# Idealien Studios

> Code. Craft. Creativity.


## Posts

- [Delightful DND Diorama & Cars](https://idealienstudios.com/delightful-dnd-diorama/): What happens when you give a DND character, a bugbear named Gortho, one year and access to many maker tools? He creates a cave workshop and builds multiple cars to try and win the Best In Show award for a modified Pinewood Derby challenge.
- [Lovely logoware that lasts](https://idealienstudios.com/lovely-logoware-that-lasts/): While the concept of selling "put your logo on products" is obviously not particularly new or revolutionary, this project highlights the flexibility that Idealien Studios can offer customers with a breadth of material/build options able to be delivered in a single order.
- [Moving memorabilia](https://idealienstudios.com/moving-memorabilia/): Mark Twain wrote that, "There is no such thing as a new idea". Designing these serving trays was a way for me to build upon a successful idea my parents had in a curious combination that helps new home owners understand their neighbourhood. 
- [DND GM screens to die for](https://idealienstudios.com/dnd-gm-screens-to-die-for/): The use case of wooden free-standing screens for a tabletop RPG may be niche, but this project was an exciting opportunity to push my tools/skills. The grain-matching inlays, backfilling routed lines with epoxy and blending laser etchings over top from it are ones I'm excited to use on more projects in the future.
- [Branded board game in a box](https://idealienstudios.com/board-game-in-a-box/): An abstract board game with simple components gets jazzed up at the request of a colleague. The result is a branded board game experience that anyone who comes to the office will have a chance to try.
- [Personalized mugs](https://idealienstudios.com/personalized-mugs/): How long do you spend in an average year perusing the aisles of greeting cards looking for just the right one for a friend or family members? Imagine how much more they would appreciate receiving a mug that you designed the graphic and message just for them instead?
- [Lord of the serving trays](https://idealienstudios.com/lord-of-the-trays/): A Secret Santa gift of a serving tray with a secret surprise when the lights go out. Will the recipient be aglow when they see their Doors of Durin light up at night?
- [Hex-A-Table: Part 1](https://idealienstudios.com/hex-a-table/): While building the Hex-A-Deck last summer, there were more than a few conversations about how amazing the deck could look with LED lighting below/in it and the distinct lack of epoxy compared to most of my recent/larger projects. That project was, thankfully, too far along in build to consider adding such requirements. Over the winter I mulled over those ambitious / audacious goals and by the spring had come up plans to build a Hex-a-Table that would: A table tale told in two parts As much as the design of the table top was relying on concepts that I have […]
- [Shirt making workshop](https://idealienstudios.com/shirt-making-workshop/): Growing up with parents that were teachers, I understood quickly that a great way to verify if you know a topic as well as you think you do is to try and pass that knowledge on to others and see that they can make use of it.
- [Making maker event shirts](https://idealienstudios.com/making-maker-event-shirts/): Collaborating with other makers on projects that I also get to participate in is always an exciting opportunity. It certainly didn't hurt to get a nostalgia fix from the 80's theme and finding UV-reactive primary printer colours that popped on the black shirts.
- [Spicy little spice racks](https://idealienstudios.com/spicy-little-spice-racks/): Some of the projects that have the biggest impact on day-to-day quality of life are also the simplest. These 3D printed spice racks mounted on the inside of a cabinet door for easy access when a dish needs a dash of something extra.
- [Improv team shirts](https://idealienstudios.com/improv-team-shirts/): This set of shirts went from idea to execution in one incredibly fun week. Once the team came up with their punderful name, we sketched out some concepts that I polished up into a final design to play on the idea of lighting and a lightbulb shaped BBQ.
- [Rolling into new mediums](https://idealienstudios.com/rolling-into-new-mediums/): Iron on t-shirt transfers have an icky weight to wearing them and don't hold up over time. I've added screen printing to the repertoire that Idealien Studios can now produce colourful projects on cotton and other fabrics.
- [Tiny chess set dioramas](https://idealienstudios.com/tiny-chess/): What happens when I re-imagined a keepsake box concept, with 3D print test files and one of the worlds' oldest games built into its smallest form factor possible?
- [An orchid that will never wilt](https://idealienstudios.com/led-3d-orchid/): Whether your family member has the greenest of thumbs or the farthest thing from, this 3D printed and painted orchid with built in LED grow light will have everyone wondering what their secret is. 
- [Hex-A-Deck](https://idealienstudios.com/hex-a-deck/): The deck consultant from the nearest (orange) big box store sai "Everything you are thinking of is structurally sound, but it flies in the face of hundreds of years of engineering principles."  With Jim Carrey's, "So you're telling me there's a chance" echoing in my head, I began an ambitious hex-a-deck building adventure.
- [DND campaign creations](https://idealienstudios.com/dnd-campaign-creations/): DND is equal parts decisions with dice, improvised storytelling, puzzle solving and world building that is unlike any other game you might try. For long-running campaigns, the chance to bring the best bits of lore out into the real world is a fantastic experience to share.
- [Zelda: Breath of the Wild table](https://idealienstudios.com/zelda-table/): Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. This project was filled with so many mediums and opportunities to stretch my skills that it's easily one of my most reference projects when someone asks what an ambitious Idealien Studios project looks like.
- [Live-edge breakfast bar](https://idealienstudios.com/live-edge-breakfast-bar/): You definitely want a bright/light kitchen environment, but too much white can leave it feeling sterile. This walnut breakfast bar provides the right splash of earth tones to liven up the room that is most often a hub of activity and flavours.
- [Big sound on a smaller budget](https://idealienstudios.com/big-sound-diy-budget/): With 11' tall walls in a split level home, there really was no choice whether the home theatre would have projector or not. But figuring out the right way to have big sound to match in a small footprint and a not-so-big budget was interesting project to tackle.
- [A punderful bookmark](https://idealienstudios.com/punderful-bookmark/): The customer for this fiery bookmark found puns to be a caustic form of humour. But their partner never found a pun they wouldn't chuckle at. So they asked to cook up a bookmark that would celebrate their love for puns, reading and camping. What s'more do you need to know?
- [Scale model memories](https://idealienstudios.com/scale-model-memories/): It started small helping to digitally mock up a backyard patio renovation. The idea and details grew in size but the scale model build never did. For the family members who are happily living in their forever home, but becoming harder to find just the right gift for, a scale model might be one to consider.
- [Sports trophy and swag](https://idealienstudios.com/sports-swag/): After a near 30 year hiatus, a prodigious golf tournament wanted help to re-launch their event with a new logo, new trophy and other swag items for the participants.
- [Hey! Building a hay wagon](https://idealienstudios.com/hay-wagon/): The axle was a very nice find hidden amongst the bushes in the "back 40" of the farm property. One season later, 3 generations worked together to build an over engineered hay wagon that might just outlast us all.
- [Cubicle decoration or renovation?](https://idealienstudios.com/christmas-cubicle/): What happens when you mix Christmas spirit with ample amounts of creativity in an often tepid cubicle work environment?

