Select the wood, imagine the object, choose a personal message, and let CustomMade artisan Louis Sachs of Sachs Woodcrafts LLC make handmade wooden gifts for a special person or group. “Handmade gifts mean the most,” writes Louis. In his North Carolina workshop, the “Bowl Man” designs and creates unique hand-turned wooden bowls as well as [...]
To celebrate her daughter’s fifth birthday, CustomMade customer Kristie knew she wanted to do something extra special. Her daughter, lover of pink and princesses, required a new bed with unconventional dimensions. Kristie posted her project on CustomMade hoping to find a skilled maker creative enough to design and build such a unique bed which and [...]
Exclusively designed custom architectural elements can help turn your place of business into a memorable environment your customers will want to return to and share with their friends. CustomMade artisan Cory Wagner of DumpTruck Design creates fixtures, built-ins, and other architectural elements in close collaboration with his commercial clients and other designers. His completed projects [...]
Finding the perfect ring to get engaged with can be more than a little nerve wracking. Taking someone’s entire personality and putting it into one ring is beyond a challenge. Right off the bat, CustomMade customer Justin knew that the average diamond ring wasn’t what he was looking for. He wanted something that was special [...]
A wedding is an opportunity for looking to the future while celebrating the past, and custom bridal jewelry by Rachel’s Design can help you mark that occasion in a special way. CustomMade artisan Rachel Zolotov’s custom jewelry line, the “Fusion Collection,” takes pieces such as antique pins or bracelet links and transforms them into new [...]
Every so often, a customer comes to CustomMade with a truly challenging project. Something that is so outside the box that even our employees have to think “IS there really someone out there who could actually make this?” But the talented makers on CustomMade never disappoint. One such customer, Carl J., came to CustomMade with [...]
CustomMade artisan Gail Bartlett can make you the bee’s knees with vintage-style custom hats that are simply the cat’s pajamas. (That’s OOAK, millennials). Gail’s Custom Hats specializes in making connections between the fashions of the past and today. Gail’s custom hat styles range from the Victorian and Edwardian eras to the Roaring Twenties to World [...]
Cats have always been a huge part of CustomMade customer Mona’s life. Most recently, two young kittens have stolen her heart. Mona adopted young Ralphie and Norton from the Sunshine Rescue Group in 2010 and they have been an inseparable trio ever sense. To honor (and maybe spoil just a little) her two favorite cats [...]
Mother Nature is “the principle motivation” for CustomMade artisan Bond Blackman. The natural jewelry in the Bond’s Jewels CustomMade portfolio features fossils, unusual stones, and wood as well as organic forms captured in gems and metals. Mother Nature makes her wishes known, too. The stories behind these completed natural jewelry projects tell of collaboration and discovery, [...]
BBQ and Beer. These two delightful American staples are a favorite way to beat the summer sizzle. The small town of Deer River, Minnesota celebrated both last Saturday at the 3rd Annual Deer River BBQ and Brew Fest. BBQ champions from across the state pulled out all the stops and competed in four delectably different [...]
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