• CustomMade Blog
  • Explore the blog
    • Creation Stories
    • Maker Spotlight
    • Custom Inspiration
    • Concepts & Buyer Guides
    • Company News and Info
  • How it works
  • Start a project
  • rss

About CustomMade

CustomMade is an online matchmaker connecting Buyers who want one-of-a-kind Creations with professional and passionate Makers.

A CustomMade Year in Review

Posted by Tess in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on December 1, 2012

Here at CustomMade, we are fervently committed to offering a better alternative to shopping retail. And while we’re always working to improve, it’s nice to sit back and reflect on everything we’ve accomplished together.

It’s been just over a year since we launched the Project Board, lowered our Maker annual fee to just $1 and [...]

Read more... 12 Comments
Tweet

Reblog of a Wonderful Creation Story… from one of our Great Investors!

Posted by Tess in Custom Inspiration, For Customers, The People Behind CustomMade on October 26, 2012

Here’s an awesome story and experience that Chris Fralic of First Round Capital shared on his blog, nothingtosay.com. You can check out the post originally here, or read on and scroll right to see how he took a bit of forgotten history and made it something new.

I thought I’d share an experience I had recently with [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

CustomMade’s Staff Tries Glass Blowing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on May 1, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

What a treat: a chance to step out of our offices and into the shoes of some of our makers. As a reward for making our quarterly goal, the employees of CustomMade were given the unique opportunity to take a “maker class,” [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

Gettin’ Dirty: CustomMade Gets Schooled On Blacksmithing

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on April 27, 2012

This blog was written by Tammy Kingan, Maker Acquisitions, at CustomMade.com.

“It’ll start to smell funny,” said Carl, our Blacksmithing teacher, as he was describing that “slippery iron” meant your skin was incinerating, literally evaporating, in under a second.  This was our introduction to Blacksmithing as eight CustomMade employees ventured over to Prospect Hill Forge [...]

Read more... 2 Comments
Tweet

What would your custom dream house look like?

Posted by CustomMade in For Customers, Our Favorite Custom Finds, The People Behind CustomMade on August 25, 2011

Rhiannon Agosti is CustomMade.com’s VP, Administration. Here’s what her custom dream house would look like. What about yours?!

Owning a house, I obviously turn to home improvement when thinking about custom made and CustomMade.com. The best thing that could happen to my house would be a tear down and rebuild. However, realistically, it’s time to [...]

Read more... 1 Comment
Tweet

From modern to medieval – CustomMade’s Marketing Team weighs in

Posted by CustomMade in Our Favorite Custom Finds, The People Behind CustomMade on August 9, 2011

It’s a stunning, blue-skied, fluffy-clouded morning here in Boston. A fine day for cruising CustomMade.com to take the pulse on the latest custom products and creations being dreamed up and realized by expert Makers of all sorts. An original custom piece will bring some new light into your lifestyle and keep things fresh and exciting [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

CustomMade CEO Mike Salguero live from AWFS on Woodcraft blog

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade on August 1, 2011

If you didn’t get a chance to say hi to us at AWFS 2011 in Vegas, you can now on Woodworking Adventures presented by Woodcraft.

A big thanks  to Frank Byers for his awesome interview with CEO Mike Salguero explaining how and why to use CustomMade.com to market your custom woodworking projects:

“CustomMade.com is an [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

CustomMade’s first day at the AWFS Fair 2011

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, The People Behind CustomMade on July 21, 2011

Phew, it is hot here in Vegas! A whopping 106 degrees Fahrenheit on our first day at the Las Vegas Convention Center, but there’s plenty of cool stuff to check out inside the exhibition hall already.

The Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers is the premier trade organization in the country for makers of anything [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet

Selling your custom work: from start to finish

Posted by CustomMade in For Makers, The People Behind CustomMade, The Pro Shop on July 11, 2011

Author Melanie Quinn, Business Development and Inside Sales Associate at CustomMade, shares her experience on sealing the deal…when she’s not selling she’s playing sports, painting the town red, and writing poetry.

New Leads:

Be Persistent: Every lead is a possible sale. If the person took the time to contact you, the interest is [...]

Read more... 1 Comment
Tweet

Getting started on your custom home office

Posted by CustomMade in Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, The People Behind CustomMade on July 8, 2011

Your home office space is like your lair. It’s your zone, your place in which to focus and get things done, yet it still provides the comfiness of  home.  Whether you work from home primarily or you use your home office space for bills, emails and paperwork, it’s important that the space strikes the perfect [...]

Read more... Leave a comment
Tweet
12345

About CustomMade

CustomMade is a marketplace for hiring makers to create exactly what you want.

Follow @custommade

Explore

Company News and Info Concepts & Buyer Guides Contests and Giveaways Custom Community Custom Creation Stories Custom Inspiration CustomMade Connections CustomMade Maker Sucess For Customers For Makers Founder's Blog Maker Spotlight Our Favorite Custom Finds The People Behind CustomMade The Pro Shop The Wide World of Custom Making

Archives

Comments

  • Carroll B. Merriman on Custom Settees and Loveseats
  • Frankie D. Hansen on CustomMade contributions to the George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum
  • Frances C. Wolf on Custom, DIY & renting – the perfect balance for your perfect day

Tweets

custommade2
Follow @custommade
 
  • Explore the blog
  • How it works
  • Start a project

Copyright © 2013 CustomMade Ventures Corp. All rights reserved.