Use these files to share blueprints between rspec and cucumber, centralize shams in one file, and store the blueprints in the blueprints directory in rails root. Don't forget to put machinist and ffaker in your Gemfile

_setup.rb

require 'machinist/active_record'
require 'sham'
require 'ffaker'

# load all other .rb files in this directory
Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__)+'/*.rb'].each {|f| require f}

_shams.rb

Sham.define do
  # attribute { value }
end

blueprints.rb

# Load machinist blueprints
require Rails.root.join('blueprints/_setup.rb')
Before { Sham.reset }

blueprints.rb

# Load machinist blueprints
require Rails.root.join('blueprints/_setup.rb')

model_faking.rb

# wrap the mocking/stubbing (=faking) of models for improved spec readability
def fake(model, overrides={} )
  # stub_model gives a rails-specific interface, as opposed to double(model)
  # model.plan harnesses the neatness of machinist blueprints
  stub_model model, model.plan.merge(overrides.symbolize_keys)
end