkal buckets to finish these. I’m actually shocked I’ve stayed dedicated to this for so long but it’s just so addictive. It is definitely my favorite hobby right now. I’m a bit sad I have no beads left but looking at them all together makes it worth it! XD

Pulled this frame from a flight I did the other evening. Didn't touch the colors at all, straight out of drones. Kinda obsessed with how it rendered the sky.

I'm still getting the hang of balancing the exposure with this new drone in high-contrast scenes like this, definitely be sharing more landscape photos soon as I figure it out more！