Thursday, October 30, 2008

Quite excited...

I get very excited when I order new materials for new products! I am pretty excited today as I have three new things in the pipeline for you all :)
I cant tell you too much as the materials wing their way over to CM HQ but there may very soon be some snazzy little doll type ornament things, some very cute little earrings AND a little range for the boys, yes the boys!

How does that sound!!

Im not going to say anymore than that BUT all of the above will be ready for Christmas shopping (if they work out)

Thats it and remember there are some SUPER BARGAINS to be had on the website at the moment so go and grab them HERE

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Three Winter lovelies that go well together!




I definately think that Winter time is my fave time of year. I am not a fuge fan of very hot weather although weirdly, in September while we were travelling across the US on a road trip from Chicago to L.A it was very hot- 90-100 degrees mostly and I totally got into the hot weather. My travelling buddies were very suprised. Vegas was the best, 100 degrees and no humidity. Excellent!
Anyway, thats a bit of a distant memory now and I am getting into the winter weather (it snowed here yesterday!) So here are three Custom Made products for you that I think go well together and are perfect for the winter.
You can check them out HERE

Anna, CM x

Monday, October 27, 2008

THREE FOR HALF FOR SEVEN!!!!!!!!

Go ahead and read the banner above (CLICK ON IT) and get very excited! Then go to the shop and grab a bargain!!!

http://www.custommadeuk.com/

Anna, CM x



Friday, October 24, 2008

New New New.....the Peta Shoulder

We have a lovely new bag for you today, its the Peta Shoudler! Click HERE to go and have a look at all the deets!

Enjoy your weekend!

Anna, CM x

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Stuff I love....my Manimal mocassins

I blogged a little while ago about how I loved these shoes. Im not sure if I had ordered them at that point but well, now I have them! These are my wicked Manimal (craftsmanship like you have never seen!) mocassins I ordered from the lovely online store www.beklina.com/ They are handmade and the soles are made from recycled tyres. I love the rib cage detail on the top. These were the only socks I could find today...I apologise! Yes, I have been out of the office like this today, but only to do the post run!!!

Anna, CM x

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Stuff I Love.....Linotte


I just bought these two beautiful prints from Anke Weckmann's lovely shop Linotte on Etsy...
How fantastic are they?
As well as prints there are cute cards, pocket mirrors, pendants and magnet sets.
Go and check the shop out right now!
Anna, CM x

The website etc is a little different!

Hi there,
We have had a little change around on the website and stuff, its not fully finished but all the info you need is there and of course you can still shop :)

Hope you like it!

Anna, CM

Monday, October 20, 2008

Another new stockst....

We have another new Custom Made stockist as of this weekend. Hope every one had a good weekend :)
It The Makery in Louisville, Kentucky!
Maybe you guess by the name but its a store packed full of indie designers and artists. They have actually just moved to a bigger store to house lots more super stuff.
So...if you are in that area go and check them out-

The Makery
1572 Bardstown Rd
Louisville
Kentucky
USA

tel: 502.410.2132

Thursday, October 16, 2008

New Stockist...

We have a rather lovely new stockist for Custom Made. A little while ago I had a nice email from a lady called Fiona who had stumbled upon Custom Made and thougth our products would be great for her sister Elaines's store (what a great sister!) Anyway she urged me to email Elaine and the rest was history.
Its the rather cute Junction Art & Gifts in Aberdeen. If you have a look through the photos on the website I think you will agree that every item they have in the shop is fab! Such a cute little store. So, if you are in the area go and take a look.

Junction Art & Gifts
282 Holburn Street
Aberdeen
AB10 6DD
Tel; 01224 593653

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Busy busy...


Its been so busy here at Custom Made lately! As well as all the work I have had a cold for 2 weeks and now an ear infection! It just never stops...

Anyway just a quick blog entry today to say there are lots of new things afoot here. As the winter moves nearer to us its time to think about wrapping up. We already have the Heidi Scarf which is going down a storm with you guys! It was soooo popular at Renegade Craft Fair we sold out double quick! Ayway we have lots in stock in the shop and now in black too, so go and snap one up! Three colours to choose from...
We will aslo very soon be stocking some super hand knitted gloves! They are very much int he pipeline so more about them later.
Oh and we have 2 new stockists too, I will update you on them in the next couple of days!
Thats it for now.
Anna CM x

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Stuff I Love....Swapping!!!!!!

There is nothing better than a good bit of swapping!!! My fave swapping person is Jodie as I LOVE her Peskimo style!!! So for a bag and a purse I got two lovely prints this one (that I have admired for ages) and this one (which was a cool suprise!)
Now all I need are some new frames!

Swapping rules!

Anna, CM

PS- Sorry for the lack of pictures, but you can click on the links...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

The Sunday Times loves our L'il Matryoshka Cushion

Take a look at this little article on Russian dolls in the Sunday Times style guide from this Sunday. Our L'il Matryoshka Cushion features.
Thank you to Lee at Bonbi Forest for the heads up where they are also for sale and the press came from!

Monday, October 06, 2008

Custom Made Little Friends...

As of right now the Custom Made Little Friends store is closed...BUT any toys we make going forward with be intergrated into the new bigger better main store!!!!

The main store has been upgraded and now has the capacity for lots more products, many of which will be coming over the next few weeks. It also has much better features.

One big shop is so much better!!

Look out for new toys very soon..

Anna, CM x

Stuff I love......Hoi's pins

The great thing about doing events and fairs is the other people you meet and their companies. At Renegade craft Fair this year we met Hoi.
She was also staying in the B&B we were staying in. We were over the road in from the main building with the rest of the commonwealth- three Canadians and 4 Brits!
Anway we saw Hoi again soon after Chicago in London then in Oxford and she gave Anthony and I two of her very cool pins- thanks Hoi. Mine is the diamond and Anthony's is the chainsaw. Anyway, go and have a look at her website cos the diamond and the chainsaw are the tip if the iceberg...

Anna, CM

Thursday, October 02, 2008

New in Store!

There has been a bit of an update in store today so go over and have a look at the new things!
There the Heidi scarf in black (lots of requests for this so here it is) then theres the French Love Necklace and the new Tiny Postcard Necklace....

Go and have a look in store (If you click here you will go there by magic!)

Anna, CM

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Lunch time zine-ing...

Nick the postman just brought me Fever Zine in the post. I'm going to be doing some lunch time zine reading. I was particularly taken by the envelope it came in. I followed the instruction right away. then back to work this afternoon with some more Jonesy's Jukebox.

Anna, CM
 
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