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2012

16 December 2012

Clanger Style Mini Concrete Cow

A customer ordered a medium Mini Concrete Cow and wanted to have it custom painted to look like a Clanger.

12 December 2012

Christmas eBay Sale of Mini Concrete Cows

We anted to provide a few extra Christmas Mini Concrete Cows and so we painted this special green and gold medium Mini Concrete Cow and put it on sale with the large Mini Concrete Cow that is signed by the current MK Dons team.

11 December 2012

New Skeleton Mini Concrete Cows for Christmas

We have been asked by so many people if we could paint some more skeleton cows that we finally got round to it in time for Christmas.

1 December 2012

New Milton Keynes Calendar 2013

The next Milton Keynes Calendar for 2013 is now ready and on sale on the website and in various locations around the city of Milton Keynes.

29 November 2012

New Mini Concrete Cow Bookends

The moulds for the Mini Concrete Cow bookends have been improved and updated creating a new edition of this unique product.

28 November 2012

Right Move Custom Edition Map of Milton Keynes

The company Right Move in Milton Keynes wanted something special to show off in their office. They chose a custom printed perspex print of our Map of Milton Keynes.

7 November 2012

Australian Customer Painted Red Bull Mini Concrete Cow

We have sold a number of plain white medium Mini Concrete Cows and the customers paint them themselves. This example from a cow owner in Australia is a particularly detailed and no doubt time consuming design.

4 November 2012

Special Edition Twitter Mini Concrete Cow for 400 to 500 Followers

At the milestones of 400 and 500 followers on Twitter we gave a way two more special edition Mini Concrete Cows.

3 November 2012

Flickerbox Custom Mini Concrete Cows

Another company in Milton Keynes ordered a collection of branded Mini Concrete Cows. Flickerbox needed cows painted with specific colours and with a couple of logos attached.

2 November 2012

Small Mini Concrete Cow Visits Central Park in New York

Another small Mini Concrete Cow was made a travelling companion to a trip to New York and was photographed here with the famous Central Park in New York in the background.

1 November 2012

Mini Concrete Cow on Holiday in the Bahamas

If cows can get sunburn and sun stroke then this little lady is on the way to it. Pictured here on holiday in the Bahamas and obviously waiting for them to clear the pool so she can take a dip.

24 October 2012

First Mini Concrete Cow Registered in China

It is hard to believe that the Mini Concrete Cows have been purchased and taken (or sent) to 12 countries already.

19 October 2012

Milton Keynes Citizen Article on Skeleton Mini Concrete Cow

TeThe Mini Concrete Cow we painted a few days ago to match the real skeleton attack on the real concrete cows in Bancroft attracted the attention of the MK Citizen and they included an article in this weeks paper.xt

18 October 2012

Network Rail Branded Mini Concrete Cow

Another corporate Mini Concrete Cow was born and decorated for Network Rail. The cow was painted the standard black and white and then the company logo was added to the back.

16 October 2012

Skeleton Style Mini Concrete Cow

When the real concrete cows were defaced and painted to look like skeletons we knew they would soon be cleaned and returned to their natural glory. So we wanted to create a Mini Concrete Cow that looked similar.

11 October 2012

Wiseman Dairies Mini Concrete Cow

A special edition branded Mini Concrete Cow was made for the company Robert Wiseman Dairies. Milton Keynes isn't the connection here but the love and dependence on cows is.

10 October 2012

Sainsburys Golf Competition Trophy Mini Concrete Cow

Many businesses hold golf competitions for their staff (and clients) and Sainsbury's in Milton Keynes is no exception.

9 October 2012

MK Dons Mini Concrete Cow

It was that time again to create a new batch of MK Dons branding Mini Concrete Cows.

8 October 2012

Fonterra Customer Mini Concrete Cow

The next customised Mini Concrete Cow was for the largest dairy business in New Zealand that have a lot of cows. Fonterra supplies their dairy products all over the world and care for a huge population of cows.

