Month: January 2024

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Gift Certificate Update

People have been asking about the new gift certificates and I have an update about how things are going so far.

I’m very excited! I just had someone use one of the new gift certificates to purchase some carving blocks from the store (for the first time) and everything seems to have worked just as it was supposed to work. I love it when that happens! I knew folks had been able to purchase the certificates and send them to the desired recipient, but I was still nervous about how the cashing-in part of the equation was going to work. Tonight, I’m breathing a little easier and doing a happy dance.

Still, let me know if anything seems to glitch on the user end. It’s still a new feature and unforeseen things can happen.

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Announcing Something New!

I finally managed to figure out how to add electronic Gift Cards/Certificates to the site. I had tried several times before and failed, but managed to emerge from the struggle victorious this time. If you want to check out the possibilities, here’s the link: Gift Card.

And, of course, I couldn’t just leave the listing naked, so I carved an icon to use for the link.

Image of a hand carved print of a wrapped package along with the block carved to print it.

So far, I’m using just the print as the icon, because that’s what I originally had in mind, but I’m rethinking it. I might rework the icon, using the printed image along with the actual carving and tools – a square out of the picture above. I think it might be more visually interesting. Any opinions?

In either case, I am very excited to be able to offer gift certificates, at long last. Also, since it’s a new feature on the site, be sure to let me know if you notice any glitches along the way.

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Grade B Tan-Z Kut

I just finished cutting a bunch of Tan-Z Kut and there are a number of Grade B blocks with small imperfections. Anyone willing to do a little bit of careful image placement can save 30% on these blocks. This time, there are three sizes available, 3 x 4, 4 x 6 and 6 x 10. (Just so you know, these are the blocks I generally use for my own carvings – I just created way more of them than I can use and thought I would share the wealth.) Look in the Bargain Basement section for these slightly flawed characters. 🙂