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Uffs for Your Uggs: Custom Boot Toppers That Will Give You Happy Feet

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on November 29, 2011

It’s hard to make those bulky, clunky winter boots look cute. And happy feet are nice, but what about knock-out-drop-dead-where’d-ya-get-those-gorgeous feet?!?

Boot toppers are everywhere. Wearing something over the top of your boot—be it a rain boot, cowboy boot, riding boot, or bootie—creates a fun, decorative accent. It’s a unique way of updating the style [...]

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The Lady of the House is Online: Reaching the Head-of-Household Through Social Media Marketing

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 28, 2011

What demographic is responsible for $5 trillion in consumer spending? The heads-of-households.  Who are they and how can businesses best reach them through today’s social media landscape? Reggie Bradford, the founder and CEO of the social marketing software provider Virtue, identifies this critical market and offers some advice for productively engaging it through the social [...]

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Half-Full Custom Glassware: The Other Half is You

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 27, 2011

Do you have a favorite glass?  A mug for your beer or a tumbler for your Diet Dr. Pepper?  Like cutlery for your beverages, glassware items are very personal and deserve some custom consideration, too.  When you’re entertaining and you want to bring out your best, and after you wow your guests with custom bottle [...]

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Insect and Spider Motifs for Custom Furniture

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 26, 2011

And now, for a story about catching a different kind of bug, artisan Peter Loh of Peter Loh Studio Furniture explains the origin of his maple, rosewood, and zebrawood “Recluse” entry table:

With smooth flowing curves, Recluse is an image of furniture in motion. Inspiration came in the guise of an insect bite [...]

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Catching the Building Bug: The Girls at Work Program

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on November 25, 2011

What do young people need from their elders in order to join the burgeoning maker movement?  They need training to learn to use the right tools and encouragement that they can succeed.

For many young girls, finding both is a challenge.

On the CustomMade blog we’ve previously highlighted efforts to change attitudes towards manufacturing and [...]

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A CustomMade Custom Connection

Posted by Marcie in CustomMade Connections, For Customers on November 25, 2011

Here at CustomMade we make connections for people all the time. For this article I wanted to feature one of our own, Michele Pearl, Chief Product Officer, and share her Custom Connection story.

Not being able to control herself any longer (as the urge to buy new custom things is very powerful around here) Michele [...]

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Into the Cosmos: Explore Space and Time with Custom Artwork by Jim Sloane of 3DWoodies

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on November 24, 2011

What comes to mind when you think of outer space exploration? Astronauts and probes launched into space by rockets? Astronomers with telescopes peering into the night?  If you had to free associate a material with these endeavors, most likely you’d pick cool, gleaming metal or perhaps the glass of lenses and control screens.  Wood might [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 3: Custom Dinnerware

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 23, 2011

When you sit down for your Thanksgiving meal, take a look at the people gathered around you.  You’ll likely see quite a few unique personalities.  Whether bonds of family, friendship, or happenstance bring them all together, there is a beauty and comfort in seeing them all assembled to share a meal and fellowship on this [...]

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Promote Your Business With Quick Response “QR” Codes

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 21, 2011

By Guest Blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture

If you start looking for them, you’ll find QR codes everywhere these days, and for good reason: they are a really easy way for tech savvy smart phone users to get information quickly about brands, products and services.  And believe it or not, they [...]

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Custom Inspirations for Your Holiday Table, Part 2: Custom Dining Tables for Any Gathering

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on November 20, 2011

If there is a time of the year that will put maximum stress on your kitchen and dining room furniture, it’s the rapidly approaching holiday season.  The challenges are diverse: planning parties for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year’s; entertaining children home for vacation and family and friends visiting from far away; microwaving bag after [...]

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