August was a busy month! First up, here’s some new pocket mirrors, this time with laser engraving on. They carry positive affirmation messages; I hope that folks will get a boost when they use them.
A friend asked me to make her some buttons for partially-sighted people. She reports that since wearing them, people are now acknowledging her disability and not thinking she is being demanding, so that’s good. I’ve had orders on Etsy since hers too, so hopefully other people out there are finding benefit in these.
Airplane earrings seem to be going well, so I made a couple more designs for helicopter and airline pilots.
Then I was asked to make a load of buttons for the Sport Air Racing League! I can only show two of them so far, since this race is now done – they’re keeping the rest under wraps until each race. The black/white/red button is only for the race pilots, whereas the colorful one is for everyone. That’s an F1 Rocket that I drew on there.
And while we’re with the Sport Air Racing League, let me add my congratulations to the Hammer brothers, who won this year’s Hall of Fame award! I was delighted to make the plaques for this. (If you’d like to know more about air racing, visit http://sportairrace.org for more info)
I had a customer asking about getting a traditional rete on her astrolabe, and she kindly helped me develop it to have a good number of stars on there. So now I’m offering this as an option on my astrolabes. They do look pretty cool. They’re a little harder to use than the acrylic version since they hide parts of the plate underneath, but they’re every bit as accurate. I’m also now offering spare parts, including a longer ruler, which folks can add to their order.
Blue Owl Brewing has asked me to make a few things for their merchandise cabinet, and a new addition this month was these keychains, made from Maple ply. I think these turned out pretty well. You can order these (and lots of other things) from their online store, or go visit the awesome tap room in Austin.
I’ve been working on these acrylic rockets for a while. I finally got the design to work nicely, so now I’ve got some of these for sale. I’ll have them at market initially but they should be on Etsy soon. They are lit by electric tea lights; the blue one is a steady glow that rotates in colors, whereas the yellowish one flickers like a real candle, but stays that same color. No, you can’t change them out once the rocket is built; it’s glued together. But I did leave the battery hatch accessible, so you can change the battery.
