Friday 22 February 2013

Beano Bowl - Minnie The Minx


Childhood Memories - Spending my pocket money on a pack of Merlin Premier League football stickers, getting a sherbert Dib Dab and buying a copy of the Beano.

Fastforward 20 years and here we have a Minnie The Minx custom fishbowl!

The iconic black and white stripes still evoke childhood memories of reading about Dennis the Menace, Rodger the Dodger and all the gang.

Minnie the Minx, thw ultimate Tom - Boy, finally caged ready for your goldfish to swim around.

The Bash Street Kids would be bowled over!

If you like what we are doing with these fishbowls be sure to follow us on Twitter

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You can see our photo gallery on our Tumblr Blog.

If you have anr requests, suggestions or want to ask us something drop us an email at customfishbowls@hotmail.co.uk

If you are interested in purchasing any of our unique custom fishbowls then check out our Etsy shop!

Tuesday 19 February 2013

Unique Gifts On Etsy!

You can now get a unique fishbowl from our Etsy Store!

We have limited lines available on there at the moment, but I am eager to get making unique, one of a kind custom Fishbowls with any theme for anyone!

If you have an idea, or a seed of an idea for a gift for a loved one then get in touch and we will see what we can do.

Etsy is a marketplace full of original handmade items, It has 22 million users worth while so should be a great place for us to shift some fishbowls,

Surely someone out of 22 million wants to pay 20 notes for a figure of Drugs scandal Duel extroadinairre Shadow for their goldfish!


Monday 18 February 2013

And The Winner Is . . . .

On Friday we launched a Twitter Competition and we have drawn a winner at random!

The winner recieves one custom fishbowl worth £20 delivered to your door.

If you have any ideas on what you would like in a Fishbowl then get onto us through Twitter, Facebook or check out our Etsy shop for some examples of our work for sale.

Drumroll Please . . .  . . . . .

And The winner is . . . . .

Cathy @ _cathyj_

Congratulations! We will be intouch Shortly with more details

Keep checking our Twitter and Facebook for more competitions, giveaways and new one of a kind products.

Friday 15 February 2013

FREE FISHBOWL!



We really felt the love on Valentines Day, increasing our twitter followship from a measly two followers to a whopping 18!

Ok so we wont be making the Guiness book of records any time soon, but mighty oaks grow from small seeds!

To captialise on this we want to give one of our small but beautiful band of twitter followers a free custom fishbowl of their choosing.

Terminator, Gladiator, childrens theme or any other feature they can think of, If we can put it in a fishbowl it can be created for them!

If we can get 30 followers on our Twitter by 5pm (GMT) this evening, one lucky winner will be recieving a fishbowl totally free of charge!

Follow us and Good Luck!

Thursday 14 February 2013

Schwarzenegger In A Fishbowl

In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created 'THE TERMINATOR'



Then some mush went and stuck him in a fishbowl!

After yesterdays Terminator robot fishbowl I give you the Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator Fishbowl.

Let me know what you think in the comments, or on Facebook, or on Twitter!

Infact Follow me on Twitter, because so far Ive got two followers, which is pitiful.

If you dont, I will take your Colthes, your Boots and your Motorzykel!!

Our Twitter

Asta La Vista

I'll Be Back!

Wednesday 13 February 2013

Terminator!



Terminator themed Fishbowl!

This Goldfish Bowl features the classic Terminator Robot.

Custom Fishbowls are an idea spawned from my young daughters desire to have her favourite TV characters used to furnish her pet goldfish bowl.

After being pleasently surprised with the outcome of my first attempt I have been working on a range of adult themed novelty fishbowls

Great unique gift ideas, can be customised to any theme you desire.
Whatever next!

I am Flogging these on Etsy!

Check out the shop here!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomFishbowls

Saturday 9 February 2013

Twitter Competition!

!I have set up a Twitter! However I am talking to myself, as I currently have two followers!

This makes me feel a little bit strange, like when my daughter caught me asking Terry the goldfish what he would like in a Fishbowl.

Therefore I'm going to give away a custom fishbowl to one of our Twitter followers, as long as we reach 100 followers by 7p.m tomorrow!

spread the word and add us on Twitter for a chance to win!

@customfishbowls

https://twitter.com/CustomFishbowls

Friday 8 February 2013

Awooga!!!


So, I made a Fishbowl for my daughter, and it got me thinking what other themes might people appreciate???

The only person currently in the house who's answer wouldn't be In The Night Garden is me, so thinking cap is well and truly on.

What do I like? Beer, football, wasabi nuts,.......... erm........... thats about it, how depressing!

Adulthood has got its claws in deep, its removed my creative flair, not sure any of those interests lend themselves well to a custom fishbowl.

So what did I used to like? Tizer, computer games, party rings . . . . . . .  erm  . . . . . . . . Got It!!!

Gladiators!!!!

The treat of a 90's Saturday night sandwiched perfectlybetween Youv'e Been Framed and Blind Date.

They will look great in a fishbowl, and Terry willlove darting between their Lycra Clad legs!

Get your foam hand out and give a big AAAWWWOOOGGGAAAAAA!!!!! for the first couple of Gladiator Custom Fishbowls

Thursday 7 February 2013

Stick It In A Bowl

So, my little girl has a goldfish, which lives in a goldfish bowl.

The bowl was empty and the goldfish (Terry) needed furniture. We looked through the usual decor, the bridge, the treasure chest, even a diver but none of them caught her attention.

Ine thing that did catch her attention was In The Night Garden. Too much! It caught her attention to the point of driving her parents mad. Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy and all the other weird and wonderful characters seemed to fill her developing mind.

So sprung an idea, or a ghost of an idea, why not put a ITNG feature in a fishbowl?

So I did, and my daughter loved it, and Terry loved it, so much so terry would brush past it and often knock it over. If he was going to live in his Makkapakka paradise we needed some adhesive!

I remember watching a program on the Discovery channel or some other such network on Deep Sea Divers fixing coral reefs with Super Glue, seemed to make sense!

Before I made any permenant changes to Terry's abode I decided to go a quick google, just to check all those chemicals wouldnt effect his sensitive gills. Turns out there is split opinion of the merits of Super Glue and goldfish bowls but there is something out there, Epoxy Resin, which is used in the industry and totally safe. Armed with this knowledge and a couple of tubes of this gear I set about securing Upsy Daisy and MakkaPakka into position.

And thats it, a custom fishbowl was born! Ok, maybe it wasnt as easy as that, I had to find a suitable bowl, find a plynth for the figures, steam and scrub the feature, patiently glue it all together and test it out.

I love it, my daughter loves it, and most importantly Terry loves it.

It got me thinking, I wonder if anyone else wants one, what weird and wonderful themes would people come up with if I was to offer a bespoke fishbowl creating service.

Anything goes if you can stick it in a bowl!