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Fused Glass: A Different Take on Jewelry!

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.

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Guest Post: “My Top Three Myths About Custom” by Ann McDonald, Founder/CEO, Couture Chateau

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 [...]

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Educating the Consumer: Budget and the Mind of the Customer

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 [...]

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A CustomMade Employee’s First Experience as a Custom(er)

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, [...]

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We DIG the Underground

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 [...]

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Celebrating our First $1,000,000 of Custom Made Products

Posted by Marcie in Company News and Info, CustomMade Maker Sucess, For Makers on June 26, 2012

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 [...]

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“Thank You Recession” — How Two Artists from Michigan Revitalized their Community

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on June 7, 2012

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 [...]

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Makers Create Paradise City

Posted by Marcie in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on May 29, 2012

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 [...]

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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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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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