We are getting new things ready for markets. Christmas markets are coming, and I know we are registered for one, and Missus just applied to another. There will be Christmas decorations to sell, and gifts or trinkets as well. So Missus and I have both been busy getting at our seperate products.
I got to work on some candles to put up for sale at the markets. I have some beeswax that is set up for tool wax and for waxing thread and the like. I noticed a few people picking the ones shaped like little beehives and turning them about to see all sides. So, today I got to work making some wicked candles in the same molds. I have a bunch of Christmas Trees already made. So I added those and some taper candles together and have a whole box ready to sell at these upcoming markets. Fingers crossed, they go!
While I was allowing the pours to harden, I also spent the day trying out a laser engraver that has been sat connected to my computer for a while. It works, but I was trying it etching a design into paper and I started out wondering if the laser was even working as it didn’t even leave a scorch mark! . On a higher setting it finally made the marks I was expecting it to. Except it didn’t. I really did expect a scorch mark. As it turned out, it quickly went to cutting right through the paper. That was quite the elegant design, and I see a lot of potential in that for things like paper lanterns.
We are celebrating a birthday here this evening, so my focus will soon turn to that. It is a joy to have a kid and to celebrate a special day with them! I plan on taking as much from the evening as I can.