Dicember Day 26: Shirley Temple Dice
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sorcyressDicember Day 26
Shirley Temple Dice.
(Obtained 2021 01, made by Legendary Pants)
The Shirley Temple is my favourite drink by a goodly margin --it's sweet, just a little fancy, and usually dirt cheap. I've been known to double fist them whenever possible, and I make them for anyone who asks at Pinewoods. So when I encountered the "wine dice" kickstarter, I was sorta indifferent until I saw these as a stretch goal. (okay, and the Absinthe, I'll talk about those later1).
They turned out even better than expected because, and I cannot emphasize my glee at this fact enough, the reddish-pink swirled inside them looks rather horrifyingly like flesh. The fact that the sweet-n-innocent drink for kids playacting grownup actually looks to be a dismembered human, but also glittery, is choice and made them easily (and unexpectedly!) my favourite of the six wine dice sets I received.
The wine dice in general are merely okay. I got a whole bunch of different sets relatively cheap due to the kickstarter, and was interested to find that the size is not super consistent between them --as much as a few millimeters off between different sets. The cost reflects that level of imperfection --$14 for an eleven-die set is a pretty decent price-- and I think they've got a nice smooth feel to them. The colours are quite sharp across the board, and they are extremely evocative of the drinks they were trying to portray.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Ah! I wrote this note before I had finished writing all the entries, when things were still a little bit in flux! Later might be considerably so, in other words. Like, next year's Dicember maybe?
Shirley Temple Dice.
(Obtained 2021 01, made by Legendary Pants)
The Shirley Temple is my favourite drink by a goodly margin --it's sweet, just a little fancy, and usually dirt cheap. I've been known to double fist them whenever possible, and I make them for anyone who asks at Pinewoods. So when I encountered the "wine dice" kickstarter, I was sorta indifferent until I saw these as a stretch goal. (okay, and the Absinthe, I'll talk about those later1).
They turned out even better than expected because, and I cannot emphasize my glee at this fact enough, the reddish-pink swirled inside them looks rather horrifyingly like flesh. The fact that the sweet-n-innocent drink for kids playacting grownup actually looks to be a dismembered human, but also glittery, is choice and made them easily (and unexpectedly!) my favourite of the six wine dice sets I received.
The wine dice in general are merely okay. I got a whole bunch of different sets relatively cheap due to the kickstarter, and was interested to find that the size is not super consistent between them --as much as a few millimeters off between different sets. The cost reflects that level of imperfection --$14 for an eleven-die set is a pretty decent price-- and I think they've got a nice smooth feel to them. The colours are quite sharp across the board, and they are extremely evocative of the drinks they were trying to portray.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: Ah! I wrote this note before I had finished writing all the entries, when things were still a little bit in flux! Later might be considerably so, in other words. Like, next year's Dicember maybe?