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May: New USA tariff rules

Update July 7th: The quick version of the situation: although USA customers should now be charged tariffs on my orders, it appears like nobody has actually been charged the duties yet (to my knowledge) and I’m guessing it could be because they just don’t have the infrastructure and workforce in place yet to process such an enormous amount of small value orders. This could change at any time, so ordering from Wask is still your own risk!

Last month I also had two instances of batches of Wask orders getting “stuck” in the post, most being returned to me without explanation. Canada Post has failed to provide a reason as well. There is a chance this can keep happening.

Holy Macro! Guessing contest.

Hey, it’s been quiet around here since it’ll still be a while before I can launch some new products… and in the meantime my friend lent me some macro lenses for a different project. So I thought it might be fun to take some macro Wask product shots!

The first 3 people to guess ALL 17 IMAGES correctly win a 6-pack of dice!

To view all images and see the rules, click here to go to the mini page!

And here is a preview of a few of the images you’ll see…

Good luck!

The dice saga continues. 😵

So it turns out my dice journey hasn’t reached a “good enough” point after all!

Long story short: after a few weeks of checking & packaging the dice, it turns out that the newest dice batch (Manufacturer E – batch 1) that has been selling this year is prone to the ink “flaking off” from use or from rolling it on surfaces. You can read all of the details on the now-updated blog entry from January!

If you purchased dice this year up until February 25th, and you noticed your dice are flaking a little, I can send you a replacement of a newer improved batch (Manufacturer E – batch 2), just reach out to Wask!

Dice + Candy Sale!

The “Dice + Candy Sale” is here for one week! From Feb 4th until Feb 11th.

I don’t have sales very often because most of my products are made in small batches and have small profit margins – being an independent designer and all! But if sales end up being manageable and beneficial for Wask then I’ll consider doing a few others in the future.

Are there other Wask products you’d like to see on sale? Maybe I can make it work!

Dice manufacturing diagram ⋆*･ﾟ

I decided to Photoshop together all of my dice manufacturing photos from 2019 until now! It might not look like much, but every stage took a lot of time, whether it was samples or full batches. The differences between some of the dice are quite staggering, even though the photo doesn’t do that justice. 🙂

New dice batch update.

Okay – new manufacturer update. I took the dice risk!

Dice are officially back in stock! This is a bit of a longer entry so click “Continue reading” to view it!

“Sealed Fate” batch 4 😛

Hi everyone!

There is a new, updated “silica gel candy” batch being sold right now! I wasn’t happy with the flavour of the last batch so I wanted to make sure to improve it.

Main changes:

✎ Better flavour!
✎ More “classic silica gel” feeling type paper (it kinda freaks me out)
✎ New ingredients: Sugar, Glucose, Malt Syrup, Arabic Gum, Artificial Flavour

The only downside is that the paper doesn’t rip very nicely, and it’s hard to get a perfect rip! I personally feel like the new positives outweigh this negative, but if you feel that the ripping process makes the candy experience really annoying, then please let me know! If people don’t like it, then I can look into improve it in the future.

Take care.

New Product: Cilan-troll Paper Soap

My whole life I hated cilantro and my mom made me feel like I was just “being picky”, until I learned that a lot of people experience it as a “soapy” flavour and it’s likely a genetic thing!

My newest product is inspired by my experiences. If cilantro wants so badly to be soap, then let it be soap! These are the Cilan-troll Paper Soap leaf flakes, and they’re partially hand made by me as well. They turned out really pretty, not gonna lie.

Introducing the Bargain Box!

I’ve created a Bargain Box page to put all of the clearance / flawed products all in one place. I felt that adding the discounted options in the main product pages was making things a bit cluttered so I wanted to try to put everything on one spot.

You’ll really appreciate it if you’re on a tight budget! The stock on the page may change frequently as I go through inventory.

You can find links to the Bargain Box in the product descriptions of items that are currently in it.

Oh look a dice update.

Hello! I’m here with a little dice manufacturing update. If you’ve been following along for the last few years then you’ll know that I’ve been struggling with finding a manufacturer that can make the Think Twice Dice with fewer imperfections.