Blog Posts

Holiday Place Setting & A Deep Dive into Monoline and Stencil Fonts Project Overview: The holidays are upon us and it’s time for many laser cutters to be working on their laser cut place settings (Oh wait you didn’t know that’s a laser owner requirement?). In all honestly, I’ve seen a lot of nice place […]

Laser Cut Product Photo Stand Project Overview: So, there was a video going around for a laser cut photo stand and I thought to myself – I could take that simple idea and way overcomplicate it so here we are! GET THE FILE The file is now live on Etsy! The files now include a […]

Check out a few tips and tricks for painting your child’s cranial band or helmet.

Quick Project: Heat Transfer Vinyl Glitter Onesie Project Overview: Motherhood is kicking my butt. In between moving, selling our home, working, and caring for our little baby I have not had much time to work on the glowforge. I did however manage to get out this real quick little project for my mom’s birthday – […]

Hair Bow Ribbon Wall Hangers Project Overview: My new journey into motherhood has kept me busy (hence all the non-project posts lately). However, I have managed to sneak in another baby/kid focused set of designs. I promise it won’t be baby stuff forever, but I love making things for my little girl at the moment. […]

Basic, Plus, or Pro? Which Glowforge is Right for me? Project Overview: So this questions gets asked… All.The.Time in the Glowforge groups on Facebook and frankly I think almost everyone is tired of answering it. It all comes down to a matter of opinion, in truth. However, in order to never have to type out […]

Glowforge Accessories, Add ons, and Modifications Post Overview: If you’ve ever browsed a Glowforge group or forum you’ll see a variety of posts on parts, add ons, and modifications for the Glowforge. People often ask questions about aftermarket parts and repairs as well. This post will be a good opportunity to consolidate some of that […]

Adobe Illustrator for the Glowforge Project Overview: As may be obvious in this blog I primarily work with Adobe Illustrator to design my files for the Glowforge. I have over 15 years of experience with the program and work professionally as a designer using the Adobe suite. I get asked a lot of questions in […]

Affordable, Mobile Glowforge Setup Project Overview: I’ve been very busy lately as I gave birth to my daughter a few weeks ago. Well, that set a few things into motion – mainly because my Glowforge used to be located in what is now the baby’s room. Our bedroom was the only other place I could […]

Japanese Motif Embroidery Kit Project Overview: I bought a shipment of acrylic from Cerulean Tides Laser Supplies and was dying to test out an extra sheet of mirrored teal acrylic Amanda sent along with it. I was wracking my brain for some sort of unique project I could try it out with and decided I […]