## Pages

- [Lightning Keep Cryptex](https://idealienstudios.com/lightning-keep-cryptex/): Lightning Keep Cryptex A Digital Cryptex? Gravity Forms Gravity Flow Complex? There are 4 billion unique combinations in the cryptex. I’m pretty sure you aren’t going to brute force the answer, and even if you do would it bring you as much joy as solving a DND puzzle?
- [What are you looking for?](https://idealienstudios.com/search/): What are you looking for?
- [Maker Poll](https://idealienstudios.com/maker-poll/): Maker Alliance Meetup Poll What city/date might work for the most to have anon-denominational north-east North America winter meetup?
- [Product Gallery](https://idealienstudios.com/product-gallery/): Product Gallery The photos in this Product Gallery represent the types of materials, production techniques or past projects that Idealien Studios is most likely to be interested to collaborate with you as a customer to create. If there is an element here that inspires you, or you have ideas for a new product you think we would be interested in producing with/for you, please get in touch with us. Our Build Blog aims to capture the wider array of our efforts, including some like the Hex-A-Deck which are very much 1-of-1 creations. Hopefully it helps you understand the range of […]
- [Build Blog](https://idealienstudios.com/build-blog/)
- [Maker Alliance - Sublimation Supplies](https://idealienstudios.com/masc24-sublimation/): Sublimation Supplies For Maker Alliance Summer Camp 2024
- [Contact](https://idealienstudios.com/contact/): Get In Touch Have a project in mind?Want to bring your creative ideas to life?Reach out to us today!
- [About](https://idealienstudios.com/about/): About Idealien Studios Discover the person and placewhere the personalized creations are made Idealien Studios is the maker business of Jamie Oastler. As you can see from the product gallery, there are a breadth of materials, tools and skills that he can work with to deliver projects large and small. Throughout the design, build and delivery phases of a project, he applies a creative approach to ensure the ideal result with his time spent in the workshop and for the products delivered to the customer.
- [Home](https://idealienstudios.com/): Code. Craft. Creativity. From 1-of-1 custom designs for you, to bespoke builds you can give to your customers or colleagues, Idealien Studios is focused on delivering personalized products and processes to meet your unique needs. Our build blog covers what and often how we create products.Our most common mediums/methods involve: Art can sometimes be a messy process.Working with Idealien Studios won’t be. Hundreds of Custom Pieces Created Dozens of Happy Clients Served Bringing your ideas to life Unleash your creativity with Idealien Studios


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