There have been a couple of small but important changes to international shipping this month. CHANGES TO TERMS OF CARRIAGE It’s always tricky shipping replica weapons. Most couriers are twitchy about carrying them and those that aren’t are phenomenally expensive. All of these companies maintain a list of prohibited items …
Nobody likes paying shipping. Not you, not that guy over there, not me. No one. Paying shipping sucks. That’s why a lot of places these days offer ‘free shipping’. Except they don’t… let me explain. THE COST OF SHIPPING It’s very easy to overlook, especially as a customer, just how …
Trick or Treat? Halloween is probably one of my favourite times of the year. There’s something special about the dying rays of the autumn sun turning into warm orange glow of a street filled with jackolanterns as boys and girls of every age go door to door scrounging up free …
Well lookit! I’m still alive… good news for some. Especially me. As I was sitting in my workshop yesterday, gazing idly out the window, I thought to myself “Not everyone likes Friday 13th, and I have a few other bits and pieces hanging in this window blocking my view and …
Don’t panic! Not that kind of game. No. I want to play a game where I draw a little more attention to my social media profiles, this website and maybe make a few sales on the way. It is my birthday week after all. Do you like discounts? Do you …
We’ve all been there, that awful moment when you’ve spent hours building and painting a cosplay or prop when, without warning, it just looks wrong… the shape is a little off, or the colours haven’t worked together quite how you expected and suddenly all hope is lost. It happens to …
Ugh! This week has been an admin heavy week and I hate admin. Problem is, it needs to be done. Like the title says, foamsmithing is not all foam and games. Sure, it mostly is, but there comes a point where you just have to knuckle down and do the …
FIRST OF ALL, UK CUSTOMERS, PLEASE DO NOT BUY FROM MY ETSY STORE… Here’s why… Earlier this year I signed up to the ‘Free US Delivery’ programme on Etsy. Essentially, this means that any of my items flagged for free delivery get priority placement in their system. This has never …
Or, How I Made Almost No Money for a Year When you’re a one-man operation it’s important to be at least halfway good at everything. From making coffee to producing the things you sell. When it comes to making coffee I’m unrivaled and I’m pretty darn good at building costume …
Lockdown: Day… all of them? Slowly, the UK is coming back to life. Shops are reopening, people are heading back to work and normality begins to gently enforce itself on the world. This is all good news, especially to the people who have ordered props from Peculiartifacts. Starting from next …
