A Good Turn Colorado primarily ships via the United States Postal Service (USPS).  Below are the announced USPS 2019 shipping deadlines. Additionally, we have a cut off for orders (for the December 25th Christmas holiday) of DECEMBER 16, 2019. Domestic US  Type of Service           Mail-By Date First-Class Mail                                         Dec 20 Priority Mail                                               Dec 21 Priority Mail Express                                 Dec 23 International Country or Continent       First-Class         Priority          Priority Express Africa ..read more

So this week we're going to do something a little different. I've (Jason) recently become obsessed with mod-ing an Arcade1Up cabinet with a Raspberry Pi loaded with RetroPie. I won't go into a great amount of detail on that as it's already very heavily documented how to do it. Literally almost everyone starts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DQCOr6zQM "That's great," you say, "but now I've got a Street Fighter 2 cabinet and when I play my (legally acquired) games on there, they're not all SF2, and I want something a little more exact to show what I am playing!" Well, I said that too, bu ..read more

It's only August, right? Why are we beginning to think about the holidays?  Well, let me tell you... Absolutely everything in our shop is handmade or made by scratch from us. And during the holidays we are super busy with constant runs of packaging and going to the post office (and our day jobs!) that if we had to make everything as the order came in we'd just be swamped and under water and you would not remotely get your handmade order in time for the holiday! Of course that doesn't apply to customized or personalized orders, but we do our best to prep those as much as possible before the big ..read more

We've recently moved ourselves down to beautiful Cañon City, Colorado, and along with the Royal Gorge and all the fun touristy things to do here we have these absolutely amazing, breathtaking, views. Of course one of the things that was super important to us was having shop space, preferably bigger and easier to access than our old one. The last shop was in the basement with a couple 90 degree turns so it was always fun trying to get lumber down there. The new shop is in our walkout, and has its own outside door. Compared to the old one, it's just heaven! The old shop kind of grew organically ..read more

Is your Mom magic in the kitchen?  How about these handmade kitchen items:  Our hand turned Mahogany Pepper Grinder has a throwback antique look, but is a workhorse in the kitchen!       Couple our laser engraved spoons with a your own handmade cake or dinner and you will win Mother's day.  Does mom love her furry friends? How about our single or dual pet leash holders, customized with their pet's name!  Mom like the rustic farmhouse look? How about a cute and practical farmhouse step stool!  Is Mom a class act? How about giving her a pen that reflects that!  Need more ideas?  Take a look ..read more

Updated blog post about how to turn a Christmas ornament is now live on Instructables.com:  https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Turn-a-Christmas-Ornament ..read more

In an effort to clean up some of our older posts, we're going to start revamping and rewriting some of our old How-To's. We'll still link them here, of course, but wanted some kind of standard look to them.  That being said, the obvious place to start is with the original Turning A Slimline Pen, now at Instructables.com ..read more

The best photo is a well lit photo! Take your Etsy photos to the next level by building an easy (and cheap) light box to give your handmade treasures just the right amount of light!  OK, so my light box (above) ain’t much to look at, but it helps me take GREAT photos for our Etsy shop (A Good Turn Colorado).  It’s the difference between crisp/detailed photos and shadowed/hard to see ones.  Just check out some of my photos below. These were all taken with just my iPhone and the light box above. Handcrafted Jack Daniels Pen & Pencil Set Hand Turned Wood Trees Wood Coasters So how ..read more