Newbies!

 Pattern notebooks, available in two colourways.  Fully recycled and hand printed.

 'Thankyou So Much' card, the first of a number of new greetings cards.

'Home Sweet Home' a second edition of 30 printed in red/yellow/green and blue.

 

Here's introducing a number of new products, all screen printed in my new workshop this week!  Its been a busy few days, but worth it.  I love the feeling of being worn out after being really productive. 

Tomorrow I will get to work on drawing out more new designs before my ideas/to do list gets longer than my arm.

All of the new work above is available in both my Etsy and Not on the High Street shops now.

TTFN!

Exhibiting and printing

 

Here's a couple of images of my table at 'An Oasis in the City' in Bowdon on Saturday.  I met some great people and ate the most amazing banoffi ice cream I've ever had!  It was nice to receive positive feedback on my new products too.  Talking of which below are a couple of quick photos of my new Pattern notebooks...

These are printed onto 100% recycled card, with recycled blank pages inside.  They come packaged in a biodegradable sleeve.  Available in my online shops soon!

Screen printing D I Y

 

In the last week I've been working hard to get my new screen printing workshop up and running at home.  So far so good, I've done one job so far, a wedding invitation commission which involved a run of double sided prints, two colours each side.

The new table is great, I've found it fine registering each colour layer and the vacuum bed which is powered by a hoover is very effective.  A big thankyou to my boyfriend Sam for making the table for me, and painstakingly drilling all those tiny holes..!

I've joined the local print workshop in Kendal in order to use the exposure unit, every other aspect of the print making process I will now be doing from home.  

I'm looking forward to much more freedom to print on a regular basis, expect to see new Memo work much more often!!

Patterns!

New products! Pattern Notecards and Pattern Tags

Each set come packaged in a gift box, all fully screen printed in lots of colours as you can see.  This new stationery collection is inspired by mid century fabric patterns, so lots of colour and bold shapes.  The cards and tags match, all you need is a sheet of brown paper to make a fully coordinated set of gift wrap.

Both packs are available in my Etsy shop and Not on the High Street shop.  I'll be adding more products to the Patterns range as soon as my new screen printing workshop at home is up and running!

Kendal

Here's introducing Seb! 

Sam and I collected him from TIA Greyhound Rescue the day we moved to Kendal 3 weeks ago.  He's settling in really well (currently asleep in his bed next to me dreaming/running horizontally) and seems really happy to have a home. 

Until Deb who runs TIA saved Seb from a pound in Doncaster he had been a stray, dumped by his trainer when he stopped performing on the race track.  As a result he had a severe case of mange and some of his teeth had gone bad.  He's covered in little scars and bald patches and is missing the tip of his tail, poor little fella.  Deb got him clear of the mange and had the bad teeth removed.  He then spent 7 months at the TIA kennels awaiting a new home.  Being plain black he was overlooked alongside many other black greyhounds, people tend to pick the 'fancier' looking dogs. 

Me and Sam took Seb for a walk one Sunday in May and he kept leaning on Sam's leg so he'd stroke him- we were sold!  He's a very affectionate and playful boy, 5 years old, loves a tummy rub and going for walks.  How anyone could abandon him I really don't know, no way to repay a creature that was raced for money.  From now on he will be treated like a king and have lots of walks around Kendal and lake Windermere and lots of roast chicken- his favourite!

I've just listed a little zine I made about Eli, my lovely old greyhound friend who we sadly lost in February.  Its a mini A7 zine, fully screen printed, the same format as a few others I made recently.  Available now in my Etsy shop

More about my recent move to Kendal and photos of my new studio to follow soon!