The best thing to bring to someone’s table is something they will still be using in March. Slate for the drinks, a board for after dinner, a plant for the windowsill.
We are a small workshop in Encinitas, California, and we make everything here ourselves. Most of it can carry the family’s name.
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Stone for the table
For the table, with their name on it if you like.
Natural slate, laser engraved. Every tile is a little different in color and edge, which is the point. Coasters with your own words or drawing, and sets we designed ourselves.
Design idea: a turkey, a pumpkin, wheat and a maple leaf. The picture is a mock-up to show the idea. We engrave your own design, or draw one with you, on real slate.
Slate coasters, your design from $25
San Diego elevation lines on slate
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Made from your photo
For after dinner, and for the family photo nobody printed.
Send us a picture, a name or a date and we make the piece around it. A photo is engraved into natural slate, where the stone turns pale wherever the laser touches it; a pet is redrawn and built up in layers of wood. Nothing here exists until you order it, so no two are the same.
Your photo on slate
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Things that grow
Instead of flowers.
3D printed planters for a shelf or a patio, and living plants to go in them.
Candy cane bamboo $149
Octopus planters
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One number, always on
For the one who will have the game on anyway.
Small Wi-Fi screens that show the one thing someone keeps opening an app for: their team, the markets, a follower count. We assemble, load and test each one here, on a stand we 3D print. No app and no subscription.
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Layers of wood
For the wall of a house you love visiting.
Six to eleven layers of basswood, laser cut, stained or painted one at a time and stacked, so each piece has real depth and throws its own shadows.
Breaking wave $89
Tide clock
Mystic Mountain, eleven layersOrdering for a date
Personalized pieces are made after you order, so give us extra time before a holiday. If you need something by a date, email [email protected] and we will tell you honestly whether we can do it.
Questions people ask
What is a good host gift that is not wine?
Engraved slate coasters with the family name, a plant in a 3D printed planter, or a cribbage board for after dinner.
Can a gift be personalized?
Yes. Slate is engraved from your photo or your own design, pet portraits are made from a photo of the dog or cat, and the cribbage board and water bottle are engraved with a name.
Who makes these?
We do. Encinitas 3D is a small business in Encinitas, California. Everything is designed, cut, engraved, printed and assembled here.
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