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Newest Artisans of the Week

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 16, 2010

Help me welcome to some of the newest CustomMade members for this week!

David Iepson of Working Designs and Installations LLC

“This hand carved and very dimensional sign was carved from foam and hard coated. Vacuumed formed leafs and air brushing completed the piece. Custom projects with a lot of imagination! [...]

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A Visit to a Local Shop

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 16, 2010

This past Thursday we put on our jackets and set out to meet our Maker. Well, at least one of them! Where better to head out to on a chilly autumn morning, than the town of Gloucester, MA? Gloucester, among other things, is a popular vacation destination, an important city [...]

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What does “custom” mean to you?

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers on November 15, 2010

We’re here to bring you YOUR custom: we’re here to bring you the goods and services that result from your individual choices.

So what do you want to see? Tell us. We’ll listen.

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From Custom Ant Farms to Custom Built Homes: The Story of a Designer’s Beginnings

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on November 12, 2010

Did you ever experience custom-making as a kid? Steve Trevathan, our senior Design and Front-end Developer shares his childhood memory of concocting custom creations with his siblings – and how a custom ant farm led to a lasting family landmark.

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Vintage Industrial Furniture

Posted by Seth in For Customers, The Wide World of Custom Making on November 9, 2010

This excerpt is from the blog of Greg Hankerson, builder of vintage industrial furniture. Greg’s blog is a great resource for anyone looking for furniture in this style. If you have, or are considering acquiring a piece in the vintage industrial furniture style, we’d love to hear from you! Tell us about your [...]

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Tracking your site using Google Analytics

Posted by Seth in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 8, 2010

I sometimes moonlight over at FineWoodworking.com sharing my marketing advice with the readers of our ProShop blog. It occurred to me that our CustomMade viewers might like to hear some of the same marketing tips, so here we are! Let me know what you think. Do you track your site already? If you tried this, [...]

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Melanie on Why You Should Join CustomMade.com

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, CustomMade Maker Sucess, For Makers on November 5, 2010

Happy Friday! For the weekend, we’d like to share with you a few words from Mel, a business development representative here at CustomMade.

Leave Mel some love! Here’s the link so you can share with your friends!

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Newest Artisans of the Week

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 4, 2010

Help me welcome to some of the newest CustomMade members for this week!

Louis Fry of Louis Fry Craftsman in Wood

“…Made of solid figured bubinga and macassar ebony. Attention has been paid to every detail. It is sturdy, elegant, and built to last for [...]

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Custom-Made for Non-Celebrities

Posted by Seth in Custom Inspiration, The People Behind CustomMade on November 3, 2010

At CustomMade, we believe that the whole idea of custom embodies higher quality and reliability in addition to a higher level of uniqueness than is typically found in todays goods. We recently came across a collection of articles on Forbes about custom goods that portrayed the idea of custom in a very intangible and lavishly [...]

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CustomMade gets a Custom Stereo!

Posted by Seth in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds, The People Behind CustomMade on November 2, 2010

Behold!

At CustomMade, we are constantly growing our subscriber base, but better yet frequently making good friends. Every once in a while we are fortunate enough to have a maker share some of their work with us at the CustomMade headquarters.  We’ve had Jim Ayer send us a gorgeous puzzle. (Which took a [...]

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