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Custom Finds Inspired by the Year of the Dragon

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on January 17, 2012

In Chinese astrology, the year of your birth always has a corresponding animal attached to it. Simultaneously, that animal is linked to one of the five elements of earth, water, fire,wood, or metal. Depending upon the exact specifications of when you were born, you could be a Tiger in Earth Cycle or a Rabbit in [...]

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Why I Heart Custom Chairs!

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on January 10, 2012

Sitting. We do it every day, all the time. There’s nothing interesting about sitting, and the same can often be said about what we’re sitting on. Most of the time we put very little thought into exactly what it is we decide to rest our weary bodies on. As long as it can withstand our weight [...]

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Meditations of a Woodworker – Stewards of the Past, Present and Future

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on January 2, 2012

Guest contributor CustomMade woodoworker Patrick Kennedy of Superior Woodcraft, Inc.

I often sit in my 1760 farmhouse daydreaming about how craftsmen created the home’s hand-hewn beams, posts, pegs and wide plank floors and doors.  I think about the hard work required to fell the trees and shape the wood into useable, structural, materials which [...]

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A Marketing & Business Model Checkup, Part 2: Your Business Model Clean-Up Checklist

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on December 21, 2011

This is the second part of a two part article written by CustomMade guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture. Doug brings marketing tips to woodworkers through his own experience of running a successful, profitable custom furniture business in Atlanta, GA.

Part 2:  Your Business Model Clean-Up Checklist

In the second half [...]

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10 Totally Unique Custom Finds

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on December 20, 2011

The Merriman-Webster dictionary defines custom as: “an item made to an individual’s specification.” It really is that simple, although I’d like to add to that definition by saying, “an item made BY HAND to an individual’s specifications.”  Be it wood, metal, glass or stone,  custom made goods fitting this definition can be as simple as [...]

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A Marketing & Business Model Checkup, Part 1: Your Marketing Clean-Up Checklist

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on December 19, 2011

The following article is written by CustomMade guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture. Doug shares insightful and useful marketing tools for woodworkers looking to showcase themselves and their work in order to educate consumers about custom and increase productivity.

This article will be presented in two parts.

Part 1: Your Marketing Clean-up Checklist

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Drivable Art by Rau Automotive Woodwork

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, Maker Spotlight on December 17, 2011

This 3D computer model of a Bentley luxury concept car by graphic artist Andreas Fougner created a buzz last month among automobile enthusiasts for its merging of modern design with custom woodworking.

Andreas writes:

The inspiration for this concept comes from wooden boats, old classic cars with wood panels, and the luxurious look [...]

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Let’s Talk Treen

Posted by Pedro in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers on December 16, 2011

No, it’s not a child developmental stage that comes before tween, but its boundaries, too, can be a little nebulous.

Treen is an archaic word used mostly, appropriately enough, in the world of antiques to describe objects made from a single piece of wood.  The term was resuscitated largely due to the collecting and writing [...]

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Custom Humidors: Fine Gifts for the Custom Man

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on December 6, 2011

All too often, gift-giving is focused on women and children. Being a woman myself, I tend to like that bias. But, I realize it’s not fair. For this reason, I decided to dedicate this blog to men. Specifically, to the special breed of man who enjoy a fine quality cigar.

He enjoys the feel of [...]

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Promote Your Business With Quick Response “QR” Codes

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 21, 2011

By Guest Blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture

If you start looking for them, you’ll find QR codes everywhere these days, and for good reason: they are a really easy way for tech savvy smart phone users to get information quickly about brands, products and services.  And believe it or not, they [...]

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