Friday, April 27, 2007

Loretta's pencil case.....


Loretta came to see me this morning and we made a cool pencil case. She drew hearts and skulls, a house and spots, a flower and some grass and a kid. Then she chose her two favourites and we made them into a pencil case. We ironed some patches on the front and back and put in a pink zip. Here are the pictures!

Anna & Loretta

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Workspace Envy.....

Look at this lovely picture of a beautiful workspace from this lovely blog HERE My workspace looks nothing like this.........
Dont get me wrong, I try. I have lovely shelves where all my threads and trimmings and buttons and things are all supposed to be stacked in neat boxes and bins where all my fabric is supposed to go but some how its always a mess. I dont think its the mess thats the problem though. Even if the beautiful space you see in the picture was a mess it would still look, well, cool. My workspace does not! I have an ugly ironing board (which the people who used to own our house left behind) flaking floorboards that give me splinters in my feet. A £2 Ikea bathmat on the floor under my desk which stops me from gettign splinters while sat in front of the computer and mess everywhere. Dont get me wrong the mess is neatly stacked and doesnt hinder me from my work but its still mess that stops my workspace being nice. Now thats not to say I'm not proud of the work that comes out of my workspace or workshop as I like to call it oh no......I love the work that comes out of my workshop. You can have a look at it HERE
We are moving house in a months time. My new workshop is an amazing room downstairs with doors that open out into the garden. Surely this is my opportunity right?
Anna, Custom Made

Technical problems.......now fixed!

Hi!

The technical problems we were having at the beginning of the week are now fixed. You can access the website at www.custommadeuk.com but if you want to go straight to the shop you can go here www.custommade.bigcartel.com

thanks!

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Custom Made in Jellyfish Magazine

Check out Jellyfish Magazine for the 10 Best Holiday Must Haves........one of them is the Cute as a Button Apple Earrings!

Anna, Custom Made xx

Monday, April 16, 2007

L'il Matryoshka Purses


How do you like these lil matryoshka purses! I was so excited when the fabric came on Saturday morning that I whipped these little purses up right away........if you want one click HERE
Anna, Custom Made xx

Friday, April 13, 2007

Hello to you in Hawaii!

We get hits on the site and orders from all over the world which I love, and I was looking at my stats thingy this morning and I had a hit on my website all the way from Honolulu in Hawaii yesterday. I think thats the first hit Custom Made has ever had from Hawaii. So hello to you! If you read this post come and say hi!

Anna, Custom Made xx

At last some super cute Japanese Prints!


I have been looking for some cute little Japanese prints for ages. Ever since I went to Japan actually a couple of years ago and didnt have the sense to buy some fabric while I was there!!! I was too busy buying little figures and trinkets in Tokyo Hands!! Well I found some and I have made some very cute things with them (If I may say so myself!) Here they are above.......
I am obsessed with making these little brooches. It all started with the Fab Flowers brooches which I love making cos they are all different and when you make them you never actually know what they will look like until you pop them out of the little press! So I have made some more with little girls and boys and birdies and owls and things. I have also made the Magic Mushroom Purse. I am in love with this little fella and the blushing apple badge fits right in with the print ahhhhh!
Anna, Custom Made xx

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Buttons galore, thanks Nan........

My Grandmother gave me this amazing bag of buttons. The picture really does them no justice! The pile is around half a metre across and 10cm deep. Click on the picture to make it bigger. As you can see I have started soring though them but that crappy little tupperware box is not going to do the job of holding them! The most amazing thing about these buttons is some of them were owned by my Grandmothers Grandmother! Some of them may be well over 100 years old, maybe 150 years old.........
I'm going to make some beautiful things for a new range I am working on- Custom Made Vintage. I will keep you posted. For now I'm going to keep on sorting, wish me luck!

Anna, Custom Made

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Is this the cutest thing you have every seen!

Well is it? One of my Myspace friends has this pic as their background on their page. I had to steal it and show everyone! It just the cutest sewing machine I have ever seen!

Anna xx

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Custom Made in Jellyfish Mag!

Hi!
Check out this weeks edition of Jellyfish Magazine, Custom Made's fab flowers purse features.....
Thats it!

Anna, Custom Made xx

Monday, April 02, 2007

Orders!

Hi there!
Due to a little trip any orders placed last week will now be processed today. Thanks for your patience. I'm on it today!

Anna, Custom Made
 
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