We had our signature medallions made by Laura Zaruba, owner of elle Z designs.
Laura found a unique niche with laser-cut wedding invitations; but she assures me she will work with anyone “…to create your unique logos, or anything else you need in wood, marble, plastic, metal, etc…” (I quoted this from a recent e-mail message she sent me). She did a terrific job with our medallions!
After posting on Lumberjocks in reply to a question by a fellow woodworker, I received several questions regarding our signature medallion; in particular, the basic question was “…where did you get these made…?”
This is our signature laser-cut medallion, already glued to the underside of a project:
You recently saw the medallion in the short video I made on giving cherry a sun tan, and making your own buttons. A screen capture image from that video shows the medallion installed on the underside of the stool top:
I worked with Laura Zaruba to develop the logo. She was terrific – even sent us samples of the logo in various sizes, for us to determine which would be best. And in the end we selected the one we thought fit our style best.
Laura Zaruba is a busy lady these days. Although her web site is in need of some updating (she is working on doing it), she will be married later this year, is moving to a new city, is going to school to get an MBA, and is a corporate banker. Laura’s web site mainly focuses on the unique niche of laser-cut wedding invitations made of wood ( !!! ); it does not mention the medallion part of the business, but she will work with you to create your own design, or to implement your design on just about anything wood, marble, plastic, metal, etc.
Laura can be contacted at laura@ellezdesigns.com, or through the Contact page on her web site. Laura and Andy’s wedding blog can be found here.
About Al Navas
Laura,
You are welcome! It is terrific you are staying busy as ever. My best wishes for a wonderful life together. Enjoy your new home, your new shop, and school.
WOW Al! Thank you SO MUCH for featuring me on your blog! What an honor!
Yes, things are VERY busy my way at the moment; I’ve been taking some time away from engraving to get my MBA as well as work on wedding projects (you can see some of these crafty projects at http://www.themeckleys.com)
I just got settled in my fun new workshop now that we’ve relocated and I’m looking forward to getting back to business real soon. I’m especially excited about my latest toy…er, um, I mean vinyl cutting equipment
so stay tuned for some great new items!
The wedding will soon be over which means I’ll be open for larger projects shortly. The good news is that we are able to fit smaller projects (such as medallions) into our schedule right now! Any interested parties can feel free to contact me to discuss ideas or to place an order.
Thanks again Al!
Take care,
~L