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For Christmas Yet To Come, Custom Decorations

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on December 21, 2011

While your Christmas tree is still up and before you hit the after Christmas sales, take a moment to consider having Christmas ornaments custom made for next year’s holiday season and many more to come.  Need a little inspiration? Have a look at some wonderful creations in glass, metal, wood, and leather by our CustomMade [...]

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“Gorgeous, Haunting, and Irresistible:” Custom Jewelry Design by Lauren Blais

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on December 15, 2011

Congratulations to CustomMade artisan Lauren Blais of Lauren Blais Jewelry, recently named one of “Boston’s Best in Fashion” for 2011 by The Improper Bostonian culture and entertainment guide.  Her custom made jewelry, inspired by Victorian era mourning rituals and cabinets of curiosities, as well as her own exploration of ornamentation, was described as “textured with [...]

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Sunstones for Your Custom Jewelry

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

Don’t look at the title of this post.  It’s jewelry trivia time.  Name that stone.

Formed in ancient lava flows, this gemstone is usually orange, red, or yellow in color and sparkles in the light because it contains millions of microscopic copper platelets.  Found in Norway and India, but only stones from one other location [...]

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Uffs for Your Uggs: Custom Boot Toppers That Will Give You Happy Feet

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on November 29, 2011

It’s hard to make those bulky, clunky winter boots look cute. And happy feet are nice, but what about knock-out-drop-dead-where’d-ya-get-those-gorgeous feet?!?

Boot toppers are everywhere. Wearing something over the top of your boot—be it a rain boot, cowboy boot, riding boot, or bootie—creates a fun, decorative accent. It’s a unique way of updating the style [...]

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Custom Gun Accessories: Leather Holsters, Belts, and Carrying Cases

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

A little over a year ago, our gun enthusiast customers noted the absence of holsters in the CustomMade hunting gear gallery.  At the time, we provided a PDF list of custom holster makers through our blog.  Since then, we’ve added many new makers and galleries, including artisans who create beautiful leather custom gun accessories such [...]

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Futurepieces Past: Multipurpose and Moveable Custom Desks Inspired by Innovative Historic Designs

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on October 30, 2011

Halloween Eve is the perfect time for talking about ghosts and fears.  If you search carefully, you’ll surely find a few ghosts in the CustomMade galleries.  If you read our blog, you might even find a post or two that frightens you.  Or perhaps, you just don’t believe in ghosts.  As for those scary stories, [...]

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Multifaceted Benefits: Custom Jewelry Design and Customer Preferences

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on October 17, 2011

With the recession affecting both consumers and jewelry businesses, what are the advantages of a focus on customer preferences for custom jewelry artisans?

Writer Jonathan Devin of The Commercial Appeal found a custom jeweler in Memphis, TN, who has kept her business going at a brisk pace with “a little less bling” and more customer [...]

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Time Alights: Custom Jewelry Boxes and Display Cases for Watches

Posted by Pedro in Custom Inspiration, For Customers on September 4, 2011

Flip through your TV channels; pick up your smartphone; glance at the corner of your computer screen (which you can now find on your TV and your phone, too).  You’ll see the time on an electronic banner digitally ticking away.  As pervasive as time trackers are nowadays, luxury wristwatches and pocket watches remain elegant, distinctive, [...]

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George W. Bush buys custom made furniture, so can you!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on June 3, 2011

It’s not every day that a former President of the United States of America needs some custom chairs; but CustomMade.com maker Paul Darafeev of Darafeev Resort Furniture in Chino, CA and his custom Dara Chairs fit the bill perfectly.

A spin on the famous modern Zara Chair, the Dara Chair was born after the Darafeev’s [...]

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Peter Turner Makes Custom Blanket Chests and Publishes a Book!

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on May 27, 2011

Our guest contributor is CustomMade artisan and author Peter Turner of Peter S. Turner Furnituremaker.

Blanket Chests, the book that Scott Gibson and I wrote for The Taunton Press, has been out now for a couple months. The initial chapter lays out a variety of techniques that one might use in building a chest. The [...]

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