🎨 DIY Porch Leaners That Sell: How We Turn $15 in Materials Into $100 Craft Show Profits
When it comes to craft show projects that make money, few things stop traffic like a tall, colorful porch leaner. These statement pieces are bold, customizable, and incredibly profitable for makers who know how to build them efficiently. In our latest YouTube tutorial, we walk you through exactly how to create a 4-foot 3D skeleton porch leaner using MDF, fence pickets, and Foxy Hues outdoor paints. This project is perfect for fall, Halloween, and Christmas shows — and it’s a proven hit with buyers who love eye-catching front porch decor. 👉 Watch the full tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8I7opbjVMM 🛠️ Why Porch...
25 Product Ideas for Your Craft Show Booth
When you think about adding “smalls” to your booth — items that are quick to make, affordable, and irresistible for impulse buyers — the xTool F2 Ultra opens up a whole world of options. Here are 5 categories of products you can add to your booth, with examples we tested in our video: 1. Jewelry Every craft show has multiple jewelry vendors, but a laser lets you personalize jewelry on the spot. Think: Necklaces and pendants Bracelets, rings, and earrings Watches and cufflinks 💡 In our test, we engraved a necklace pendant in just 4 seconds with a hashtag design....
8 Ways to Use Nano Banana AI in Your Craft Business
AI tools are everywhere right now, but one of the newest getting attention in the creative community is Google Gemini’s image generation tool nicknamed Nano Banana. 🍌 Makers, small business owners, and laser crafters are wondering if it’s worth adding to their workflow. We put Nano Banana to the test with 8 real world experiments so you don’t have to. Some results were game changers. Others were a little more… banana. 👉 Watch the full video here: We Tested 8 Nano Banana Hacks for Crafters What is Nano Banana? Nano Banana is the playful name for the image creation feature...
How to Make a Laser Cut Haunted Mirror with UV Printing and LED Lights
Halloween is the perfect time to get creative with your laser cutter and UV printer. This year, we finally made a project that’s been haunting our idea list for years: a spooky haunted mirror that hides a zombie until the lights turn on. By day, it looks like an aged antique mirror. Flip on the LED lights, and BOOM — the hidden zombie face appears through the glass! This DIY Halloween project is an absolute showstopper for your home decor, haunted house setup, or craft show booth. In this post, we’ll walk you step by step through how we made...
🪵🎃 5 Spooky Paint Techniques to Transform Your Halloween Signs
Looking to take your Halloween porch décor from ordinary to bone chillingly extraordinary? This year we built a haunted “Asylum for the Insane” hanging porch sign and gave it a spooky, aged makeover using five DIY paint techniques that anyone can try. The best part is all the effects were done with Foxy Hues Outdoor Craft Paints. These paints are designed to hold up against the weather while still giving you bold, dramatic color. If you have ever wanted to make your Halloween decorations look like they have been hanging outside a haunted asylum for decades, this tutorial is for...
5 Surprising Materials You Can Laser Cut and Engrave with a CO2 Laser
When most people think of laser cutting, they picture wood, acrylic, or maybe leather. But your CO2 laser can handle so much more! In our latest test, we fired up the AEON Nova 14 and tried cutting and engraving five unusual materials that you might not realize work beautifully in a laser. The results? Some shocked us, some failed, and some turned out to be total game-changers for future projects. Whether you’re a hobbyist, small business owner, or seasoned maker, testing new materials opens the door to fresh product ideas and profits. Here’s what we learned when we put EVA...