News and Shows
See which upcoming trade shows we will be attending as vendors. Come drop by our booth if you are at the sale and say hello.
Get the latest on what we've been up to and some sneak peaks at some exciting products that are on their way.
Upcoming Products:
3d Christmas tree ornaments are available now! Check out the awesome hardwood pieces that are beautifully engraved on solid maple. Available at 3d engraved ornaments.
Our live-edge, multi-layer Christmas ornaments are available, along with several other tree decoration designs such as buffalo plaid moose.
Have a look at version two of our Anything Tiles at Anything Tiles. Now with walls! Even better than the first version.
Upcoming Craft and Trade Shows:
Watch this space for announcements of which shows we will do in the spring.
News:
December 2024: Onoway Jr./Sr. High School hosted an Evening of Christmas Enchantment on Thursday, 12 December 2024 at the school from 6:30pm to 9pm. We had a great show with way more people and business than expected. We were kept very busy for the 2 1/2 hours of the show. Our various decorations were very popular and, as always, we had lots of people who loved buying our slate. Thanks to so many who showed up.
November 2024: We had a great show at the Muir Lake Winter Market on Saturday, 30 November from 10am to 4pm. The community hall is just 7 minutes drive north of Stony Plain. Poster for show. We had three kinds of Christmas ornaments available: live-edge multi-layer, 3d engraved maple, and cut-through buffalo plaid. Our ever popular engraved slate was a big hit as usual, as were other treasures and unique gifts such as debossed dinosaur rolling pins. The weather wasn't great but we really appreciated the turn-out and the enthusiasm from people who love the awesome things we like to make.
November 2024: We had a great show at the very local Onoway Farmer's Market on 14 November. Very many thanks to those who dropped by and those who shopped. We love to see people get enthused about our geeky items. They "get" us and we appreciate it. This was a smaller show than other shows we have been at but the customers were great and supportive as always. This was a last-minute decision and we're glad we went because so many people bought "our awesome".
October 2024: We had another successful show at the Parkland Fall Night Market on 4-5 October 2024. Our new products, the multi-layer live-edge Christmas tree ornaments were well received. They come in three varieties. There were good crowds of shoppers at the show and many interesting tables. A big thank-you to the many friends and family who dropped by to say hello and buy some of our lovely products.
July 2024: Calgary's Indigem Rock and Gem Show held on Friday through Sunday, 19-21 July 2024 was even more successful than Edmonton's. Even more vendors and customers and our slate was even more popular. Big thanks to Green's Rock and Lapidary and Indigem for making it possible for us to have a booth at the show. And many thanks to those who dropped by to see and purchase our wide variety of laser engraved slate. Definitely our most popular item was the "phases of the moon" slate, though many other pieces also did well.
July 2024: Our very first show was a "smashing" success. Our live-edged engraved slate was popular with the public. This was at the Edmonton Indigem Rock and Gem Show on Friday and Saturday, 12-13 July 2024. Thanks to everyone who dropped by to say hello, buy awesome engraved slate, and spend some fascinating time with our hermit crabs who were showing off our terrarium slate.