We're Grant & Karen — the human tornados behind CoolHandmadeShit.com.  We make bold tie‑dyes, snarky wood signs, and whatever else our brains decide to obsess over at 2 a.m. We traded spreadsheets for sawdust and boardrooms for tie-dye buckets.  Since then we've spent our time creating things with our hands, and now we're building a brand that feels like the inside of our heads: colorful, messy, funny, and unapologetically real.

This isn’t a factory. This isn’t mass‑produced. This is one family, one home workshop, and a whole lot of “let’s see what happens if I try this.”

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What we Make

• Tie‑dye that looks like it fell through a wormhole

• Woodwork with personality (and sometimes attitude)

• Custom pieces for people who want something that doesn’t exist yet

• Gifts that make people say “holy shit, where’d you get that?”

• Why We Do It

• Because handmade things matter. Because color makes life better. Because the world is too boring when everything looks the same. Because creating is the one place where we feel completely ourselves.

• How It Works

• Every piece is made by hand — ours. Every swirl, every cut, every stain, every “oops that actually looks cool” moment. We don’t rush. We don’t outsource. We don’t pretend to be perfect. We just pretend we know what we're doing until it looks awesome. ​

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The Family Behind the Madness

This is a family‑run operation. My people help with ideas, sanding, shipping, moral support, and occasionally talking me out of lighting something on fire. We build this together — one weird, wonderful piece at a time.

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 If You’re Here…

You’re probably someone who:

• Loves color

• Loves handmade

• Loves supporting real humans

• Loves things that don’t look like everyone else’s

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If that’s you, welcome to the chaos. Grab a drink, browse around, and find something that makes you smile