On that tangential note, the cottage industry will hopefully be a booming market.
Handcrafted is so much nicer.
A friend of a friend makes gift cards that are exquisite. The kind you see for $5-10 bucks in the shops. She looked around for selling venues and concluded there wasn't any. A shame she gave up.
One venue is
Handcrafted Wood Jewelry on Etsy - Bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants. A lot of it is junk and some of it is production crap posing as handcrafted (just like the iphone
).
But there is also
Regretsy | Where DIY Meets WTF 
Custom auto parts and designs is something that shows up a bit in the high end low-rider and stereo groups.
I've always wanted a maki-e Japanese lacquer dash, door handles, etc.(not on the pcar). I know, cheezy perhaps, but a potential venue for that product.
If there is demand, there is a market. Build it and they will come.