I had family up from out of state over the summer and we hit about every gift store in a 200 mile radius. There were lots of laser cut items for sale from various makers and artists, but thought I’d share a few of my favorites. I’m not posting to solicit sales, just as examples for anyone looking for creative ideas. Here we go -
A little different take on a puzzle, which I thought was interesting -
Dragoncon just happened in Atlanta, and their vendor spaces are full of laser products to study.
What’s interesting is the pricing. I don’t know what lasers they’re using but they are not glowforges, that’s for sure. Several were selling full-size engraved cutting boards for under $20 – there’s no way to make any money at that with a glowforge, we’re just too slow.
It’s always fun to see what others do. The tealight one reminds me of a similar style I received from some of our good friends when we left pastoring in Globe. Except mine has mirror on the back, but the same spacing idea in between. I also like that puzzle, and putting the bag on the back is clever.
So much stuff I see these days where fancy designs are selling for less than I could buy the wood for them. I have tried going where they cannot… bent cylinders, very rich designs… but eventually all the creativity is in slicing a penny off the cost. A friend did that by using copper plated steel for his enamel earrings, and made a fair amount of money, but the production lost him his eyes
People are always undervaluing themselves. Just because you can sell something for cheap doesn’t mean you should. But, yeah, I highly doubt they’re using a GlowForge!
