Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info on March 29, 2013
The CustomMade headquarters has been getting a facelift over the past few months and the icing on the cake arrived yesterday. While we’ve expanded, gutted, decorated, lighted and everything in between, the real finisher was our new custom reclaimed community table made by Puddle Town Woodworking.
We wanted to work with one of CustomMade’s fabulous Makers [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info on March 20, 2013
Goals are good. They encourage you to dig in and work hard to achieve what you’re aiming for. Here at CustomMade we’re firm believers in setting goals and reaching them. Because everyone killed it at the end of 2012 and hit tons of milestones, we were treated to a fabulous day out.
First up, we [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info,
Custom Community on March 8, 2013
Behind-the-scenes at CustomMade we are constantly tempted by the exciting inspiration of our Buyers and the unique work of our Makers. Any given day we see amazing project posts for one-of-a-kind wood furniture, unique engagement rings and bespoke built-in units. As the ticker repopulates and new Creations come in, our own wheels get turning and [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info on February 26, 2013
CustomMade geeked out last night and hosted the webinno after party, appropriately deemed “AfterInno.” We were joined by tech industry diehards and all around good people as we christened 105 First St with plenty of Guinness, PBR and CustomMade cocktails.
The CM team donned their best bartending hats (literally, all of the bartenders wore hats from our collective hat basket) and [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Contests and Giveaways,
Custom Inspiration on February 14, 2013
We’re less than two weeks away from Hollywood’s hottest night of the year, The Oscars. Celebrities flock and don their best couture as millions of star-struck viewers tune in to find out who The Academy has deemed best of each nomination category. The red carpet solicits ohs and ahs of its own, but here at [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info on January 31, 2013
There are some risks worth taking, according to Annette Sophie Lippert, CustomMade scholarship recipient and North Bennet Street School student.
After almost 15 years as an architect Annette decided to make the jump to woodworking. She went from project managing the design and construction of schools, universities and courthouses to being a student in a [...]
Posted by Caroline Bagby
in Company News and Info on January 22, 2013
Last December, CustomMade received an influx of submissions from scholarship hopefuls vying for a chance to be granted $1,000 toward college, university or trade school tuition or books. While the competition was tough, Michelle King, a third-year Business Management student at Lakeland College in Wisconsin, was the gem of the jewelry category.
While Michelle doesn’t [...]
Posted by Tess
in Company News and Info,
For Customers on January 15, 2013
We’re kicking off 2013 on the right foot… or should we say hand? We’ve partnered with Refinery29 – the fabulous content, commerce and community site that gives women a lens to discover their own personal style – to do an awesome giveaway. For one week, you can enter to win $1000 to use on CustomMade [...]
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 [...]
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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