Custardhq
Custard HQ unique art, books and gifts by @joburkecomedy and @phillipriceartist. Www.Custardhq.com
24/12/2023
That’s us almost done. Photo of our Christmas opening times/days.
Happy Christmas and huge thanks to everyone for supporting our small independent business.
We are open for few days before the New Year. So do pop by.
Order online anytime orders will be processed in the New Year.
Big love ❤️
JoBurkeComedy and Phillippriceartist
24/12/2023
Happy Christmas Eve! Thank you to everyone who has supported our small business this year. It means the world to us.
Quick reminder of our opening hours over the next few weeks:
Christmas Eve, 11-3pm
CLOSED from 25th - 27th December
Thursday 28th, 11-4pm
Friday 29th, 11-4pm
Saturday 30th, 10.30-5pm
CLOSED Sunday 31st to Wed 3rd Jan
Always open online. www.custardhq.com
We look forward to seeing you over and also after the Festive period. Custard HQ isn't just for Christmas!
Love and thanks.
Jo and Phil
Opening hours for December below:
Saturday 16th, 10.30-5pm
Sunday 17th, 12-4pm
Monday 18th through to Saturday 23rd , 10.30-5pm
Christmas Eve, 11-3pm
CLOSED from 25th - 27th December
Thursday 28th, 11-4pm
Friday 29th, 11-4pm
Saturday 30th, 10.30-5pm
CLOSED Sunday 31st to Wed 3rd Jan
Always open online. www.custardhq.com
We look forward to seeing you over and also after the Festive period. Custard HQ isn't just for Christmas!
Love and thanks.
Jo and Phil
18/12/2023
A book is a gift that keeps giving.
It’s heartbreaking 💔 so few children own books now.
I’m so glad our books are cherished and gifted to their new owners with a personal message.
I’m a bookworm and can’t imagine my life without them.
Which was your favourite children’s book? I recently reread The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit I’ve always loved her books. Her life story is fascinating too.
I find that one book always leads to another. So a wonderful wordy path is created for you to follow…
All our unique books are signed by us with optional personal message on the inside cover.
Link in bio.
Literally just flown in to Custard HQ this morning. Our new cotton tea towels. Featuring six of our folkestone harbour seagull prints in one useful and beautiful tea towel.
A perfect and unique stocking filler.
Warning, these were an experiment so limited stock available before Christmas. Come get yours now before they fly away.
See you soon.
Jo and Phillippriceartist
15/12/2023
Our Christmas 🎅 🤶 opening hours in first photo for you.
Pop in to browse our unique 🎁 gifts for you and your loved ones.
Only ten days to go!
We hope to see you soon.
Jo and Phil x
14/12/2023
Opening hours for December below:
Saturday 16th, 10.30-5pm
Sunday 17th, 12-4pm
Monday 18th through to Saturday 23rd , 10.30-5pm
Christmas Eve, 11-3pm
CLOSED from 25th - 27th December
Thursday 28th, 11-4pm
Friday 29th, 11-4pm
Saturday 30th, 10.30-5pm
CLOSED Sunday 31st to Wed 3rd Jan
Always open online. www.custardhq.com
We look forward to seeing you over and also after the Festive period. Custard HQ isn't just for Christmas!
Love and thanks.
Jo and Phil
Beryl is a feisty lass who we walk past regularly on our way to the gallery.
I think she looks splendid in her hand-painted vintage wooden frame. Do you agree?
Beryl is now gracing our window so do come and take a look.
12 x 16 inches oil on wooden panel. Full details on our website. www.custardhq.com
I love her.
02/12/2023
Oh I love this so much I want to keep it! But it will have to go to a new home so I might have a print for our home.
Canvas and paper prints will be available in store and online soon.
But LOOK at that face...want want want...
The Old High Street
Creative Quarter Folkestone
This little chap is finished and waiting to be varnished……and named of course.
16” x 12” oil on wooden board
Come in and take a look at him 42,The Old High Street, Folkestone.
01/12/2023
I'm working on my latest book in London today and it's snowing - yay! Perfect for the 1st of December.
To help get you into the Christmas spirit I'm sharing with you one of my characters (L.C.Smith) take on some traditional Christmassy things or fings as she'd say:
https://youtu.be/a68cQQnI9js
Hope to see you in shop over the next few weeks.
Love
Jo x
5 Christmas Fings with L.C. Smith One of the early 'What is it? with L.C.Smiths' - was screened for the Final Selection of both The Loco Awards (recognised by BAFTA) and The Boden Internation...
29/11/2023
We love it when we get sent photos of our art in situ.
