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.
New and Upcoming Products:
Stunning Lord of the Rings Fellowship wall art. The Nine Walkers in solid hardwoods. Handcrafted, with live edge olive wood so every piece is unique. Beautiful art you show with assurance and satisfaction. No paint or stain on this marvelous piece, just natural, food grade safe oil. But don't eat off it as a platter.
Have a look at version two of our Anything Tiles. Now with walls! Even better than the first version.
New Lower Price on Anything Tiles:
May 2025: More great news! Anything Tiles are now 20% cheaper! Pay only $20 instead of $25 per set. Same great (new) product, new great price. We are making awesome in more ways than one.
New Lower Prices on Promethium Forge:
May 2025: Great News! More than half of the smaller Promethium Forge kits are now cheaper to buy! You will get savings of 30% to 50% on these repriced kits. Now that is awesome. And not one of the other kits under $30 has gone up in price. Of the larger kits, the Triple Sodium Storage Tower is also cheaper by almost 20%. Not only do we make awesome, we also make it awesomely more affordable for you.
Upcoming Craft and Trade Shows:
As soon as details are finalized we will announce here all the other shows we will be at throughout 2025. We will be at some local Christmas shows and maybe one or two other big shows before then.
News:
The Game Con Canada show was a fascinating event. So much happening, and we met so many great people. Thanks to all our lovely customers and everyone who dropped in to browse our very interesting products. We hope to see even more people next year.
Friday through Sunday, 13 - 15 June 2025: Game Con Canada at the Edmonton Expo Centre (7515 118 Ave NW, Edmonton). An amazing show for boardgamers, videogamers, ttrpg'ers, wargamers, pinball aficionados, and anyone interested in all related geek culture. The biggest gaming convention in Canada! The first Canadian Warhammer 40,000 Open tournament was a smashing success.
Hours:
Friday, 13 June: 11am to 7pm.
Saturday, 14 June: 10am to 6pm.
Sunday, 15 June: 10am to 6pm.
This was our biggest show ever. We sold Anything Tiles ,Promethium Forge kits, and all sorts of laser engraved slate. There were around 350 vendor booths, more than 35,000 attendees, video and board game demos and tournaments, and cosplay (saw lots of that on Saturday particularly). We were in booth 657, located in Hall E. The airship hanging above our booth was extremely popular. Thanks to everyone who dropped by to browse, chat, and buy. We had fun connecting with so many like-minded people.
Saturday, 03 May 2025: Muir Lake Spring Market at Muir Lake community hall on Hwy 779 just 11 km due north of Stony Plain. Hours: 10am - 4pm. Free entry, all ages. Concession available. We showed off our airship attention getter, plus some new slate and existing products. Thanks to everyone who stopped by.
Friday, 25 April 2025: Alt After Dark Night Market at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre in Edmonton 8426 Gateway Boulevard. Held from 7-11pm. Free entry, all ages. We had a new table layout to give us more verticality to our display. Beautiful evening weather and good crowds. Thank you to all customers. We hope you enjoy your slate.
2024 shows
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. Thanks to all who purchased something from us. 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.