Handmade Gifts for Her

"Reading Causes Empathy." A simple truth, engraved in real wood. This bookmark is for the person who believes that cracking open a book can change how we treat each other. Slim and smooth with a lay-flat profile that won't crease your pages.

Each bookmark is laser-engraved in Hamilton, Ohio and packaged in a plantable seed paper sleeve. Every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.

Details: Real hardwood | Laser-engraved | Smooth, page-safe edges

A small nod to the hive. I cut this honeycomb stud from solid hardwood and set it on a hypoallergenic sterling silver post, light enough to forget you are wearing it, detailed enough that people notice.

The wood is sustainably sourced, and the grain runs differently through every pair.

Details

• Style: Honeycomb-inspired geometric wood stud
• Wood: Sustainably sourced hardwood, warm brown with natural grain
• Posts: Solid sterling silver, hypoallergenic and nickel-free
• Finish: Hand-finished with food-safe oil and beeswax
• Made to order: Ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Packaging: Arrives on a plantable seed paper card that grows wildflowers; add a gift box at checkout
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Care: Keep them dry, skip the shower and pool, and refresh the wood now and then with a drop of food-safe mineral oil or wood butter.

Light, everyday, and a little sweet, they make a simple anniversary, birthday, or thank-you gift, especially for the beekeeper or garden lover in your life.

Gives back: Every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.

A horizontal wood bar with a fine line of metal inlaid across it, hung from two points on a sterling silver chain so it sits level and centered. Choose your wood and whether the inlay is sterling silver or brass.

Materials and craft

I cut each bar from solid hardwood, rout a channel, and inlay the metal by hand so it finishes flush with the grain. The two-point sterling silver chain keeps the bar horizontal and steady. Every piece is sanded smooth, sealed with food-safe oil and beeswax, and made in my one-person studio in Hamilton, Ohio.

Details

• Pendant: horizontal wood bar, approximately 2 inches wide
• Inlay: your choice of sterling silver or brass, set into the wood
• Wood: nine options, Canarywood, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Olivewood, Orangeheart, Purpleheart, Redheart, Walnut
• Chain: sterling silver, hung from two points so the bar sits level
• Finish: food-safe oil and beeswax
• Made to order: cut and finished after you order, ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Packaging: ships on a plantable seed paper card; add a gift box at checkout and it still ships on the seed paper
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Care

Keep it dry when you can and wipe it with a soft cloth. If the wood looks dry over time, refresh it with a drop of food-safe mineral oil or my Wood Butter.

A wood anniversary keepsake

Wood is the traditional fifth-anniversary gift, and the clean horizontal line of wood and metal makes this an easy, modern one to give. Because each wood has its own grain, no two bars are exactly alike.

Gives back: every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.

Clean, dark, and modern. I cut these drops from solid walnut and pair them with stainless steel pin hooks, so the deep grain of the wood plays against the industrial look of the steel.

Walnut has real depth to it, and the grain shifts across every pair.

Details

• Style: Minimal lightweight drop with industrial steel hardware
• Wood: Solid walnut, deep chocolate brown with natural grain
• Size: Pendant about 1.5 in by 0.4 in by 0.25 in
• Hardware: Stainless steel pin hooks
• Finish: Hand-finished with food-safe oil and beeswax
• Made to order: Ships in 3 to 5 business days
• Packaging: Arrives on a plantable seed paper card that grows wildflowers; add a gift box at checkout
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Care: Keep them dry, skip the shower and pool, and refresh the wood now and then with a drop of food-safe mineral oil or wood butter.

Understated and a little industrial, they make an easy anniversary, birthday, or thank-you gift for anyone who leans modern and minimal.

Gives back: Every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.

Sasquatch in real wood. A little cryptid energy for whatever needs it. Laser engraved on Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory and backed with a permanent adhesive that grips hard. Perfect for laptops, notebooks, coolers, and toolboxes. Apply to a clean, dry, smooth surface. Not repositionable.

This is PSA (Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive) backed veneer, so a little pressure is needed for a good bond. Be careful when placing.

Features

• Material: real hardwood veneer, Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory
• Finish: smooth, hand sanded feel
• Adhesive: permanent, not repositionable
• Best on clean, dry, smooth surfaces
• Made in Hamilton, Ohio, small batch, packaging that keeps plastic to a minimum

An owl reduced to clean geometric facets. Straight lines on top of real wood grain, which is a combo that does something kind of nice in person. Laser engraved on Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory and backed with a permanent adhesive that grips hard. Perfect for laptops, notebooks, coolers, and toolboxes. Apply to a clean, dry, smooth surface. Not repositionable.

This is PSA (Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive) backed veneer, so a little pressure is needed for a good bond. Be careful when placing.

Features

• Material: real hardwood veneer, Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory
• Finish: smooth, hand sanded feel
• Adhesive: permanent, not repositionable
• Best on clean, dry, smooth surfaces
• Made in Hamilton, Ohio, small batch, packaging that keeps plastic to a minimum

A 1950s cartoon man, looking like he just heard the worst joke of his life. Real wood veneer with a peel-and-stick backing. Laser engraved on Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory and backed with a permanent adhesive that grips hard. Perfect for laptops, notebooks, coolers, and toolboxes. Apply to a clean, dry, smooth surface. Not repositionable.

This is PSA (Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive) backed veneer, so a little pressure is needed for a good bond. Be careful when placing.

Features

• Material: real hardwood veneer, Cedar, Paduk, Cherry, Maple, or Hickory
• Finish: smooth, hand sanded feel
• Adhesive: permanent, not repositionable
• Best on clean, dry, smooth surfaces
• Made in Hamilton, Ohio, small batch, packaging that keeps plastic to a minimum

Capture the stars from a night that mattered. I engrave the exact sky from the location, date, and time you choose onto a pair of olivewood Ascent drops, so the moment goes with you instead of sitting in a drawer.

How I personalize your star map earrings

• You give me a location, either a city or exact coordinates
• You give me a date and a time
• I send you a preview of your sky before I engrave anything

Details

• Silhouette: Ascent geometric drop with an engraved star chart
• Material: Solid olivewood, golden olive with natural dark grain
• Size: Approximately 1.9 in in length
• Earwires: Solid sterling silver hook, hypoallergenic and nickel-free
• Finish: Hand-finished with food-safe oil and beeswax
• Personalization: Location, date, and time of your choosing, with a preview before engraving
• Made to order: Cut and engraved after you approve your preview, ships in 5 to 7 business days
• Packaging: Arrives on a plantable seed paper card that grows wildflowers; add a gift box at checkout
• Made in: Hamilton, Ohio

Olivewood is a dense, warm hardwood with heavy figure, so the grain running through your star chart is unique to your pair. I finish every piece by hand and use the offcuts wherever I can.

Prefer a lighter wood? I can also make these earrings in maple. Message me and I will set it up.

Made for anniversaries, weddings, a new baby, a birthday, or a date you do not want to lose. There is a matching star chart pendant in the same olivewood if you want the pair to line up.

Gives back: Every order plants 2 trees, recovers 6 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and protects 20 bees through Greenspark.