Callie Beller Diesel

I got commissioned to make a couple of things for friends for their family, but most of my fam has what they want from me already. 
 
I got to make a couple of fun commissions for others though. One lady got three stacking sets in different colours, one for each of her daughters. My favourite though, was a sugar jar that one of the sweetest boys I might have ever met was getting for his boyfriend for their first Christmas in their new apartment. 
 
I have some bowls that haven’t been selling as well as I wanted them to that I will take down to the Drop In Centre. They have a transitional housing program, and are always in need of cookware and dishes to supply a kitchen with.

I got commissioned to make a couple of things for friends for their family, but most of my fam has what they want from me already. 
 
I got to make a couple of fun commissions for others though. One lady got three stacking sets in different colours, one for each of her daughters. My favourite though, was a sugar jar that one of the sweetest boys I might have ever met was getting for his boyfriend for their first Christmas in their new apartment. 
 
I have some bowls that haven’t been selling as well as I wanted them to that I will take down to the Drop In Centre. They have a transitional housing program, and are always in need of cookware and dishes to supply a kitchen with.

I got commissioned to make a couple of things for friends for their family, but most of my fam has what they want from me already. 
 
I got to make a couple of fun commissions for others though. One lady got three stacking sets in different colours, one for each of her daughters. My favourite though, was a sugar jar that one of the sweetest boys I might have ever met was getting for his boyfriend for their first Christmas in their new apartment. 
 
I have some bowls that haven’t been selling as well as I wanted them to that I will take down to the Drop In Centre. They have a transitional housing program, and are always in need of cookware and dishes to supply a kitchen with.

I got commissioned to make a couple of things for friends for their family, but most of my fam has what they want from me already. 
 
I got to make a couple of fun commissions for others though. One lady got three stacking sets in different colours, one for each of her daughters. My favourite though, was a sugar jar that one of the sweetest boys I might have ever met was getting for his boyfriend for their first Christmas in their new apartment. 
 
I have some bowls that haven’t been selling as well as I wanted them to that I will take down to the Drop In Centre. They have a transitional housing program, and are always in need of cookware and dishes to supply a kitchen with.

I got commissioned to make a couple of things for friends for their family, but most of my fam has what they want from me already. 
 
I got to make a couple of fun commissions for others though. One lady got three stacking sets in different colours, one for each of her daughters. My favourite though, was a sugar jar that one of the sweetest boys I might have ever met was getting for his boyfriend for their first Christmas in their new apartment. 
 
I have some bowls that haven’t been selling as well as I wanted them to that I will take down to the Drop In Centre. They have a transitional housing program, and are always in need of cookware and dishes to supply a kitchen with.

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

I’m not doing anything in the studio this week.  I’ll go back in after Boxing Day. Imma hang out here and be opinionated  

That’s basically what Chit Chat’s does: collects Canadian post bound for the US and crosses the border with it to mail it via USPS. There is one in Calgary, but it’s on the opposite end of town. For the 4 things I sent stateside last year, I just went to my usual outlet. If I get too many more than that, I’ll make the drive. 

Haha, I wish! Most of the stuff I order in is duty free already, it's the surcharge the private companies charge that is the killer. I had some stuff shipped from Bailey's, most of it came to the drop shipment place I use in Lynden WA except once they had to ship a splashpan separately and they shipped it to my home. The surcharge was more than the splashpan (around $40). Shipments under 20- CA have no duty or taxes added. 

@Callie Beller Diesel, do you have Chit Chats in Calgary? I've got a family member who used them to ship books from Vancouver to places in the US. He would drop off the boxes in Burnaby (Vancouver suburb) then Chit Chats took them down across the line and shipped them via USPS. It cost him around $2- per box plus whatever the US shipping was. I don't know if they are still in business or not, this was going back a few months.
From their website:

 
@liambesaw, we do have UPS but it's silly expensive, as is Purolator or Fed Ex and Canada Post. The cross border fees that UPS, Purolator or Fed Ex charge are crazy, they bill whatever the duty is then tack on a huge surcharge. If there isn't any duty they still add a ridiculous surcharge. I NEVER get anything shipped from the US to here in Canada unless its via USPS.
 

It was 45 dollars to ship him two pourovers and two mugs, so not too bad.  But since it's b2b, it adds a significant cost on his side.  I already told him I'm alright with shipping stateside, but I need to figure the cost of shipping supplies into accord. 

@liambesaw You might want to have a conversation about shipping to their American customers regardless of the trade agreement. You'd save him and his customers a TON of shipping. Canada post is $$$, compared to any service you guys are used to.

I let the customer know the standard stuff but he is one of those coffee brewing nerds so he's heard it all before... Prefill with hot tap water, no flame, fine grind, etc etc.
He dropped some off with the people who roast the coffee for his company to get functional feedback from them as well, hope to get some good helpful feedback from world champion coffee brewers, this could be a profitable side business for sure.  The customers company is a luxury coffee subscription type of thing, and these carafes will be part of the onboarding of new subscribers, or something to that effect.  

Finished in time to put the small fibre optic trees into.

Made a "bead popper" from an empty Chap Stick tube.  Automatically centers the hole in the bead.  

@Hulk make sure they’re deep enough. I tried some last year that were more bowl shaped and looked cute, but were too shallow.
 
Don’t do this:

Some wax resist stuff I’ve been messing around with. 

@Callie Beller Diesel
I just saw this. Love! Perfect color and slip work. Very nice.

@Hulk make sure they’re deep enough. I tried some last year that were more bowl shaped and looked cute, but were too shallow.
 
Don’t do this:

New mugs, and a commission for tiny display dishes for a spice shop. 

@Hulk make sure they’re deep enough. I tried some last year that were more bowl shaped and looked cute, but were too shallow.
 
Don’t do this: