I used four different colors of wood stain to create some more visual depth to the piece and make the layers stand out from each other. Clean all the layers vigorously. Any little speck of dust or moisture on the plastic layers will be trapped inside and will show clearly once the lights are added.
I stacked up all the pieces and used CA glue (krazy/super glue) around the edges to secure them all together, making sure to line up the layers perfectly, since there's no getting them back apart afterwards.
I wrapped my LED strip twice around the circle, making sure the strips lay as flat as possible. I held them in place with clear packing tape, as neatly as I could.
I arranged the lights so that the microcontroller was near the bottom. Later, after I started programming animations in WLED, I did come back and do little placement-adjusting to get the strips in the right places to light the different parts of the design. The packing tape made it easy to make adjustments after the fact.
I glued the whole ensemble into the frame and attached the Mini Sparkle Motion to the back of the frame as well. I used a right-angle USB-C adapter so the USB cable can hang straight down from the back of the piece.
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