Just So Stories Retold...

This is a beautiful new edition of Rudyard Kipling's classic 'Just So Stories'.

It features five stories, all illustrated by Marta Altes and retold by Elli Woollard, including 'How the Camel got his hump' and 'How the Rhinoceros got his skin'.

A menagerie of characters found inside the book, feature on the cover, and beautiful end papers await upon opening.

This is bound to be a much loved version of a true classic, winning pride of place on any bookshelf.

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Something for the weekend...

Fancy making your own pom pom filled tulle skirt this weekend?

Head over to the Donna Wilson blog for full details and instructions.

Amazing!

(image above ©Donna Wilson)

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Creative Quarters...Camilla Carvalho

The next designer to be featured in Creative Quarters is Camilla Carvalho.

Oak Print Design is the creative studio of Camilla Carvalho. 

Camilla is a Brazilian self-taught surface pattern designer and illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. Her Brazilian heritage is definitely present in her designs through nature inspired motifs and bold colors.

As a child she loved drawing and painting but she never pictured herself on that career path until her kids were born.

Before being a pattern designer she worked for almost 10 years in the financial industry and that’s when she started to realise that she really liked the creative world.

Having to prepare several presentations for clients, she was always the one that would pay more attention to the formatting details than to all the numbers.

Camilla then decided to leave the financial world and pursue her passion.

She took some graphic design courses until she finally discovered the surface pattern design world and fell in love with it. 

She draws most of her motifs by hand and then works on them in Illustrator afterwards.

She loves to walk around outdoors taking pictures of leaves, flowers, buds and everything else that might inspire her.

She also loves to get inspiration from botanical illustrations.

Some of her clients are Quiltweaves, Julius Zoellner, Estudio iCertain, Printed Village and Minted. 

She would love to see her designs on a fabric line and home goods but her biggest dream is to see her designs on a swimwear line, maybe because she is Brazilian, right? 

Camilla will be exhibiting at SURTEX this year where she will be showing lots of bold maximalist patterns with eye-catching color combinations that create an expressive feel and statement. 

www.oakprintdesign.com

www.instagram.com/design.oak

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I hope you've enjoyed reading a little about Camilla,

and seeing a selection of her work.

If you're interested in working with Camilla, or want to get in touch, 

please visit the links above.

If you missed the last Creative Quarters post featuring Carly Watts, you can read it here.

And don't forget, if you'd like to be featured, please send examples of your work
with links to website portfolios, and some info about you and your background, etc..
to Louise at loveprintstudio@live.com

Look forward to hearing from you!

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Colour crush...

Pretty and feminine colours in todays palette where soft peaches and pinks meet washed blues and duck egg tones with pops of ochre and deeper oranges.

Is it Spring yet?

(image credits clockwise from top left)

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Paper & Cloth at Printsource...

Paper & Cloth will be setting up shop at Printsource today, all ready for the show opening tomorrow.

A brand shiny new portfolio of designs will be available for SS20!

(image above © Paper & Cloth)

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Friday Freebie

A little desktop wallpaper freebie for you all today, to see you nicely through January...

Happy Friday!

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(image above © Louise | Love Print Studio)

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Colour Crush...

Bottle greens, claret reds with rich chocolate tones, and a touch of dusky pink.

A perfect palette for these cold and grey January days.

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New children's books for 2019..

It's the first post of the new year so I thought it was a good opportunity to take a look at some new children's picture books that will be published over the next few months.

The wonderful partnership of Allison Colpoys and Davina Bell that bought us 'Under the Love Umbrella' and 'The Underwater Fancy Dress Parade' are back together for the publication of 'All the Ways to be Smart'. A book exploring all of the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are. It's sure to be another beaut of a book with a captivating colour palette throughout!

Some favourites are back too; Claudia Boldt with 'Lots of Frogs', Katie Harnett with 'Monty and the Poodles' and Richard Jones with 'How to Properly Meet a Hedgehog', and quite frankly, who wouldn't need this in their lives? Surely a must for every bookshelf.

Monty and the Poodles written and illustrated by Katie Harnett - published 1st March 

(Flying Eye Books)

All the ways to be Smart written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Allison Colpoys - published 14th January

(Scribe UK)

Another written and Christian Robinson - published 5th March

(Atheneum Books)

Lots of Frogs written by Howard Calvert and illustrated by Claudia Boldt - published 7th February (paperback)

(Hodder Childrens Books)

Little Fox and the Missing Moon written and illustrated by Ekaterina Trukhan - published 19th March

(Random House)

Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish written and illustrated by Lara Hawthorne - published 21st February

(Big Picture Press)

All Kids are Good Kids written by Judy Carey Nevin and illustrated by Susie Hammer - published 1st April

(Little Simon)

From Tree to Sea written by Shelley Moore Thomas and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal - published 1st March

(Simon & Schuster)

The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog selected by Paul B. Janeczko and illustrated by Richard Jones - published 4th April

(Candlewick Press)

Dust Bunny wants a Friend by Amy Hevron - published 22nd January

(Ballantine Books)

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Merry Christmas!

