Blog of Josh Hall

I saw this set on LEGO.com and I thought the front didn’t look quite right, especially using the white bricks. It’s also less functional since it’s only 1 brick deep. Here’s my modified version with instructions – http://joshuadhall.com/lego/Building%20Instructions%20%5Bheartshapedbox%5D.html those 72 parts will run you less than $3 on bricklink.com. Here’s an inventory file if you’d […]

This was an award for MAN Growth at a gathering of friends to give each other man awards.  The event focused on all of our unique talents; mine being LEGO creations. At first, I wanted to do a bonsai tree, but after seeing that a bunch have been done already, I lost some steam.  I […]

How do you feel about thank you cards?  We’ve certainly started to use technology in a lot of new ways, but thank you cards are still the same old tradition that our grandmother’s did when they were our age.  Is that a good thing?  

Here are some quick Christmas ornaments I made this year.  Nothing too fancy, but simple enough for anyone to make.  

Offer people money when they’re paying for your enjoyment.  My favorite line that lead to this rule came from the Heinritz family:  “Boats don’t run on thanks, they run on gas.”  If they refuse, that’s up to them, but it’s up to you to initiate the gratitude.

This was part of a challenge this year to make something homemade for 5 people.  Adam’s always been a big Who fan.  Probably took 3 hours to design, build, and then glue.