Personalized stationery in Europe, on a shoestring
I am looking for some classy looking, but affordable, custom-printed stationery. I live in the EU and don't want to pay outrageous shipping charges from the US or UK, so I'd like to find a European...
View ArticleTattoo Design Etiquette
Sometime in the next 2 weeks I'm going to be meeting with the tattoo artist of my choice for a consultation to get my first tattoo. The design is an original character of mine, in a style that's a bit...
View ArticleCustom made challenge coins—recommendations?
I would like to get a small (<20) batch of challenge coins made for my team and some adjacent coworkers who worked with us to commemorate our project. If you have a vendor you've worked with or have...
View ArticleHelp me buy a PC
Historically I've owned mac laptops, but I'm considering getting a desktop PC. I'm finding the choices/options kind of bewildering. I know I don't want to build my own computer. Is there a...
View ArticleLooking for a custom acrylic dry-erase calendar!
I'm looking for recommendations and/or experience with acrylic dry-erase calendars with a few specific (but modest) requirements! [posted for a friend] I'm looking for something specifically to help me...
View ArticleLooking to print a custom plastic sign (from PDF) in the UK
I need to print a small (about A5 size) plastic or enamel sign to affix to the railings outside a garden. I have already created the design, which I can supply in PDF format (colour). Google is not my...
View ArticleWhere can I get custom puzzles made? Difficulty: Small minimum orders
I'm trying to offer a custom puzzle for sale in my store, which is a tiny gift shop inside of a state park. However, most places that I look have MOQs that start around 1,000 units. I have room for...
View ArticleReplacing a commemorative glass
In the Before Times, I was visiting a friend of mine and tragically, unfortunately, and accidentally broke one of her glasses. I'd like to replace it but . . . snowflakes. It was a standard 10 oz...
View ArticleHelp me find (custom search engine edition)
Is there a way to set a Google custom search engine to a specified website and follow links on that website for one hop to return results from those pages as well (/only)...
View ArticleCustom drum kit - separate snare?
I am currently in the beginning stages of having a custom drum set built for me. It can be 4 pieces without a snare or they can include a share. I notice a lot of drummers use a snare of a different...
View ArticleAndroid app to track arbitrary things throughout the day
I'm starting to take a medication and would like to use my phone to log various things to see what effect it's having over time. Some things are daily, like my weight in the morning. Others are more...
View ArticleA fiction story you can customize before reading?
So with Kindle and other modern tech, it seems like you could have a fiction story that you could download and then set sliders like "less description, more action" and "no graphic sex or violence...
View ArticleI bought some small plywood chairs, and want to decorate them.
I bought some small bent-plywood chairs and would like to try decorating a couple of them. I really like the look of colorful images heat-pressed onto plywood skateboards and am hoping to acheive...
View ArticleGoing with basic aluminum/steel window frames
I need to replace some window frames in my house, but they'll be painted so I don't particularly care what they look like. I have access to some skilled craftsmen who will have no trouble producing a...
View ArticleOne Great Lady Blazer made by One Great Maker
I'm going to Europe in June. I want to look put together with one perfectly fitted, undeniably beautiful, and yet somehow goes-with-everything blazer. Something classy and not overly wrinkly, with...
View ArticleCryptic graphically cool designs for a custom watch face
I'm buying and assembling a watch from Eoniq and aside from customizing the watch parts I can upload a design to be put on the dial. I need ideas for categories of stuff that would look cool, but isn't...
View ArticleCustom Dressmaking Recommendations in SF
Sewists of MetaFilter, lend me your wisdom! I've commissioned a custom pattern for a dress, and am now looking for someone to help me make it. I can cross-stitch and no further, and so am utterly...
View ArticleWho can forge this ancient artifact once more?
Are there any reliable companies/artisans who can create custom body jewelry? Specifically, one who can recreate this now out-of-production Stinger Talon? I have one of these in 4g that I've used for...
View ArticleGood online shops for custom tee shirts?
I would like to make some custom tee shirts. Googling custom tee shirts turns up a whole bunch of sites that seem... not shady, really, but fly-by-night-ish and probably not terribly concerned with...
View ArticleCustom jewelry maker in Brooklyn (or Asheville)
I have a very tiny pearl that I'd like to have set in a simple gold pendant. Looking for a Brooklyn or Asheville maker that I can visit/work with in person. I have a very small pearl, maybe 2mm, that...
View ArticleWhat’s a good place to make a photo calendar for a classroom?
I want to make a photo calendar for my kid’s classroom and I want other parents to be able to buy it. I’d prefer that the printing and distribution not be done by me (e.g., that I create the calendar...
View ArticleNext best thing to a tattoo?
For someone who's not quite ready for a tattoo, what's the next best thing? I love quotes and sayings and such and I would love to order, say, a custom poster or engrave some words on a custom bookmark...
View ArticleLooking for custom-printed pajamas that are mostly or all cotton
My wife yearns for silly custom pajamas with our cats' faces printed on them. There are a ton of companies that will do this. The problem is all the ones I'm aware of are all synthetic materials, and...
View ArticleHow generic or customized are progressive prescriptions and lenses?
I’m thinking of ordering progressives from Zenni or similar, but they don’t seem customized enough. Is this just how progressives are, even at good, independent shops? I have good vision in one eye,...
View ArticleYou're single and you own a house. How do you make it weird?
Pop quiz, hotshot. You own a house. There's not really a yard to speak of. No one else has a veto. You can do anything you like with it. You don't care if the house is later listed on sites where...
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