29 September 2012

How are The Mini Concrete Cows Made - Production Photos

Many people ask us how are these Mini Concrete Cows actually made. Are they really made from concrete? Well, yes, and here is how we do it.

28 September 2012

Destination Milton Keynes Mini Concrete Cow

Destination Milton Keynes is the city organisation that works to promote the city, businesses and people of Milton Keynes. They asked for a branded Mini Concrete Cow that was used in a public competition.

27 September 2012

Moo-York Small Mini Concrete Cow

When MK Citizen reporters go on holiday you know one thing they take in their hand luggage is their small Mini Concrete Cow. Well, at least this is what Sammy Jones did on her trip to New York.

23 August 2012

Milton Keynes Citizen Report on Gold Olympic Mini Concrete Cow

The Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper took hold of the special gold Mini Concrete Cow for Greg Rutherford and made a great news item out of it.

15 August 2012

Gold Olympic Long Jumper Mini Concrete Cow

With the success of our British olympic gold medal winning long jumper Greg Rutherford, we decided to make him a special gold Mini Concrete Cow.

10 August 2012

Rainbow 50 Mini Concrete Cow

Sometimes we get a more involved order for a custom design on a Mini Concrete Cow. This rainbow cow for a 50 year old birthday was one of these.

14 July 2012

Midnight Moo Trophies

Every year the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo event chooses a different colour as a theme and to use on the t-shirts worn by the participants. This is year it was bright orange.

13 July 2012

Xero Branded Mini Concrete Cows

As a very successful online business accounting software solution, the Xero office in Milton Keynes wanted an iconic Mini Concrete Cow for each of their main offices (UK, USA, New Zealand.)

12 July 2012

Special Edition Twitter Cows for 200 and 300 Followers

We like to do something special for the people that follow the MK Cows on social media channels and so for Twitter we have been giving away special Twitter styled Mini Concrete Cows.

10 July 2012

Dragon Boat Racing Trophies

The Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Racing club continue to hold their annual race day and to finish the day of with a wow they present Mini Concrete Cow trophies to the winners of the different race categories.

1 June 2012

The Queen's Jubilee Mini Concrete Cow

Anniversaries come round all too quickly and none more so that the Queen's Jubilee. So we thought we should make a very British, a very patriotic Mini Concrete Cow.

17 May 2012

The Musical Mini Concrete Cow

We wanted to create a musical Mini Concrete Cow for one of our special fans. Here she is.

15 May 2012

Collection of MK Cows Products

As we stopped and reflected on the various MK Cows products we have developed over the last few years we hunted around for some saved examples for a big group photo.

14 May 2012

New Book End Mini Concrete Cows

As we were thinking of ideas for new products that are connected to the Mini Concrete Cows the idea of bookends came to mind. It wasn't long before we were cutting a cow in half and making moulds for the two pieces.

21 April 2012

Special Edition Mini Concrete Cow for Rohan

Rohan in Milton Keynes contacted us and asked if we could make them some custom Mini Concrete Cows. They sent us one of their high quality zippers and asked if this could be included in the design.

5 April 2012

Easter Article in Milton Keynes Citizen Go

As Easter approached we wondered how could MK Cows help to celebrate this season. So we decorated a few special edition Mini Concrete Cows to liven up this spring time.

18 March 2012

St Patricks Day Mini Concrete Cow

Paint the town green - and the Mini Concrete Cows - and celebrate St. Patricks Day in creative style.

17 March 2012

Mothering Sunday Special Edition Mini Concrete Cow

Mothering Sunday is an opportunity for a special gift for a special person. This custom decorated Mini Concrete Cow was made as a one-off for use as a Mothering Sunday present.

14 February 2012

Valentine Cows with Chocolates

Happy Valentines Day from MK Cows. We are pleased to create a small batch of small Mini Concrete Cows with added valentine hearts and a handful of chocolate hearts.

21 January 2012

Harry Hill Mini Concrete Cow

When Waterstones knew that the TV celebrity Harry Hill was going to be in store for a signing of his new book, they asked us if we could make a Mini Concrete Cow to give to him as a gift.