Our Story

Our Story

I fell into woodworking the way a lot of people do, with a simple thought: “I think I could make that.” It started with small things around the house, little projects my wife mentioned in passing. I’d take some scrap wood, sketch an idea, and before long I realized how much I loved building with my hands. There was something grounding about it… something that slowed the world down a bit.

Everything changed when my first son was about two.

I remember scrolling through the photos on my phone, trying to find a moment I swore I’d never forget... and I couldn’t find it. There were thousands of pictures, all piling up faster than I could organize them. Life was moving quickly, and I felt this ache that our memories were getting buried instead of being lived with.

We had one photo on the fridge. One. And suddenly that didn’t feel like enough.

I wanted a way to keep more of our family’s moments out where we could actually see them, not trapped behind glass, not stuck in a book on a shelf, and not lost in a camera roll. I wanted something warm, something handmade, something that felt alive… a place where stories could breathe.

I didn’t like the rigid multi-photo frames in stores. And the wire-and-clothespin options felt too limited and too linear.

I wanted something different.

So I built a wooden frame, rough and imperfect, and instead of wires, I wove a loose, dreamcatcher-inspired web. Something organic and freeform. Something that could hold photos, notes, ticket stubs, dried flowers… the tiny pieces of a life. Something you could rearrange whenever you wanted.

The first versions weren’t pretty. But the idea was.

And over time, that idea became the Memory Frame.

Today, every Memory Frame is handcrafted in my small workshop here in Southern California. Each one is made from solid hardwood with hand-inlaid details, finished slowly and intentionally, one at a time. And every webbing is woven by hand, no two patterns are ever the same. Even if someone orders multiple frames, each one will have its own personality and rhythm.

To me, that’s what makes them special.

They aren’t perfect duplicates. They’re lived-in, human, and honest, just like the memories they hold.

Blind Rabbit Woodworks has become more than a woodworking project. It’s a reminder, to myself as much as anyone, that life moves fast… and if we’re not careful, the moments that matter most will slip quietly into the background.

These frames are my way of slowing things down. Of keeping stories visible. Of honoring the chapters that shape who we are.

If a Memory Frame helps a family keep their moments out in the open, where they can be seen and remembered, then I’ve done what I set out to do.

Thank you for being here. It truly means a lot.

- Jonathan
Founder & Maker, Blind Rabbit Woodworks