MAKER MONDAY: Video game controller earrings

We’re back after a brief time-out for the holidays and to let Devon recover from his appendectomy. Devon’s doing well and made good use of the enforced downtime to work on terrain files and personal projects.

I cut these earrings on our Glowforge and hand-painted them with the new POSCA paint pens I got for Christmas. (Our kids stole my last set.) The earrings are available through our shop here and on Etsy.

In other news, we’re working on compiling all of Devon’s 3D-terrain files on a USB drive for people who want an easy-to-access format. As soon as we work out the most efficient way to fulfill and ship them, I’ll let you know how you can get one.

NEW RELEASE: Pooling our resources

Round pool tiles come in 3x3 and 4x4 format.

Happy Thursday!

The latest release features:

— updated braziers
— full pillars updated for dungeon stone
— a torch capable of holding a tea light
— 3x3 and 4x4 single-tile round pools

Patrons can find attachments and links to our Dropbox on our Patreon page. Everyone else can find free files on Thingiverse and MyMiniFactory.

MAKER MONDAY: Taekwando belt rack

Devon and I joined forces to make this belt rack for our 9-year-old daughter. I have to paint a few more slats, but it’s mostly done. Next we’ll make one for our 5-year-old.

MAKER MONDAY: Kill. Loot. Repeat.

This coaster is made from engineered wood and antique walnut stain.

Those kobold babies aren’t going to murder themselves.

I had a blast designing these coasters for our online store, and I plan to give some to our gamer friends for the holidays.

It’s weird that I spend so much time making coasters given how damaged most of our furniture is. Maybe I’m just planning for the day when we can have nice things again.

MAKER MONDAY: Unicorn earrings for a sick-day project

Materials: Wood, paint, metal

Our 9-year-old daughter was home sick from school and mentioned she wanted unicorn earrings, so I got to work on our laser cutter. I love projects that use up scrap wood. Devon is better at painting small things, but this was good enough to please our daughter.

You can find this design (and others) at SpongeBobb’s Etsy store for $1. This isn’t the first unicorn project I’ve done and it won’t be the last, so I’m betting that dollar will be well spent.