The last of the desktop wallpaper freebies for you today.

Download and adorn your computer screen of choice before you head off for a well earned Christmas break.

Merry Christmas lovely readers, I hope you have a wonderful time over the holidays.

See you in the new year!

2019...crikey, how did that happen?

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(image above © Louise | Love Print Studio)

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Hygge Christmas...

Now this is my kinda Christmas...

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Christmas baking...

Why not get your bake on this weekend and give one of these a go?

Those pecan praline mini cheesecakes look like the best thing EVER!

Pecan praline mini cheesecakes from Love & Olive Oil

Gingerbread latte layer cake from Waffle & Whisk

Honey carrot banana bread from Style Sweet CA

Chocolate salted caramel brownie cake from The Polka Dotter

Banoffee loaf from The Happy Foodie

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Christmas freebie

Get your hands on this weeks free desktop wallpaper!

Click the link below...

Download desktop wallpaper

(image above © Louise | Love Print Studio)

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Creative Quarters...Carly Watts

The next designer to be featured in Creative Quarters is Carly Watts.

Carly is a self-taught illustrator based in sunny Sheffield, UK.

The city is home to a pretty big creative community as well as some wonderful galleries so there's always plenty of inspiration to be found or exhibitions to visit. 

Carly studied Drama at University but often found herself leaning more towards art and design, 

and enjoyed the set and stage design aspects a lot more than directing!

After University she worked in a range of different jobs and picked up illustration as a fun hobby, starting a blog soon after to showcase her fashion illustrations and designing website headers for other bloggers. 

This is when she began to learn how to draw digitally, which she found to be a big eye-opener and a steep learning curve, but ultimately extremely worthwhile! 

After running her blog for many years, Carly finally discovered surface pattern design and decided to give it a go, falling in love with the whole process. 

She now spends her days creating repeat patterns which she finds very calming and therapeutic,

and selling her designs in her online shops. 

In the future, she hopes to be able to see her patterns on children's clothing and homeware. 

Colour is one of the most important sources of inspiration for Carly, and she loves to collect all sorts of colour palettes for future reference. 
She also finds a lot of inspiration in nature and space, and adores painting flowers because of their endless varieties. 
She also loves folk art and particularly enjoys illustrations with a magical theme. 

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I hope you've enjoyed reading a little about Carly,

and seeing a selection of her work.

If you're interested in working with Carly, or want to get in touch, 

please visit her website via the link above.

She can also be found on Instagram and Twitter as @CarlyWattsArt

If you missed the last Creative Quarters post featuring Lisa Koesterke, you can read it here.

And don't forget, if you'd like to be featured, please send examples of your work 
with links to website portfolios, and some info about you and your background, etc..
to Louise at loveprintstudio@live.com

Look forward to hearing from you!

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Christmas freebie

Another festive desktop wallpaper for you!
Click the link below to download.

Download desktop wallpaper

(image above © Louise | Love Print Studio)

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Bauble-tastic!

I thought I'd share a few of the beautiful hand painted Christmas decorations and baubles that I've been seeing on my internet travels.

I'm loving the pet portrait baubles by Peggy & Kate below, and how beautiful are the ornaments by Katie Wilson, just gorgeous.

Peggy & Kate

 Burnish Lifestyle

Katie Wilson

Katie Davis

Blakely Little

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Colour crush...

Something bold, bright and blue in todays colour crush post.
A great combo with the coral and orange tones and that little pop of forest green.

(image credits clockwise from top left)

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Three Lovely Christmas Things...

Time for some festive themed lovely things!

Fa La La banner by Tracy Reinard (1)

Christmas figgy pudding shoes from Damask Love (2)

Grinch ice-cream from Pizzazzerie (3)

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Christmas freebie!

It's Deceeeeeeember!!!

Let the Christmassy themed posts commence. 

In the lead up to the big 'C' I'll be sharing free festive desktop wallpapers.

Be sure to check back here every Monday to download yours,

and lets get those workspaces feeling festive!

Download desktop wallpaper

(image above © Louise | Love Print Studio)

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Little People Big Dreams New Additions...

Check out these amazing new additions to the Little People, Big Dreams series, being published throughout next year!

Previously a female led collection of books with the likes of Ada Lovelace, Amelia Earhart and Emmeline Pankhurst, we can soon see the boys getting in on the action with David Bowie, Stephen Hawking and Muhammed Ali, aswell as new famous female titles, Dolly Parton, Vivienne Westwood and Maria Montessori. 

Written by Isabel Sanchez Vegara and each illustrated by a different super talented artist; Raquel Martin, Matt Hunt, Eleanora Arosio to name a few.

These mini biographies celebrate the life and work of each person. Their contribution to music, science, sport, religion and many more.

Its great to see these new titles and I look forward to plenty more being added soon.

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