Our ‘Usual Suspects’ seagull line up on stretched canvas looks amazing.
I really love their wall colour too. It compliments the artwork beautifully.
Check out our website to order your own canvas or giclée paper prints. Or why not pop in to see our unique artwork, books and prints in person?
Huge thanks to all our lovely clients that share their photos with us.
The Old High Street
Custard Christmas
By Jo Burke
What did we do on the windiest day?
Custard HQ’s Christmas window display.
Designed by me, in the summer on the beach.
Made by Phil, over the course of two weeks.
We don’t have staff, helpers or elves.
Unless you count the ‘elves’ in ourselves.
So every pound you spend online or in store,
Means we can create, write and make even more.
We love what we do and it makes our hearts sing,
To know that you love our unique brand of things.
Art, books and gifts from our heart to yours.
We look forward to seeing you come through our doors.
Have a cracking Christmas from Custard HQ
Love JoBurkeComedy and Phillippriceartist
www.custardhq.com
Creative Quarter Folkestone
The Old High Street
Folkestone, Kent
Folkestone & Hythe Express
The Folkestone Foghorn
Folkestone residents group
Hythe Residents Group
Happy Halloween!
Not had time to pop in to see us? Then take our quick tour below.
We are open today from 11.30am-3.30pm then 10-4pm Wed, Thu, Fri and Saturday.
Not open Sunday 5th.
Open online 24/7 at www.custardhq.com
See you soon.
X
29/10/2023
Reminder that our 4th anniversary sale ends at 3pm in store and online tonight at midnight.
Huge savings on our unique original art, books and prints.
27/10/2023
Flash anniversary sale this weekend 28th/29th October online and in store.
Love JoBurkeComedy and Phillippriceartist x
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Creative Quarter Folkestone
Folkestone, Kent
Folkestone residents group
Flash Sale 28th/29th October Hooray! It's four years since we first opened our doors at our beloved Custard HQ, 42 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RN. We wanted you to know that there are huge savings on all our unique, art, books and prints this weekend both online and in store. We also have a new payment method availabl...
26/10/2023
FLASH SALE at Custardhq and online at custardhq.com this weekend 28th/29th October to celebrate our 4th year on The Old High Street as part of Creative Folkestone boy time flies when you're having fun!
Take a look at our latest blog here:
https://www.standingoncustard.com/post/galliversary-flash-sale-4-years-of-custard-hq
Please share, spread the word or pop in for a trick or treat.
Love
JoBurkeComedy and Phillippriceartist
Creative Quarter Folkestone
Folkestone, Kent
Folkelife
Folkestone residents group
Hythe Residents Group
Galliversary - Flash Sale - 4 Years of Custard HQ I love making up new words like 'galliversary'. Phil and I can't believe it's our fourth anniversary of officially opening our beloved gallery/retail/creative space, Custard HQ, this coming weekend. We have also made it to five years of being consciously (well, most of the time) coupled. To celebrat...
20/10/2023
Strange things afoot on this weekend.
Ghouls and ghosts have been terrifying the shopkeepers.
have been called and will busting ghosts from 11am both days.
Free, family friendly, event organised by pop into Folkestone Rocks at the top of The Old High Street to collect your instructions and start ghost busting.
To collect ghosts from us you need to shout ‘he slimed me’ and pretend to wipe slime off your face.
Simples!
11/10/2023
Many of the shopkeepers on The Old High St have been hearing and seeing spooky things lately... So Hannah at Richardson & Richardson has called The Real Kent Ghostbusters to come and catch those pesky poltergeists, ghouls and ghosts.
They will be ghost busting on The Old High Street on Saturday 21st (not 31st) October. You are invited to join them and see if you can spot the grotesque ghouls and ghastly ghosts in our beautiful shops, before they catch them, bag them and bin them.
Collect eight ghost tokens one from a different shop and head to Richardson & Richardson to exchange them for a prize.
At Custard HQ to get your ghost token you will need to shout "He slimed me!" and pretend to wipe away the slime from your face.
I'll put reminders on our instagram and on here in case you forget.
We look forward to a spooktacular day of busting ghosts with you all.
Big love
Jo and Phil
Not For Humans
Miss Gingers
Vintage & Vinyl
Shane Record Paintings
East Cliff Creatives
Moo Like a Monkey
26/09/2023
Look at this wonderful photo of our stunning The Old High Street thanks Andy for making our beloved Custard HQ look so beautiful. Reminder that as our gallery is bijou there is actually more on sale on our website than we can fit in the shop. Take a look at www.custard.com
The lovely Old High Street by night, Folkestone
(Still miss the Rock shop and the Joke shop though!😃)
06/09/2023
Have a listen to me talking live this morning to BBC Radio Kent about The Old High Street and The Creative Quarter in Folkestone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g7z7r9
My interview starts from 1hr 39 so you can fast forward to it.
