Dinosaur Range - New Prints

I have been adding to the dinosaur range with these new monochrome prints. Available to order from my shop, Etsy and Notonthehighstreet.com

 Also available as cushions and on tote bags, in a choice of monochrome or bright colours.

Anyone looking for a personalised lampshade for their little one, please read on.....

Should I really try and do these commercially???

I made this shade for my little niece Imogen - as ordered by her mum my SIL (she knows what she wants!) It's a bit of an extension from the personalised cushions which had me going a bit nuts before Christmas. It was made rather hastily (but with much love!) and it's on fabric rather than paper so the edges had to all be hand rolled etc. I need to try a few more out before I'm ready to set sail with them but not sure who to make the samples for - any volunteers - do you think I should run a competition..the lucky winner etc?
Any suggestions or comments gratefully received! (the base isn't ideal by the way - but my wooden ones made it look a bit tall and I wanted something more sturdy for a child's room - so I'll have to work on that one)

Meanwhile this little lad is growing up fast:

 

A fun project we tried with the Woodcraft Folk - inspired by the wonderful photos of Jan Von Holleben

By the way, Stanley already has three lampshades in his room and I can't possibly force another one on him!

Oh yes Valentine's  - one of these might come in handy!

Available here

Just a little add on.....

So that was January! I never much like January and this year was no exception if a little worse. I had a bit of a health scare back in December which is now being dealt with and I'm almost ready to bounce back. I closed all my shops just before Christmas and had a really lovely break with the family etc. Thankfully when I reopened them a couple of weeks ago, all these magical customers appeared and have been wonderful at waiting for their packages to arrive - so thank you most sincerely to the Not On The High Street shoppers especially, who have been in full swing, then to the finders and seekers of my Big Cartel Shop which now has more than just lighting to tempt you in and finally the Etsy and Folksy crew for those special custom orders from far and wide.
I've not quite written my list of things to do, but plans are hatching, so apologies for the late start!

New Born Gift

A few more of my recent makes to welcome the little ones!

 The linen bear is by Namolio

A little bit of Parade on the back of this one.

Kids Stuff

I've been making lots of things for the little ones recently.....

Productive Play

I've had a bad cold this week, so I haven't been very focussed.  With orders to go out, I've printed the wrong things and not got as much done as I needed to.  Never the less, I some how managed to start chopping up bits of my off cuts and made Stanley a mobile for his window. It's a fun guessing game for him working out the missing shapes and things.  I'd like to do more with my other designs.

 

The blind comes from the wonderful Rude (lots of fab stuff currently at the Tate and you can find them at our Chocolate Factory studios too)

Then came a few Christmas card ideas.

Then it was on to printing Santa Sacks and a new photo shoot - this is my attempt at Christmas styling!!!

 

Oh and on a Christmas theme, I did a little Santa last week for my demo at The Make Lounge, I'm hoping to make something of this design - Christmas cushion perhaps?  We always had a frilly one with a Christmas tree print on it,  My mum got it out every year! Think I need to follow on the tradition......

Happy weekend.

Stanley at 6

Stanley at 6, originally uploaded by Helen Rawlinson.

My little boy turned 6 at the weekend. It's rather frightening to see him so excited about growing older!
Being the dutiful mum, I printed him a new t-shirt for the day (won't fit him for very long!) and his party was a trip to the local cinema with 10 of his pals.  We went to see the magical Arrietty, which they amazingly sat calmly all the way through - OK a bit of fidgeting and munching of snacks, but not bad for 90 minutes!

 

 Snack bags were provided (just can't help myself) plus a balloon filled disco back at home. A big success, thanks to help from friends (getting them all home safely on the bus - even though the bus conductor was none too pleased with the racket up stairs!) and of course to Aunty Jacquie for the fantastic party spread! She worked wonders whilst we were out. (and the Ben 10 cake went down a storm!)

 Party in full swing! Oh to be 6 again....

Christmas Sacks

 A print session of letters for an Australian customer.  The Christmas sacks are back.  Round up all your nieces and nephews and you're sorted for present buying in one hit! Buy them here and here

My Target Audience

It's always good to have a focus when I make something new.  So thanks to Edith and Jarvis for inspiring me to move on this idea and adding a personal touch. Happy Birthday kids!
I'll be printing more to order, hopefully for the Christmas hungry crowd.

You can find two options in my Etsy:
Plain reverse £15
Big Letter reverse £20

 Currently available in blue, green and pink.  Other colours from my range are an option too!

Of course the S is homeward bound.

Big Sacks Again

Big Sacks, originally uploaded by Helen Rawlinson.

More pics of the personalised version coming soon......

Just can't get enough!

Well I'm really milking this one!  I feel like this design is going to hang around for a while, so I may as well make the most of it!  I've actually had these two ideas in the pipeline for a year now but just never seemed to have the time to take decent pictures and do all the uploading.  Well they are finally here!

 

The poster came from some work I did with my poet friend, John Hegley.  Back when I paid a visit to my old mate Rachael Howard in West Kirby.  John was invited by Rae to the local primary school to do a workshop with the children...I'll blog more later when I've got all the details as it was a while ago and I've got to get some work done today!

 

We  were all exhausted by the end of the shoot!
Find them in my Etsy and Big Cartel Shops. FREE UK SHIPPING from the Big Cartel Shop!