31 July 2009

DESIGNER - ellen giggenbach

new zealand based designer ellen gigenbach has created a new selection of cut paper art work. ellen works as a freelance designer and recently created a card collection for lagom. she is now looking to expand into textiles so anyone interested in working on a range or project could contact ellen via her website here.

WALL ART - funky little darlings

funky little darlings design high-end children's wallpapers and interior products. their aim is to offer stylish designs to inspire and entertain children. great colours and striking designs can be seen online here.

DESIGN GRADUATE - helen brankin

helen brankin, has just graduated from leeds college of art and design, with a degree in printed textiles and surface pattern design. now based in liverpool helen will be available for freelance work and commissions. check out helen's website portfolio here.

DESIGNER - samantha hahn

designer samantha hahn has been very busy lately creating new work ready to show at printsource next month (and she'll be having a baby in october!). here is a sneak preview of just some of sam's stunnings new new prints for a range of surfaces.....

30 July 2009

DESIGNER - nancy wolff

designer nancy wolff has started a blog to showcase her surface designs and illustrations. nancy plans to have a new theme each week, last week, the focus was on summer camp. the previous weeks was all about cats and the first week, the subject was dogs. nancy's future themes include vacation, circus, transportation, robots, careers, etc. check it out here.

PAPERCHASE SNAPS - misc

more wonderful paperchase finds, including a new bird notecard box set and a lovely black & white graphic floral. find them in branches of paperchase, borders books, and online in the UK here.

AUTUMN PREVIEW - chronicle

heres a preview of some forthcoming paper goods releases from chronicle books. chronicle always use great designers and this autumn we can look forward to a collection puut together by top fabric shop repro depot using various vintage fabric prints.
sophisticated stationery featuring hot foil from blogger and designer oh joy !
crafter (and blogger) sarah neuberger of the small object has also created a range for chronicle books.