About our website

SIMPLE SHAPES

  • Simple Shapes is a brought to you by Online Laser Cutting, for many years we have been cutting basic shapes for our customers without needing them to supply a file, but this has always been a somewhat manual process, customers have asked for more shape designs and an easy checkout system to order the simple shapes online. So here is our answer to that request! 

    We’ve made it super easy for you to purchase your laser cut shapes and laser cut blanks that are perfect for acrylic jewellery, craft projects and much, much more!  Here you’ll find thousands of shapes in a massive range of sizes and variations, all of which can be manufactured to order from any one of our 340+  acrylic and wood specialty materials.

    It’s easy to search and filter through our huge shape collection, so you can find the exact piece you need to complete your design. You can start a list of favourite materials and favourite shapes, then come back to them later to mix, match and create the perfect design for your project. We have kept our minimum quantities low if you’d just like to test out some designs and we have lower pricing-per-piece for bulk quantities.

    All our shapes are available in a range of options and materials so you can make the decisions on what you need, you can view these shapes online and see a preview of the exact shape you are purchasing (with material and hole choices) before you checkout, once you have decided on the shape options you can add that shape to your cart and checkout quickly and easily.

    Your shapes will then be delivered to you Australia Wide by express post in a few days! 

Laser cut Shapes

  • The shapes section of our website holds over 1000 designs that you can order as laser cut shapes for items such as jewellery. Every shape is available in a range of sizes and with a range of hole options. So once you’ve found a design you like, you can pick a variation of it that is ideal for hanging as an earring or to link together with other shapes. 

    You can search for your shape from the search bar anywhere on the site or visit the shapes page to search, filter and view all shapes by size, category and more.

    Still can’t find the shape you need? Contact us and we can help you design the shape of our dreams! 

Materials

  • We stock an incredible collection of materials and it’s growing all the time, and even better, all of our shapes can be previewed in any of our stocked materials.

    Visit the materials page to see an instant overview of our current range and search and filter our range by colour, category finish and more. Simply click on any material to learn more about what makes it special and for details on the materials patterns, colours and finish.

    Some of our materials are exclusive to our laser cutting service and you will not find them anywhere else!

Creating an account

  • You don’t need an account to order shapes, but it’s a great tool to ensure all your favourite shapes and materials are saved for future visits!  You only need to do it once and it will remember you each time you visit. Our secure servers will save your details to make it quick and easy to find your favourites, checkout and reorder next time you visit.

    Favourites - Once you have an account your favourite shapes and materials will be saved there each time you login allowing you to view and add to your favourites from any of your devices. This is great for saving specific shapes, options and materials and easily reordering each time. 

    Save your shopping cart - Once you have added items to your cart, the system will save your cart and it will be there next time you sign in. Even if you are not signed in and add items to your cart they will be added to your saved cart once you log in.

    Quick checkout - once you have an account with all of your details saved it will be quick and easy to checkout each time. It will save your shipping address details and credit card so you can checkout at the click of a button! Your account details are all hidden behind our secure server.

    Order history - Your account will save all of your previous orders to allow you to easily view all past invoices (great at tax time!) and to simplify reordering.

Favourites

  • We have set up this site to allow two categories of favourites (shapes and materials). You can access your favourites at any time by clicking the heart at the top right of the website. Favourites work without an account, but to save them for your next visit or to sync them across your devices it’s best to create an account and sign in.

    Materials - When scrolling through the material catalogue you can quickly and easily click on the hearts in the top right of each swatch to add them to your favourites list. They will be saved into your favourites list with the swatch as a preview. Your favourite materials are then readily accessible when previewing shapes so you can easily view any shape in one of your favourite materials.

    Shapes - Each shape on the shapes grid page will also have a heart to easily add your favourite shapes to your collection too. This is an easy way to sort the shapes you think you’d like to use in the future. For a more detailed favourites list you can go into each shape and configure the shape details and then add to favourites, you will see the shape preview (with options) in your favourites list, and when you go back to that shape from your favourites later it will have kept the details there for you. This is great for re-orders and shapes you use all the time. 

Filtering Materials & Shapes

  • Our website has filter bars for easily searching and browsing for both shapes and materials. On the main shapes and materials grid pages look for the “FILTERS” button under the main navigation links.

    Materials - One of the prettiest pages, featuring every one of our 340+ materials. By default, this page shows you every material we have available, or by using the filters bar you can narrow down your search and view materials by category (type of material) or colour (view all red materials). Make sure you clear your filters to see all materials again.

    Shapes - The filter bars give you numerous fun ways to view our shape collection online. You can choose a material to view all of the shapes, check out different size options available and even quickly see which shapes are available with different hole options. We have even categorised the shapes so you can “view by category” each shape will appear in at least 1 of these categories.

Shape Keyword Search

  • We have also added a handy “search by word” search at the top of the site so if you are looking for a “cactus” you can type your keyword in there and see what is available. This is also handy to find a shape you’d like to reorder quickly and easily. 

    Search is conducted by the shape names so if you can’t find what you are looking for by searching by name use the filters bar to pinpoint a shape. 

Previewing Shapes

  • You can view all shapes on the main shapes page in any of our materials as well as on each of the individual shape pages. A full preview of your shape is available before you purchase, you can configure your shapes on each individual shape page and get it perfect before you add it to your cart. The shapes previewed online are the exact shape that we will cut for you, but they are not to exact scale online as everyone’s screen size differs. For more information on sizing please see our shapes page.

Quantities and pricing

  • Pricing is based on the shape chosen, quantities ordered and your choice of materials. As you change options the price will update in the blue pricing bar so you can see the exact price upfront. Once the shapes are added to the cart you will receive a total price for all shapes ordered + shipping and tax costs (GST is included in the price).

Site Checkout

  • Once you have configured your shape you can quickly and easily add it to your shopping cart, once you have chosen all of the shapes you need, you can checkout from the site. Once we receive your order, we will send your shapes to cut on our laser cutters and it should be with you in a few days! Woohoo!