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Go Dancing with Custom Made Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 31, 2011

When you wear your favorite jewelry pieces, you’re doing more than simply displaying them.  Your jewelry moves with you.  If you enjoy moving to music, why not find a CustomMade artisan who can create custom jewelry pieces that will look great when you get on the dance floor?

On the CustomMade program tonight are some scintillating numbers.

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Organic Media and Custom Jewelry Design

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

At CustomMade, you can find hundreds of examples of custom made jewelry featuring precious metals, gems, and beadwork.  Of course, you can also find custom jewelry crafted from organic materials such as wood.  Have you considered adding other organic materials to your custom jewelry design palette, such as leather, horsehair, or fossils?  Organic media can [...]

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Plant Life Motifs and Custom Jewelry Design

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 10, 2011

Creating pieces that convey a sense of vitality and movement is a mark of mastery, no matter what media the artisans use or what they create.  Works that seem to have a life of their own command attention and extend their special aura to everything around them.  Representations of plant life can capture that vital [...]

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Out of This World Custom Jewelry by Metamorphosis Jewelry Design

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on March 3, 2011

At CustomMade, we love to feature the stories behind the pieces, from the artisans’ explanations of influences and inspirations to information about the raw materials used to create the piece.  Just as the stories of exotic woods and precious resources rescued from destruction add character to custom furniture pieces, the provenance of gems and metals [...]

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“Snow White Goes Goth” – Custom Jewelry from The Stefanie Somers Collection

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

Let’s say you have a special upcoming photo shoot, and you have a very particular and elaborate theme for a custom jewelry design.  You’d like some options for your accessories that go from subtle to “wow.”  You’d like a companion piece of custom made jewelry in the same theme for your child, too.

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Your Life in Custom Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 19, 2011

This could be a crazy lace agate pendant with chain by ArtWrkz Studio, LLC.

Artisan Donna Rainey writes: “Because each pendant is unique, I cannot provide a picture of what the finished pendant will look like but I can provide pictures of other pieces that will be similar. I will work with you to find [...]

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Send a Message with a Custom Jewelry Box

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 16, 2011

Are you looking for somewhere to stash all your Valentine’s Day loot?  Fine custom jewelry deserves custom jewelry boxes.  The CustomMade family of artisans can create a chest, cabinet, or display case in any style you can imagine.  Perhaps you can follow up on a great gift (or cover for a bad one) with a [...]

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Copper for Custom Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 13, 2011

Copper’s warm earthy color and its ability to take on patinas make it a versatile metal for decorative uses around the home and in custom jewelry design.   You can see copper in a range of roles in these custom jewelry pieces by CustomMade artisans.

The varied patinas, colors, and textures copper can assume are the [...]

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Custom Wood Jewelry

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 11, 2011

Custom jewelry design can feature a dazzling range of precious metals, gems, and beadwork.  At CustomMade, you can also add wood to the mix.   The examples below all showcase expert carving and turning skills that bring out the beauty of the grain in these small pieces of wearable woodworking and custom jewelry.

Inspired by bone [...]

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Custom Made Jewelry for Vikings, Samurai, and Cowboys

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on February 10, 2011

Are you looking for custom jewelry ideas for a special man with a basic, rugged sense of style? A CustomMade artisan can create a custom jewelry design for you that can reflect his character and appeal to his sense of adventure.  Check out these pendants, rings, and other jewelry pieces.

Artisan Leslie Gleason of Meadowlark [...]

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