{"id":722,"date":"2011-01-19T10:50:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T10:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/722-romance-with-a-twist.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:08:08","slug":"romance-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/romance-with-a-twist","title":{"rendered":"Romance, With a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems as though Shapeways Twisty Puzzle extraordinaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shops\/oskarpuzzles\" target=\"_blank\">Oskar<\/a> has recently turned his hand to that of a twisty cupid with more successful marriage proposals accepted via his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/113084\/gift_cube.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gift Cube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>You may remember the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/458-Matthew-Mindys-Romantic-3D-printed-puzzle-wedding-proposal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew and Mindy<\/a> and their twisty puzzle proposal? They were married on July 31st, 2010 and have re-enacted their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ysQvPR3DVYk\" target=\"_blank\">Gift-Cube proposal on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:3368 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/GiftCube-AndreaMichael-sample-view42.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Since then there have been another two successful proposals via Oskar&#8217;s Gift Cube and another one soon to be presented. What will she say?<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:3386 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/GiftCube-AndreaMichael-sample-view92.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:3404 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/GiftCube-AndreaMichael-sample-view72.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nMaybe it is time to start thinking about your <b>Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/b>, if not with a Gift Cube proposal then maybe with a unique piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/gallery?mg%5Bsearch%5D%5Bcategories%5D=23&amp;mg%5Bsearch%5D%5Bclear%5D\" target=\"_blank\">jewelry<\/a>, engagement or not.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Oskar\/Cupid, Michael and Andrea, Matthew and Mindy, Darryl and Michelle. 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