BBC Radio Kent
The Old High Street
Creative Quarter Folkestone
An original 10 x 8 acrylic on canvas board of our beloved Jelly Dog, from our first book ‘Standing on Custard’.
I asked Phillippriceartist to paint the vintage wooden frame like a 🌈 rainbow 🌈 to match his wellies.
Unique, colourful and fun 🤩
On display and on sale at Custard HQ or via our website.
Standing on Custard
Folkestone, Kent Folkestone Pride Creative Quarter Folkestone
'Icons' A concept piece and our first artistic collaboration, other than the books, that we both work on.
It all started with not wanting to throw away old vinyl records that could no longer be played. So Phil starting painting music icons on them.
The first was Barbra Streisand. I loved it so much I asked Phillippriceartist to paint Judy Garland and Lady Gaga who have also played the lead role in the Oscar winning film 'A Star is Born'. I wanted to frame their portraits on vinyl with the sheet music to the title song in the original film as the mount.
The piece is framed in a matt black, metal and glass frame.
A magical and creative celebration of three beloved legends of the stage and screen.
Each icon's portrait is painted using acrylic on to a vinyl LP record that was no longer playable. We love finding ways to recycle our old record collection.
It is now on display in the window of our gallery in Folkestone.
Size - 23.4 x 33.1 inches, matt black metal and glass frame.
Collection from Custard HQ. Or free local delivery within 5 mile radius of Custard HQ.
The Old High Street Folkestone, Kent Creative Quarter Folkestone Folkestone Pride
14/07/2023
Apologies for being closed this week.
As you can see I’ve been full tilt rehearsing and performing my latest show.
Open this weekend Sat 9-2 as my amazing mum-in -law is 93! So having a birthday 🥳 garden party.
Sunday 11-3 if we don’t get blown and washed away…
You can order on line anytime www.custardhq.com
I’m bringing my show to Folkestone soon, so keep your eyes peeled 👀 for more info.
Let’s hope the weather remembers it’s supposed to be summer soon!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Folkestone, Kent
21/06/2023
fabulous original watercolour painting ‘Photo Booth’ of our cheeky Folkestone Harbour seagulls with their delighted new owners.
Literally half an hour after it sold we had a visitor from Germany come in asking where it had gone. He wanted it so much he commissioned Phil to do another version! Photos in next post.
Prints available online or in store you can see the print on the right of the last photo.
Website link in bio free p&p for online print orders.
So happy our Taylor Swift surprise birthday gift, from hubby to wife was a success!
Who is your pop icon?
Commission your own Phillippriceartist vinyl pop idol online or in store.
Perfect unique gifts 🎁 framed and ready to hang.
Creative Quarter Folkestone
08/06/2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Os6g9Q9_o
Books, art and gifts made by us, for you, with love. Jo and Phil x
Phillippriceartist
JoBurkeComedy
Folkestone Herald
Creative Quarter Folkestone
Folkestone, Kent
15/05/2023
In case you were wondering why we were closed yesterday!
13/05/2023
Beautiful, talented Amy on vinyl by Phillippriceartist SOLD first thing this morning.
Vinyls available framed or unframed.
Phil will be working on a commissioned vinyl for a client, once he has finished his current seagull commission.
For more information DM or contact us via our website www.custardhq.com
Who would like to have on vinyl?
Currently available Lady GaGa, Kate Bush and Barbara Streisand.
01/04/2023
Always a joy to receive a five star review. It really does make us do a happy dance!
Pop by and say 'Hi' we are open over the Easter holidays on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday this week and next. 10am-4pm
Google review of Custard HQ by Mike Cunningham ★★★★★ "Lovely shop, two very talented people, we love our print and will certainly be back for more in the near future. Always new amazing artwork in progress when you visit the shop. Never change :)"
16/03/2023
My latest blog about my one in million dog, loss and grief...
https://www.standingoncustard.com/post/goodnight-jelly-dog
Goodnight Jelly Dog With a heavy heart on Wednesday 15th March we sadly had to say our final farewell to our beloved Sky, AKA Jelly Dog. He was almost fifteen which is pretty darn ancient in dog years. Nevertheless, it is always heartbreaking to lose something you love. He had a stroke at 8pm and there was nothing the....
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Opening Hours
| Tuesday | 11am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 11am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 11am - 4pm |
| Saturday | 10am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 3pm |