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Making the Most of the Job Board: Crafting the Perfect First Message

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on May 14, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey from CustomMade’s Maker Success Team.

You scan the job board, finally honing in on the ideal job. A great opportunity. In fact you just know you can do this job better than anyone. This job is plain perfect for you and you’re eager to learn more. In a [...]

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CustomMade’s Staff Tries Glass Blowing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on May 1, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

What a treat: a chance to step out of our offices and into the shoes of some of our makers. As a reward for making our quarterly goal, the employees of CustomMade were given the unique opportunity to take a “maker class,” [...]

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3rd Ward: Making Future Makers in Brooklyn

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The Pro Shop on April 30, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

Makers helping makers. It’s a simple philosophy everyone here at CustomMade can support and get excited about. So when we stumbled upon the Brooklyn-based artist community 3rd Ward, we were thrilled to discover the work they were doing. Plus, when we come [...]

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Gettin’ Dirty: CustomMade Gets Schooled On Blacksmithing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on April 27, 2012

This blog was written by Tammy Kingan, Maker Acquisitions, at CustomMade.com.

“It’ll start to smell funny,” said Carl, our Blacksmithing teacher, as he was describing that “slippery iron” meant your skin was incinerating, literally evaporating, in under a second.  This was our introduction to Blacksmithing as eight CustomMade employees ventured over to Prospect Hill Forge [...]

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CustomMade Project Winner’s Design Is Fit For A King

Posted by Marcie in Contests and Giveaways, CustomMade Connections, For Customers on April 23, 2012

This story is written by the winner of our  Share Your CustomMade Project Contest, Matthew Eschevarria.

“My experience with Custommade.com was a journey that began when I was already very lost.

My fiance’ mentioned that I should start looking online for a wedding ring, as that is generally something one buys in advance, and our [...]

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Custom Dream Project Winner Creates Her Dream Dining Table

Posted by Marcie in Company News and Info, Custom Community, For Customers on April 16, 2012

In early November, Lizzie Smithson was thrilled to be the winner of our Custom Dream Project Contest.  Lizzie loves furniture and dreamed of having a mid-century modern custom dining table that she could gather around with friends and family, enjoy great food and conversation, and eventually become a family heirloom.

After winning the contest, she [...]

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Slow Down In The Shop: “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on April 2, 2012

This weeks Pro Shop blog is written by guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture in Atlanta, Georgia.

For this article, I chose to write about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: taking the proper amount of time to get a project done right, and why that’s often very difficult.

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Stone Sculptures Realistic Enough To Eat

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on March 26, 2012

Using recognizable American pop culture in art never looked so delicious. Although it may look good enough to eat, I wouldn’t unless you want to lose several teeth in the process.

These extraordinary custom stone sculptures are part of the “Realism in Stone” collection by New York based artist Robin Antar. Her objective is to create a [...]

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Meet Custom Furniture Maker Jacek Ryszka—From Poland With Love

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight on March 22, 2012

Listen carefully, the wood is talking.

Jacek Ryszka, designer and woodworker at J.R. Signature Creations, understands wood perfectly. He says the particular grain of wood is key to the success of a beautiful custom piece and knows immediately if a slab of wood will make a good coffee table.

From master chef to master craftsman, Jacek Ryszka [...]

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Unique Custom Finds: It’s Definitely Hip To Be Square

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on March 21, 2012

Shapes are a basic element of design and the square is arguably one of the most familiar and trusted. Some designers often equate square with boring.  While it’s true that other unexpected shapes may attract more attention, when it comes to custom design and inspiration, never underestimate the ‘hipness’ of a square.

Below are incredible examples [...]

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