Laser Cut Stuff

LesMarco kindly shared this file for a sugar skull pen holder  through the thingiverse  website. It's a good example of slicing a shape and decorating it appropriately. Being cut from Poplar plywood the details could be coloured in nicely with some fine tips pens to add a real flourish of colour. A handy pot lot this is a good way to despens stationary as required.

Glowforge user  kittski , posted these  Halloween Trinkets  over on the community pages. They are painted before engraving to give a distressed appearance. The miniature skulls appear to have come out extremely well. They made both positive and negative engravings to see which was best, I guess their heart just wasn't in it.

The Sparkfun  site has this guest write up post about a marvellous, laser cut, Halloween costume . They go through the whole process of simplifying a 3D model and slicing it into something that can be cut on a laser. They even insert nodes into all the joints to help them stay together with friction. Don't just wing it, start now and there is lots of time to get a costume sorted before the end of the month.

These Halloween cards from  Alexis Mattox Design  are brilliant. Using the inner layer to add a touch of colour is inspired, one design can easily look like multiples simply by changing the under sheet. I couldn't find them for sale on the Alexis Mattox shop but you could spin off your own design and get them on the web in time for Halloween.

These tiny Ghoul Charms  made by Timber Green Woods  over on Etsy are bewitching. They come in a range of colours and I imagine they fit neatly into the scrap off cuts of larger projects so it's a good way to reduce your waste. Bookle your seat belts there are a lot more Halloween puns to come.

Daisymoon designs have created these spooky Shelfies  to aid your Halloween decorating. They kids would have great fun decorating them and setting them up to peer over the edge of your shelves. I prefer the use of super natural poplar over mdf because it accepts colour so easily, just don't make too many boo boos while painting them.

MaryEllen  from the glowforge community  made this smashing pumpkin wreath for Halloween. Different design processes fascinate me and I love seeing a sketch like that become a physical design. The wood is tinted using a prismacolor marker and the pumpkin itself is layered to give it a real sense of depth and roundness. Put on a happy face and let's get jacked for Halloween my little punkins.