A day job, a rink schedule, and a workbench that never quite gets tidied.

It started with one team asking for wax with the kids' names on it. Twenty bags later it turned out other people wanted the same thing, and the kitchen table stopped being a kitchen table.

Most of this happens after supper. I pour wax into trays and leave it to set overnight, engrave tags a few at a time, and sand boards on the weekend when there's no game on. If you order something on a Tuesday it's probably being made on the Wednesday, by hand, by me.

Everything is made in Milk River, Alberta. Parcels go anywhere in Canada, and anyone in town is welcome to knock on the door instead.

I work full time and I'm a hockey mom, and somewhere in between I make stick wax, charcuterie boards and a pile of swag you won't find at most places. Affordable stick wax, made right here in Alberta.