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Maker Spotlight on October 25, 2012
CustomMade artisan Matthew Spaeny of Spaeny Wood Studio has some handmade wooden gift ideas to help you spread some custom cheer this holiday season. The Oklahoma-based woodworker specializes in wonderful custom made writing instruments, outdoor accessories, home accessories, and even wood jewelry. Everything he creates is handmade one-at-a-time from carefully selected wood with a particular [...]
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Maker Spotlight on September 20, 2012
What’s behind the delicate grace of the origami inspired jewelry of Max Steiner Design? CustomMade artisan Max Steiner has been folding origami and drawing the intricate geometric crease patterns or “blueprints” of these pieces for most of his life. He captures both the figures and patterns in his origami inspired custom jewelry designs and jewelry [...]
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Maker Spotlight on September 13, 2012
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 [...]
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For Customers on August 3, 2012
What visions can greet you in the morning or send you to dreamland at night with custom headboards. Our CustomMade artisans can help you crown your bed with fantastic scenes, meaningful motifs, and personal twists on classic designs. Sleep on these completed custom headboards from the CustomMade galleries for some design inspiration.
Whatever size bed [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on August 1, 2012
No, our CustomMade artisans who create custom cat furniture are not shipping cats to their customers, but they will design custom furniture for your home with your feline pets in mind.
What constitutes cat furniture? Towers and scratching posts like these shown on BuzzFeed would make very cool playgrounds for your cats. But let’s face [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on June 27, 2012
Unique clock designs by CustomMade artisans can brighten any room in your home. Custom clocks will not only tell the time but also a story through the materials and style you and your artisan will choose for your one-of-a-kind project. Check out these clock designs from our CustomMade galleries that cover everything from elegant mantle clocks [...]
Posted by Pedro in on June 22, 2012
In an article in the Wall Street Journal last spring, the artichoke table by David Rasmussen Design was featured as an example of the remarkable custom furniture projects consumers could start through CustomMade. The distinctive side table helped spread the word about the amazing artisans to be found through our website.
The CustomMade community now [...]
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in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on June 15, 2012
At CustomMade, you can have custom boxes created for any occasion from your choice of materials. Amazing designs by our artisans in wood, metal, ceramic, or glass – or combinations of these – will make your custom boxes as memorable as what you place inside. Take a look at these custom boxes – jewelry boxes, [...]
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in Custom Inspiration,
For Customers on May 5, 2012
With graduation season and Father’s Day just around the corner (and let’s assume you’ve already secured your custom Mother’s Day gift), it’s a good time to look into custom gift box ideas that will not only make a memorable presentation but also be a meaningful part of the gift itself. CustomMade artisans can create gift [...]
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Maker Spotlight on April 26, 2012
Is the limited imagination of retail fashion strangling your personality?
CustomMade wood sculptor Marvin Beloff likes “plaid, striped, colorful shirts” and when he went shopping for a basic, solid bow tie he had little luck:
I used to have some, but my wife threw them away years ago. I shopped! Few bows and [...]
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