If you noticed it is only 20 or 21 (for the people on the other side of the World) days left until Christmas :-)

So its time to get or prepare the gifts ;-)

For my mother i will prepare a glowie orchid. The plan is to submerge the sealed AtmegaHearth in the flower pot and illuminate a glass "thing" (i even don't know the german word) which stays next to the orchid.

On the Pro side:

• my mother likes plants
• my mother likes orchids
• my mother likes those glass things

On the Con side:

• It needs Power
• Its a bit complicated to add the pcb to the flower pot

First i "casted" the PCB in Hotglue. Only the LED got a Window made by a part of a MonCherie box.

I tested it in water... it worked:

After this nice success i also tried a bit of toner transfer - worked also okay but the standard paper was a bit difficult to remove... should try some other paper types. It was pretty easy. Just print the "artwork" mirrored on a paper and put it on the hotglue as long as it is still hot.

In person it looks a lot better. It's a bit kitschy but its not visible by default :) Here is another close up.

I hope you enjoyed this post also.