matt@customsawdust

whoever controls the spice, controls the universe and probably has a really nice #handmade spice rack customsawdustco.etsy.com?section_id=5...

the smug face of a cat who successfully - *fraudulently* - tricked the humans into double breakfast #caturday

We’re battening down the hatches today as a huge storm’s coming over Scotland. Stay safe out there. In other news, I have some more art to show soon, and here’s a tiny shroom we made. #handmade #woodturning #mushrooms #scottishcrafts #shrooms #goblincore #cottagecore #fairycore #scottishmade

Here is my full post on the AI announcements from Etsy yesterday. TL;DR: there weren't many real changes, and they aren't going to be doing much to enforce the actual changes very soon. But sellers who have never used AI now have to do much more work 🤷 #EtsySellerNews

huh, that's quite neat - little green buttons now available because see a button press a button

Paddington's in the pipe, five by five

so with Etsy apparently running quite a bit of PHP, and a monstrous PHP vulnerability leaked early (cert.europa.eu/publications...) I'm curious if we'll see any preemptive interruption on the site

the one where I briefly become a @glutenfreeal.co.uk Sludge's tail fan account

it seems The Algorithm is now serving me adverts for wheelbarrows and I couldn't be more proud

the world is pretty unrelentingly grim at the mo, but waking up to a feed of canadian sunsets courtesy of @cindylouwho2.com and an australian kingfisher chirping thanks to @ecosystemunraveller.com has cheered up my little corner of the uk no end

I think the best description of my stuff that I ever heard is "bleak whimsy" If you fancy some bleak whimsical prints and post cards and a little bit of photography you can find it here. marswasrubbish.etsy.com

give the gift of a sparkly arse with my steel & oak toilet roll holder, #handmade in the UK. Has a solid oak shelf so you can play with your space marines while having a wee (I also make towel rails, spice racks, coat racks, shelf brackets etc) #UKgiftAM customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

made a handful of spice shelf frames (availability of these in silver will start improving from Sunday) also some little brackets welded to a bar to act as a paint drying rack as I keep running out of room when spraying

I also got one of my One Milkshake to Rule Them All shirts with a design by @dochackenbush.bsky.social made up 😁 you can get these on my redbubble store here www.redbubble.com/people/Beffe...

very smug that he's found a loophole to the "cats aren't allowed on the kitchen worktop" rule #caturday

every month I sheepishly apologise for stocks of individual spice shelves running low. Usually it's the black shelves that go but this month silver/grey is depleted More steel arriving next week & I'll weld my little socks off to get them replenished customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

next time one of those "what have the BBC done for us?" adverts comes on, I'll remember what they did was play Toploader #totp

after another night of insomnia it seems I managed to doze off on the sofa, woke up to find the cat had clambered aboard & was fast asleep on my chest just felt an oddly sweet & positive start to the day

bake off tonight, and time to dust off my joke that nigella* uses my spice racks (*seeds, nigella seeds) (I'll keep making the same joke until someone laughs)

need another couple of days oiling & waxing the shelves for this tiny batch of #handmade toilet roll holders & small towel rail they'll be ready Thursday afternoon if you can cross your legs till then, meanwhile still some in stock in white at customsawdustco.etsy.com/listing/1843...

an idea I've had rattling around for a while: these wraparound scaffold board shelf brackets going to move somewhat cautiously ahead with them as I've a terrible track record predicting which ideas fly

desperately sad story about Ranulph Fiennes far too many unknowns to see what's happening - at best it's a disinherited step child kicking off, at worst a horrifying illustration of the vulnerability of older people in dysfunctional families www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

you are being hunted #caturday

stuck for gift ideas? while a #handmade steel & oak toilet roll holder would be a.. bold.. gift choice, I also make spice racks, towel rails, coat racks, key holders Welded in a leaky Cheltenham greenhouse, I haven't set fire to my shoelaces in weeks customsawdustco.etsy.com #UKgiftAM #UKgiftHour

I'm dangerously close to having opinions on the NYT list and becoming Man Who Has Opinions On The Internet

today #welding some 3mm (& 2mm wall tube) with this beloved baby Parweld inverter while horrifically sleep deprived 2.5mm 6013 electrodes, 75-85 amps, and a fire extinguisher nearby *because I've learnt that particular lesson*

insomnia is so crushing by the third consecutive night

Nobody's needed a coat for the last six months but winter is coming & you might need a coat rack. So I #handmade some coat racks 25-45cm width, with 3-5 hooks respectively, black or white and £45-£55 including UK delivery on #Etsy at customsawdustco.etsy.com/listing/4542...

Pleasingly busy weekend sales does mean facing the horror that is the Monday morning post office queue New towel rail, toilet roll holder, spice rack, and key holder shelf all headed to new homes this morning

TIL they have goth robins down under and the joy this brings me is most un-goth-like www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

been doing some final assembly of coat racks - a new design closely related to the key holder I already make, but here with fewer, chunkier hooks & a longer throw between the hooks & the shelf v small initial batch of 10 in black or white, 25-45cm, aiming for next Tuesday launch

psst! hey, you! *opens trench coat to reveal spice racks sewn into lining* wanna buy a spice shelf? customsawdustco.etsy.com/listing/4386...

ripping some oak shelves to width with a track saw - still don't have a table saw largely down to witnessing someone lose an argument with one many years ago 😬

Looking over my contract for a skincare company: “This says emollients and I think you meant emoluments.” Them: “that’s no mistake, if you don’t like it here’s your E45”