Posted by Heather
in Custom Creation Stories,
For Customers on October 16, 2012
Diana came to CustomMade looking for a maker to craft a gift for her boss: a simple pendant to celebrate the one year anniversary of For My Sister Friends, a company dedicated to empowering women. She knew that she wanted something non-traditional that was able to incorporate a variety of color into her design.
Stacey of [...]
Posted by Tess
in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on October 12, 2012
As the Founder of Couture Chateau, I tackle myths about custom daily. The truth is I love this discussion because it opens a door to share my passion for the intentionally made. Here are the three things I hear most from my clients and what I tell them in return.
1. Too Expensive. Beautifully crafted items [...]
Posted by Marcie
in CustomMade Maker Sucess,
For Makers on July 19, 2012
Written by Maker Success Team member Heather Bailey.
Having something custom built is a new experience for most people. I must confess, before I began working at CustomMade, I had NO idea how much it would cost to have, let’s say, a custom bookshelf crafted for me. And if someone pressed me to come up [...]
Posted by Marcie
in Custom Community,
For Customers,
For Makers on July 11, 2012
This article was written by Heather Bailey, team member and all around good person on our Maker Success Team.
It was Monday morning when I was struck by an unexpected revelation. I’ve been an employee at CustomMade for nearly three months. I’ve spent my days talking to makers, giving them tips for interacting with customers, [...]
Posted by Marcie
in Custom Community,
For Customers,
For Makers on July 10, 2012
Another great article written by Tammy Kingan from the CustomMade Maker Success Team.
It happens in 65 cities across the US with an average of 750 attendees per city and 1200 new participating artists every month… can you guess what it is?
It’s the RAW Natural Born Artists movement, started in 2005 by Heidi [...]
Over the first six months of 2012, we here at CustomMade have been thrilled to witness the growth of the first entirely custom online marketplace. Our team has been constantly working to improve the site experience and our ability to match customer’s idea’s with the talented professional makers who can bring them to life. Recently [...]
Written by CustomMade’s Maker Success team member Tammy Kingan.
It could be the plot of a Hollywood movie: A young couple struggling to start their lives together get hit by a massive recession, come up with a new idea, and follow their dreams to New York City… except this tale doesn’t stop there and this [...]
This article was written by CustomMade team member Tammy Kingan. Tammy is part of our Maker Success Team and wants to introduce all makers to the wonderful possibilities available to them on CustomMade.com.
I literally could not have asked for a more perfect weekend to be at the appropriately named Paradise City Arts Festival in [...]
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 [...]
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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