Design Your Own Wooden Earrings

Handmade Accessories

Your custom wooden earrings are laser cut which burns the edges. This creates a dark brown tone around the sides of your wooden earrings. The back of your earrings is sealed with a wood sealer which protects and enhances the natural color. The front of your wooden earrings is then sprayed with a frosted off-white coating which makes the surface matte. This covers the wood texture on the front to allow your design to print smoothly.

Once you have chosen the style and shape of your earrings, we transfer your design onto the off-white matte surface using a heat-press method with our state-of-the-art printers using eco-friendly inks. Due to the nature of the wood, we are unable to print pure white so you’ll want to choose designs with stronger colors to achieve your desired look. Your wooden earrings will have a light creamy overlay for a natural earthy finish.

We pride ourselves on creating unique gifts so we make sure your wooden earrings are lovingly handcrafted by our jewelry experts.

Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

We have a full Cut & Sew service here at Contrado, and are able to hem your fabric prints for a small additional charge. We create a small one- or two-fold hem that typically uses 0.2" to 0.75" (5-20mm) of material, depending on the thickness of the fabric. So, for example, if you want a finished piece of fabric that measures 39.37" x 39.37", you will need to order a size of 39.96" x 39.96" to allow for the hem (on top of that please also allow for shrinkage of min 2%). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. You can choose to have your prints hemmed with either Black or White thread. On our silk and other light woven fabrics, one hemmed edge will be straight (vertically down the roll) and the other will be slightly rippled. The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

• Light Fabrics (0.59oz-2.95oz): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 0.24" - 0.32" / 6mm-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 0.48"-0.56""/ 12-16mm
• Medium Fabrics (2.98oz-5.90oz): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.4" - 1.6" / 35-40mm
• Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 0.5 - 0.75" / 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 1.5" / 35-40mm

All of these measurements are approximate and can vary. Including with shrinkage, it can mean a fairly significant difference to ordered dimensions, so please plan your print accordingly. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.

How Would you Like the Edge?

• As it comes. We cut around your image, leaving a simply scissor cut, perhaps uneven white fabric border. 
• Hem with thread. We can hem your fabric with a choice of black or white thread. Please allow 1-2 days additional production time. See below for information on how hemming affects the size of your print. We offer an overlock hem, as well as a folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. If you can see both options, it means both are suitable, and you will be able to choose whichever you prefer. 
• Cut on the line. We will cut neatly on the edge of your design. This means that if you have a border around your design we will cut around that border, if your design takes the whole space of the fabric, then we will neatly cut around the edge of that image. Please be aware, when we cut along the line, we have to cut against the grain of the fabric. This is the standard procedure for fabric cutting. This means that with some fabrics, for example, Georgette and Mulmul, which have a slight wave in them, some fraying will occur. This is unavoidable, as the cut follows the grain of the textile. 

All of our fabrics are cut manually by hand, with the utmost care and attention. If your fabric has a slightly uneven look on the edges or a touch of fraying, this does not indicate a flaw in the textile. It is not always possible to achieve a perfectly straight cut with certain fabrics, so please do bare this in mind when it comes to your design. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

Please note: As we make everything by hand, all sizes may vary slightly.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs.

Can I print my design on both sides?

You are able to print on only one side of the flat surface of your custom wooden earrings with a design of your choice. The other side is stained with wood sealer that enhances the natural tones.

What parts of the earrings are in sterling silver?

Sterling silver is used for hook wires, jump rings, bead, and loop when you design your own wooden earrings. 3mm plywood is used for the different shapes, which is where your design will be printed.

How do I print my design on the shapes?

Placing your design centrally would work for all shapes except the cutout circle because there is a hole in the center. We recommend you choose a pattern that can be repeated all around to capture the design.