Free UK shipping :)

Just a little note to let everyone know that my Etsy shop is now all Free UK shipping! Yippeeeee!

I'll be posting again shortly with some exciting news and the opportunity to win tickets to the Country Living Fair in Harrogate xx

Flower border

New design 'Flower border' printed on loom state cotton duck and available in my etsy shop soon.

What's new....

These are my latest items to find their way into my etsy shop and I am unspeakably excited with how they look. It's a great way to develop more complex designs by using digital printers and I'll be adding to these as time goes on. 

 Elderberry in Blue

 Elderberry in Green

 Moonlight tree


In the meantime I'm still handprinting and will share whats new there another time.....

Happy customers

I have had some very happy customers recently and really appreciate how many take the time to write and tell me how pleased they are with my cushions. This cushion has been selling at an amazing rate overnight and thanks to another customer I was able to find it featured here

Such a fantastic picture too don't you think? It has been selling from my Dawanda shop but is also available on Etsy and Folksy for international and UK customers

Edited to add: As of lunchtime today I have sold out of this design! I am waiting on some more fabric so fingers crossed they will be back in my shops soon, I'll keep you posted x

Printing and vintage Conran

I have managed to cram so much into one day, this morning first thing I packed up a huge box of work to send to The Shire Hall Art Gallery for their Chistmas Craft Show. Then got on with printing some Elderberry teatowels in a festive red colourway. The photo above shows some of them drying on the middle landing, I love seeing them en masse. How is it though that the one misprint is right in the centre of the picture?
A custom request had me rootling through my fabrics today and I was thrilled to find another length of this Terence Conran designed fabric. The width being just 41cm it means covers are just under 40cm but can still take a 40cm inner so they are available again! but in my etsy shop only.

a month seriously?

to be fair I have tried to blog recently but have had upload fail with my pictures, today success!
I have some new designs in the shops and my printed tea towels are selling well too! The most excitement and work has involved getting work ready for a couple of new galleries, one here in Berkhamsted! and now also getting more printing done for a xmas exhibition in Staffordshire. All this alongside keeping up with sales from my current stockists and online shops which are all doing really well!
I will be doing a separate post next week with lots of pics of my LouiseB designs as I need to get images to the galleries for their press releases, so am planning a photographic session. Also coming up are details of some exciting arts events that I'm getting involved with!

This morning I'm also on the Etsy front page so things could get even busier

Elderberry and Seedhead

Two new screen printed designs on cotton tea towels available in my Etsy shop, more to come very soon!

New......ish!

New to my etsy shop but not new to me, I made these earlier in the summer for a charity garden party, but never got around to doing the photos and getting them in the shop. Glad I did though as they are selling already :)

Lots of exciting things coming up here including a new gallery and a great local arts event in October, more info soon x

Up front

One of my purses was on the Etsy front page yesterday, a lovely boost to my shop traffic :)

Mod Flower

I'm liking the two tone on this purse, I'll be listing it later in my shop.

Latest additions

I've added to my new purses this weekend and am particularly pleased with the vintage olive green lining in the top one
and the brushed brass frame on the red.

In the shop.

Thankyou to everyone who commented on my last post, here again (thankyou to Blogger for losing the original post) is a finished purse that is now available to buy in my etsy store. I have also printed up some more colourways which will be made up and listed this weekend. Also some new blocks arrived today so I've been working out a new pattern.



Today I said a final goodbye to a very lovely lady who has been a wonderful neighbour and friend. Her passion for art and creativity was infectious and I will hold her very dear in my heart for many years to come. So this post is dedicated to Lorna.

Slightly scary

No probably not for you, but it is for me, as I work on my printed fabrics and get closer to having something I feel I can put out there as a finished design, I suffer from a kind of stage fright.
So to get over this and keep me going, I made up one purse using the fabric I printed at the weekend. It is totally impractical with this white background so won't be for sale, but I like seeing how the pattern works on the purse and I am hoping to find some good linen colour yardage to print up a better one.

Your comments will be really appreciated on this one xx

One of the first designers to catch my eye when I originally joined the etsy site is Heather Moore, her work which she creates under the title skinnylaminx extends through illustration, printmaking and some of the most incredible paper cut work.

Her work and style has been a huge inspiration over the last few years and I have a number of items around my house which I have bought from her. When I recently asked if she would mind me using some of her Orla print for my purses I was totally thrilled when she said yes!

I had to wait for these brushed brass frames to arrive as they suit the print colours perfectly, and making them this morning gave me a real thrill as they came together, I am so delighted with how they have turned out.
They are available now in my etsy store I just have one problem I am going to make one for me but cannot decide which colour, grey, lemon or olive.........this could take some time!

Inspiration

I have acquired new followers to my blog over the last few days, hello, thankyou for visiting. I do try to get to visit everyones blog and comment, so I do regular blog reading sessions which are always inspiring and exciting.
I have added a couple of new covers to my shop recently and there are more to come, but lately I have been occupied in the garden and allotment enjoying this very non-UK weather. I have been sowing seeds and making plans for a redesign on our garden, but also I have been inspired by the lady we stayed with in France whose approach to life clearly led her to a more contented outlook than our frantic style. So I am trying to take time over things and not be trapped by the rush of life around me. The results for her were that at 69 she looked like a very young 50 and her calmness and love of life were an absolute pleasure to share.

MTAM Spring Fair

The sun was out with the shoppers this morning in Berkhamsted and I had a really busy time with my stall at the More than a Mama Spring Fair.
I tried to be a little more co-ordinated with the display and chose cushions that had a good fresh feel.
This small shelf unit was lurking in our store and made a great display for my purses which sold really well. perfect excuse to make more I think don't you?

I made some lovely purchases too which I shall show you next time!

Marion Mahler

Have added to my vintage fabrics this week with this geometric print by Marion Mahler. Geometrics are a hot trend right now, my Summer Blue purse was featured in Etsy Finds newsletter on Thursday, which had geometry as its theme and has been in so many treasuries I have truly lost count!

Wishing you a lovely weekend!

Spring Song

Some recent fabric finds - 'Spring Song' by Margit Steiner for Heals
'Orchard' Jonelle

An icy spring morning here today and these covers just fit that mood. So pleased to be making more purses for my shop, only two left in my shop right now and they are such a pleasure to make.

Sanderson 50s reprints

Sanderson have just launched a new collection of designs reprinted and inspired by their archives from the 50's. Mobiles above by Marian Mahler
Perpetua designed by Lucienne Day
Festival by Jacqueline Groag

I am so pleased these are being released and Sanderson have certainly done a finer job than Heals manged last year with their appalling Lucienne Day ranges.

I will have these in stock in the next couple of days and will be making covers with them at far more affordable prices than the originals. I do have the original Mobiles fabric in my shop at the moment and comparing the two the Sanderson version has lost the barkcloth texture but personally I love how fresh this design still feels.

Meet Dewey

I love seeing how the things I sell end up and this morning I had a lovely surprise when checking out one of my latest blog reads. Dewey is made using some of the fabric from my Orla scrap packs and I love the way the large scale of the multi stem print makes big blocks of colour on his legs.

He is the work of Kristin aka KLT: Works, Kristin's blog is a great mix of design and life influences and her passion for vintage design. Her shop on etsy has the most gorgeous kids toys and beautiful letterpress prints and is well worth checking out, in fact when I did just that to get the link for this post led to me buying some beautiful fabrics which I hope to use for purses!

This week is half term here and the days have been crammed full and also include the celebration of Laura's 17th birthday and we have a big family gathering tomorrow to prepare for. Hopefully next week will see me with some more regular blogging habits

Louise x