Stuff I love.......Apak

I am sure I have blogged about Apak before, but hey I love them :)
I have lots of their prints about the house and really want this set. These are postcards but they are available in print form. First I thougth I might just get one but I really cant choose the one I love most so I'm just going to have to get the set!

The Happy Hermits just do it for me!

Anna, CM x

Stuff I love.........sewing silly things.

More owls have landed!

Up on the site very soon........

Good things......

Its super busy this week at Custom Made. We have lots of orders coming in and getting packed up and going out again. I thing one of the reasons we have lots of extra orders is the lovely write up we got on Print and Pattern yesterday. Thank you so much Marie. You are too nice :)

We have other stuff in the pipeline, the lovely owls are nearly ready and our super cute Gnomes are back!! If you didnt manage to get one a couple of weeks ago they are back, so you can grab one now.

We are also working on a new print for bags and purses. They will be ready in a few weeks. The print features our Custom Made little friends, the cheeky heart, the blushing apple and the hey TV. So look out for those very soon.......

Right back to work!

Anna, CM x

Friends (and perhaps family) reunited!

Almost exactly a year ago I posted this POST

My wonderful little office buddies J.T & Pedro made by the super cool Rosie went missing when Custom Made moved offices. I am not kidding I have been through every box, bag, file etc since then.

They were lost.

Then on Saturday night Anthony found them in a box of books sandwiched between them (I looked in that box twice already!) There they were! Horray! So for nearly a year poor little Alberto (dont you think him and Pedro might be related?) the newest Bobby Dazzler office buddy lived alone. Now he is happily hanging out with the rest of the clan. I think I heard them partying welll into the night on Saturday (good for them)

So here is a pic of the newly reunited buddies......

If you want some great little Bobby Dazzler friends go and see my market buddies Rosie and Fumi HERE or go to Rosies site HERE

PS- I do also have real friends (not made of fabric)

Anna, CM

The Owls have landed!

The owls have finally landed! I have been waiting for ages to do this post and finally here it is! As yet they are not on the site. Finishing touches have to be made before I put them up. There is also a spanky new shopper to go with the purses. I havent put a pic of these up as I am waiting for a super cool badge set designed here at Cm HQ thats going with them.

So there you are, they are not even named yet. I have thoughts but have to wait for the badges to see if it fits!

More info later, and they will be up on the site very soon.

Anna, CM

vintage necklace: UPDATE!

They are up and heres a little sneak peak.....click HERE to go right to them.

Anna, CM

The vintage necklaces....

They will be up on the site very soon (today I hope)

When I posted about them (2 blog posts ago) I had no idea that you would be patiently waiting for them!

Sorry, they will be up today!

Anna, CM x

You have all gone gnome crazy!

You have all gone gnome crazy this week! As a result all the little blighters have up sticks and left CM HQ! I have managed to persuade some more to come and join us here so there will be more in about a week! Those naughty little gnomes!

In the meantime have a great weekend!

Anna, CM xx

Its a waiting game......

Its busy as usual here at CM HQ. Although there hasnt been anything new this week (or last week?) there are new things in the pipeline for sure!

I have just finished working on a print for a tote bag and am trying to find a printer that I am happy with to print it for me. I am quite excited about it. I havent done any prints for a long time and I thought it was about time I did! its pretty cool actually as I have engineered the print so you can cut it in half to make purses too. So I will keep you updated about that one.

The thing I am really most excited about is a super cute fabric that is chugging its way over here as we speak. I'm going to tell you all about that when it gets here. I am very excited!! It should be here next week. Lets just say, very soon there will be new bags and purses for you....

No wait, I almost forgot. There is something new I need to tell you about. I have managed to source some very cute 1970's necklaces with a very cute little girl and kitten. I will try to get them in the shop later. This is the first vintage item we have ever had, and the first item thats not hand made. Hope you like them. They are brand new and 36 years old all at the same time!

Thats it for now!

Anna, CM x

UPDATE: I have just added some very cute new brooches! Check them out HERE

New Custom Made stockist....

Custom Made has a new stockist! Its the fabulous Bonbi Forest

If you havent been there already you really need to! As well as the site just looking ace there are loads of fabulous goodies to buy there too. Lee May Foster who is Bonbi Forest, creates amazing printed T's and things. I really want one of these but they are sold out right now *sigh*

Anyway, go and check it out right now!

Have a great weekend....

Anna, CM