Moose Creek Designs

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We’d love to hear about your project. Tell us what you’d like made, what you’d like engraved on it, and when you need it — we’ll get back to you with what’s possible and a price.

Custom orders welcome — names, dates, team logos, pet portraits, and your own artwork.

About Moose Creek Designs

Moose Creek Designs is a small laser engraving and woodworking shop in Cleveland, Georgia. “Moose” is Amos’s childhood nickname — the shop is named for it.

We make personalized gifts and keepsakes: LED acrylic lamps on wooden bases, engraved cutting boards, plaques, wallets, coasters, and one-off custom pieces. Everything is made to order in our Georgia workshop, one piece at a time.

Most orders start with a name, a date, or an idea. A graduation, a wedding, a new home, a team season, a favorite pet — tell us the occasion and we’ll help you turn it into something worth keeping.

Our Corner of North Georgia

The shop sits in the shadow of Mount Yonah, in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains. This corner of the state has a history worth knowing — and it finds its way into what we make.

Gold Rush Country

America’s first major gold rush didn’t happen in California — it happened right here. In 1828, gold was found near Dahlonega, just down the road from Cleveland, and thousands of prospectors poured into these mountains twenty years before anyone shouted about Sutter’s Mill. Dahlonega takes its name from the Cherokee word for yellow, or gold, and the town was home to a branch of the U.S. Mint from 1838. The gold is long gone, but the hills that hid it are still here.

Mount Yonah

“Yonah” is the Cherokee word for bear. The mountain rises between Cleveland and Helen, its granite face watching over the valley — and over our shop. It’s only fitting that a bear should be the namesake of the mountain, and the mountain the namesake of so much around here.

The Legend of Sautee and Nacoochee

Long before these towns had names, the valley below Yonah was home to a love story. Nacoochee, the daughter of a Cherokee chief, fell in love with Sautee, a warrior of the Chickasaw. Their love was forbidden, and when they tried to run away together, a war party followed them to the cliffs of Yonah. Sautee was thrown from the mountain, and Nacoochee leapt after him. The valley still carries their names — Sautee-Nacoochee — and the Nacoochee Indian Mound stands in the valley below, where the legend says they were laid to rest together. The story was made famous in George Williams’s 1871 Sketches of Travel in the Old and New World, and it’s still told here today.

Helen, Georgia

Just up the road is Helen, our Bavarian alpine village in the mountains — half-timbered shops, the Chattahoochee River running through town, and visitors from everywhere. It’s the neighbor we’re proudest of, and a good reminder that this part of Georgia has always welcomed folks in.

Bigfoot Country

The woods around the upper Chattahoochee, north of Helen, have their own reputation. Reported Bigfoot sightings in these mountains go back decades, including a daylight encounter reported by two fishermen in 1993. Whether you believe or not, the stories are part of the place — and the reason our Believe lamp exists. Keep an eye out on the trails.