> Happy new spring | new beginnings | happy holi | Amazing festival of colors

Every year hundreds of thousands of Hindus celebrate the Holi festival. The festival celebrates the beginning of spring. Hindus believe it is a time of enjoying spring's abundant colors and saying goodbye to the cold winter season. The Holi festival is celebrated all over the world. Here in The Hague, where Little Smilemakers Studio is situated, but to experience Holi festival in India is pure magic.

Bright colored powder are traditionally made from health improving ingredients. The change of weather is believed to cause fever and cold. Throwing traditionally made natural Ayurvedic colored powders have a medicinal significance. This featured postcard shows an abstract photograph i made during the Holi festival while traveling through India a few years ago. A magic few days.

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> Seasonal allergies | welcome spring | hello hay fever | new illustrations series

Yes, i am one of those people that is blessed with seasonal allergies. This year the start of the season was in january. While discussing my red nose with a friend she reminded me of my allergies. Could it be hay fever already? And yes it was. It is. No mascara for me these upcoming months. But on the bright side: this week i will be working on some hay fever and seasonal allergies illustrations. So i will be safe working inside the studio. And i get to wear my awesome designer (fake plastic) glasses.

Are you also having seasonal allergies? Then check how bad the itching and dripping will be. Download a free app: pollennieuws (for dutchies) so you will be prepared when you go out.

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by Maaike Boot

> New fashion & beauty themed Iphone case designs for Apple Shops

After designing some iphone cases for girls for Apple Shops last year i was asked to think about a new serie of designs for young adult woman. There three designs are a few of those new fashion and beauty series for iphone and ipad cases and will be available soon. We have chosen a mix of soft pastels and fluo colors for this line of designs. Let me know which on of these you prefer and feel free to leave a note. We are still making new series the next following months so all your suggestions are very much welcome.

> Finished project | New collection of illustrations | spring & easter 2013

I have been designing quite a few themes for Kaartje2Go already. For party invitations, christmas, new years and Valentines Day for instance. This week I have finished some new illustrations and photo frames and borders for Kaartje2Go for spring and easter. Cute spring animals, easter eggs, typography badges, fruit and garden illustrations in both bright colors and pastels. All illustrations and frames are now available online for Kaartje2Go customers.

by Maaike Boot - Little Smilemakers Studio

> Spring will kick in soon! Time for some Little Smilemakers Florals!

The past few months have been very busy and productive so there was no time to get some new surface patterns online for stock. After weeks of work i took an afternoon off to design some new spring themed patterns for fabric and stationary. This is a small preview of a series of colorful spring 2013 surface patterns. They will be available in my Designalicious shutterstock portfolio.

by Maaike Boot - Little Smilemakers Studio

> new ipad & iphone case designs - Pirates for cool boys and Princess & Unicorns for girls now for sale at Zazzle

This past month I have been working on some kids themed fabric designs. Some of those kids illustrated prints are now also for sale on iphone case and ipad case. Cute pirates and princess unicorns surface pattern designs are now in my online Zazzle ARTSPROJEKT shop. Enjoy!