Today I had the chance to use my 3D printer in a most novel way… by thanking the nursing staff of the maternity ward who have been looking after my wife and new daughter.
Through the power of 3D printing I was able to quickly turn the ink foot print they took into a Pink PLA plastic “token” of our appreciation… to scale of course.
If I were super slick, I would have packed the PrintrBot Simple into the car with a 12V to 120V converter and just printed them in the hospital parking lot. 
This idea turned out so well that I’m sure I’ll be making a bunch more for friends and family.
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Nikki
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Congratulations @AtomJaay!
Love the personalized gifts you’ve made and look forward to seeing that mobile 3D printing Hub hooked up to your car battery! 
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Ooh - in cura you can do height based on darkness and get it slightly more 3 dimensional.
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Software to #3dprint #footprint @GIMP_Official @shapeways 2D to 3D app @netfabb @SketchUp @meshmixer @simplify3d The shapeways app does the same, but I find without smooth transition of gradient you can get rough surface rather than sloping mounds.
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Congratulations @AtomJaay
Nowyou can start printing lots of toys !!
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I was thinking baby shoes in NinjaFlex to start off.
Here is a detailed 3D printing instructable to help you offer this service through your Hub:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Welcoming-a-new-little-Maker-with-a-3D-Footprint-K/
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Congratulations @AtomJaay! Those prints must be so small 
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This sounds awesome! Have you tried anything like that already?
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I haven’t actually tried it out, with all the hustle and bustle of late, but I did search for the files a while back and I came across some that you sew Velcro onto. https://www.myminifactory.com/object/leopard-shoes-by-michele-1497
This is awesome! One thing I did when I was making stamps from images, was export it as a SVG. You can then import that SVG in Tinkercad to get in ‘3D’.
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A stamp of this stamp would be a great addition to the project. I always forget to mirror when I make stamps and end up with a coin first.
Awesome stuff Adam, and congrats!!!
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Wow, wonderful!!! Congratulations!!
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Thanks @Paulina
If you know anybody who works with the Shapeways APP builder ShapeJS I would love to talk to them. I would really like to make this process a seamless shapeways experience that can create these from an uploaded image and add a backing plus custom text.
Download and order one through 3DHubs locally or directly from shapeways. Make some money for other Hubs and get a College Fund going for the little one.
@Filemon @Nikki @Alex3DHubs @gabriela3d
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Lots of great feedback and interest!
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