In class we learned how to make a simple circuit with copper tape and a battery. Using these two pretty simple materials we were able to get a small LED light to turn on.

We had a day of testing out ideas with various materials, figuring out what worked and what didn’t. And then our actual assignment was to create a card for someone that means a lot to us and of course I picked my boyfriend, Danny…

It’s kinda funny because my boyfriend is going to school for electrical engineering, so this simple circuit is soooo simple to him, but he will probably appreciate in on another level, that i am just tapping the surface of what he does in a much deeper way.

I started by making a holder for the battery so that it could be easily replaced, if needed.

 

I hid my holder underneath a layer of tissue paper

I started by thinking about different things that make me and Danny’s relationship special, little things that make our relationship unique.

I thought about the colors that the two of us use, blue and green. My favorite color is blue and his is green, so he sends me blue things and I send him green. So based on that, I incorporated those colors into the card as well as using an LED of each color.

 

I used two aluminum foil hearts to complete the circuit.

One of the requirements of the card was to have a switch that completes the circuit:

I then customized the card more, we always say that forever is never enough, so we say, “forever and a day”

I know, super gross and lovey.

I then had to solder the joints and LEDS down to make them more secure and……

I burnt myself..

on my pinky ):

but it felt okay by the end of the day.
I created the card in a way that could work as a small photo album

Simple circuits can add a lot of meaning to something because the green and blue LED lights add so much more meaning that is unique and individual to our relationship.

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