Childhood Treasures Inspire Custom Made Jewelry
Not ready to put away your toys? Rediscovering them through the eyes of your child (or spouse)? Your favorite childhood TV characters, toys, and video games can cross over into the world of custom made jewelry, writes CEO and Co-founder Mike Salguero in his Stylelist Home blog from 4/10/12. Be sure to follow him on Stylelist as he continues to spread the custom word.
Remember “Rubber Ducky?”
“We all sang it when we were little, right?” asks CustomMade artisan Alison McGlamry of McGlamorous. She created this necklace as an homage to the cute, yellow, chubby fella, “Rubber Ducky, You’re the One,” complete with glass duck, Austrian crystals, Czech beads, and gold metal toggle clasp.
Rubber Ducky, You're the One by McGlamorous at CustomMade.com
Have a favorite toy, song, TV show, movie, or even a video game from your childhood? If you’re young at heart (or if you’re still playing with toys), CustomMade artisans can take the objects of your youthful devotion (or those of a loved one) and turn them into wonderfully unique and personally meaningful custom jewelry.
What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys and a lot cleaner? The classic Barrel of Monkeys game and these Barrel of Monkeys earrings by Artwork by Jessica Landau, featuring colorful glass lampwork simians and sterling silver ear wires.
Barrel of Monkeys Earrings by Artwork by Jessica Landau at CustomMade.com
“Who remembers what it was like to rush home after school to sit in front of the television and play ‘The Legend of Zelda’ for hours because it was your favorite game for the then popular Nintendo64?” Trax NYC does and designed this Zelda Link pendant “to satisfy the inner kid (and gamer) in us.” This custom pendant was made from 10k black rhodium gold and sports a tunic of green diamonds with yellow, rose, and blue gold accents.
Zelda Link Pendant by Trax NYC at CustomMade.com
Obsessed with a new video game? Can’t get enough Angry Birds? Louis Spahni of Rakshasa Glass Studios can create pendants, earrings, necklaces, or little glass miniatures of these mortal enemies for “Fun and Whatever.”
Angry Birds, Fun and Whatever by Rakshasa Glass Studio at CustomMade.com
Visit the CustomMade “Get it Made” project board and post whatever quirky, playful ideas you have in mind for custom made jewelry. Here’s how one project started.
For a daughter’s 16th birthday, a mother posted this custom jewelry request on the project board:
Image is of the Legend of Zelda boss key we would like have made for our “gaming” daughter’s sweet 16. Her Birthday is March 9th (more than 1 month but a little less than 3) so we would need to receive it by then. The center stone can be synthetic but would prefer a semi-precious like garnet- key 14k.
This Legend of Zelda Boss Key was the inspiration for a mother's special request on the CustomMade Project Board
She chose Paul Michael Design to create this gift. He shared the creation story with his customer and CustomMade, complete with step-by-step photos of the process.
From creating a 3D CAD image based on the customer’s pic …
CAD image of the Legend of Zelda Boss Key Necklace by Paul Michael Design
To preparing a 3D stereolithography file (STL) with tooling and paths (with over 235,650 lines of G-Code) to carve the piece from wax …
Preparing the STL file to create a wax model of the necklace
To the wax model …
Wax Model of the Legend of Zelda Boss Key Necklace by Paul Michael Design
And finally, the completed necklace!
Legend of Zelda Boss Key Necklace by Paul Michael Design at CustomMade.com
For one real boss gift to commemorate your little gamer moving on to one of life’s biggest levels or a way to revisit your childhood memories (or your latest high scores and achievements), you, too, can have your fantasy custom jewelry design brought to life. Just start at the CustomMade “Get it Made” project board.
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