The Chippy Beaver

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The Chippy Beaver

Specializing in Ohio themed cutting boards and wall art, as well as Post Office box door banks, ligh Feel free to email me with any inquiries or suggestions.

Specializing in creating custom frames, cutting boards, bird houses, and various indoor and outdoor items, using new and reclaimed wood. I have also started repurposing items that have been discarded for their original use and breathed new life into them. On this page you will be able to find finished creations available for purchase and items in the making. I am able to do custom items such as frames, or just about anything else you see on here. Enjoy your visit!!

07/16/2025

I am excited to be participating in the wood challenge auction for the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival this year. Pictured are the three items that I dropped off yesterday: A curly maple cheese board, a hallway table made from osage orange and Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels staves, and an US Post Office Box Door bank.

When the auction goes live i will share the link.

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07/13/2025

Third and final day at Lilyfest, 10a to 4pm. Looking to be a beautiful day at Bishop Educational Gardens. Hope to see you all here. 🦫

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07/12/2025

All ready for day two of Lilyfest, 10a to 5p today. Should be a beautiful day. Hope to see you all here. 🦫

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07/11/2025

All setup and ready for my first show of the year, day one of the Lilyfest 10a to 6p. It's a perfect day, a beautiful setting, and amazing music. Hope to see you all here. 🌸🦫

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07/02/2025

Restoration Wednesday! I don't often do a full restore on the Post Office Box doors (because I feel it takes away some of the character), but when I do...WOW!

With time, and a lot of elbow grease, they shine! This door is around 75 years old and looks like new. It came from a cabinet full of doors sitting in a barn for decades. It's great to be able to save a piece of American history. 🇺🇸 🦫

06/14/2025

I finally got some new banks done! These are all original US Post Office Box doors, set into wood boxes I made. Each door, shown, is a piece of American history, ranging from the 1910's to the 1960's. Also, they are just cool.

Hopefully, they will be up on the website this coming week. Until then, they are available at Revolution Rockbridge Winery, come check everything out. 🦫 🍷 📬

06/07/2025

Chippy has some new designs in stock , I'm also restocked in some old favorites, like teak end grain cutting boards and cheese slicer boards. But my favorite is the reclaimed Canarywood charcuterie board. 😮

Head on over and check things out! 🦫 🍷

04/07/2025

Happy International Beaver Day!! 🦫

As it is Beaver Day, I think it is the perfect day to unveil Chippy's new logo! Since 2013 Chippy has evolved, as a logo, and from a hobby to a business, thanks to all of you. I hope you enjoy Chippy's fresh look.

Thanks to Becky Roley for the great design.

12/15/2024

Chippy is restocked with banks, charcuterie boards, and cutting boards. As well as Hocking Hills, Ohio and RxR Winery merch. So, be sure to stop in and check things out! 🦫🍷🎁🌲

www.thechippybeaver.com

12/13/2024

Hello all!! The website is finally updated, it's been a long time coming. Anyway, head on over and check things out. Also, the inventory at the winery should be restocked this weekend as well, so keep an eye out. 🦫🍷🎁🌲

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08/11/2024

All set up for a beautiful day on Medina's Public Square for An Affair on the Square, today from 11am to 4pm. Hope to see you all 🦫

08/10/2024

All setup up and ready for a great day Art on the Lawn, today 10a to 5p. Hope to see you all here. 🦫

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The Perfection of Handmade Items Are Their Imperfections

My story is not that different from many others, who are also woodworkers, yet it is still personal to me, and it all started about five years ago. I collect political memorabilia, and had a newspaper from 1940 that I wanted to have framed, because it was naturally an odd size, I was going to have to have a custom frame made. To my horror, as I was pricing custom frames on-line and in the local area, it was going to be hundreds of dollar! I really did laugh aloud when I was getting quotes, and thought this is ridiculous. So, I set in my mind that I can make a frame for the newspaper.

Here the real story begins, after spending countless hours on YouTube an Pinterest, researching the different techniques that are used to make frames, and the most common do’s and don’ts, I was prepared. The frame I made, from pine wood with a black lacquer finish, still hangs in my office today, it is not the best thing that I have ever made, but I spent a fraction of the money as was quoted to me, plus the satisfaction that I made it. This started a role of making custom sized frames for myself, as well as friends and family. As the quantity of frames I made increased, so did my perfection and skill in making them.

After frames I extended, my new found talents, into making planter boxes, birdhouses, and cutting boards. In my Etsy and Pinterest searches I found items all the time that I thought were “cool” and decided to try making new items all the time. My little shop in the garage started growing in the number of tools that I have, as well as materials and inventory. I was over running my house with projects, which I didn’t need to keep.

It was suggested to me to set up a booth at a local music and craft fair, I was apprehensive to put my projects “out there” for the public to check over and be subjected to opinion. But, I did it and from that first year of doing that one event, I now do twenty events a year, and have an Etsy shop that I had never thought would happen. I have even been fortunate enough to be able to devote all of my time to the business that you see now.

I am the sole makers of the items that you see, though ideas come from friends, family and customers all the time, which I am very grateful for. All of the items that I make are made by hand, as well as cut out individually by hand, I do not use any lasers or CNC machines. This makes all of my items unique, and no two items are ever going to be exactly the same. I say “that the perfection in something being handmade is its imperfections.” I make a wide variety of items, and have expanded my collections to include stone wares such as coasters and cheese boards, which have become very popular over the past year. I try to use reclaimed materials when available, and appropriate, and try to repurpose items as well.

While I could go on, but I have bent your ear enough, I hope that you enjoy your time perusing through my shop, The Chippy Beaver, and will follow me to see what new projects will materialize in the coming months. Also, as always, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Regards,

Jerad