Built to Be Kept

Handmade gifts, keepsakes, ornaments, cake toppers, and custom creations designed to celebrate life's special moments — cut, printed, and finished by hand in a small family workshop.

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Inside the Makes & Crafts workshop, shelves of wood and acrylic stock alongside finished personalized pieces

Made to order, start to finish

Our Story

A 3D printer, a laser, a UV printer — and two people who don't like turning down a challenge.

Makes & Crafts started four years ago with a single 3D printer. As requests got more specific, so did the toolkit — laser cutting and engraving came next, and most recently a UV printer for full-color work straight onto wood, acrylic, and more. That growth turned us into the multi-discipline shop we are today — we design and build in acrylic, wood, resin, and filament, using whichever tool actually fits the piece in front of us.

We're a two-person, family-run shop. When someone asks "can you make this specific thing," we'd rather figure it out than turn it away — whether that's a keepsake cake topper or a one-off workshop fixture.

Every piece is made to order, not mass-produced. Just real tools, real materials, and the kind of attention to detail that makes something worth keeping.

Small-batch, made by hand — every order, every time.

Close-up of a hand engraving a personalized message into a wooden keepsake box — Detail work, done by hand.

What We Create

Made-to-order pieces across a few core categories

No two orders are quite the same — but most of what we make falls into one of these.

Personalized Gifts

One-of-a-kind pieces designed around the person you're giving them to.

Keepsakes

Small, lasting pieces designed to be kept — not just given and forgotten.

Cake Toppers

Custom acrylic toppers designed to celebrate the moment on top of the cake.

Ornaments

Engraved and printed ornaments for holidays, milestones, and family traditions.

Seasonal Creations

Pieces built around the calendar — holidays, celebrations, and the seasons between.

Custom Projects

From a keepsake box to a functional workshop fixture — if it can be designed and built, we'll take a look.

How It Works

From idea to doorstep

Every custom order follows the same simple path — no templates, no guesswork.

Message Us Your Idea

Tell us what you're picturing — a rough idea is plenty to start with.

We Design & Quote

We sketch it out, pick the right materials, and send a price before anything's built.

We Build It By Hand

Cut, printed, engraved, and finished in the workshop — start to finish.

Shipped to You

Carefully packed and on its way, ready to be kept.

Inside the Shop

A look at the work

A few pieces from the shop floor — the materials, the process, and the finished work.

A collection of personalized gifts including an engraved compass, keepsake box, photo frame, and journal — Personalized gifts, built around the person receiving them.

Wood, acrylic, and paint supplies laid out on the workshop bench — Real materials, ready to become something.

Three custom cakes with laser-cut acrylic toppers for a baby shower, wedding, and birthday — Cake toppers for every kind of celebration.

Engraved wooden ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree, personalized with names and family details — Engraved ornaments that become yearly traditions.

A finished collection of personalized wood and acrylic pieces staged on a table — A few finished pieces, fresh off the bench.

Why Makes & Crafts

What you're actually getting

Handmade & Personal

Every piece is made to order and built around what you actually asked for — not pulled from a pre-made template.

Quality Materials

We work in real acrylic, wood, resin, and filament — chosen for the piece, not the cheapest option on hand.

Thoughtful Design

We think through fit, finish, and durability before anything goes near a tool, so what you get is built to last.

Family-Owned Service

We're a small, family-run shop. You're talking to the people who actually make your order — not a support queue.

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