Made with Little Smilemakers Studio Fabric // Top 5 September 2019

It is so exciting to see a finished project after working hard on a new collection of designs, or a series of illustrations for our clients. But with finished fabric designs it is even a bigger surprise to see what customers create. To see how final products evolve when people put their own creative energy in there is amazing.

If you browse around Etsy or if you check Instagram for some kids fashion or accessories you are very likely to stumble upon some Little Smilemakers prints every now and then. Most creatives that use our fabrics have small home-based businesses and sell their projects online and tag us via Instagram. But there are also some bigger fish out they're using our Spoonflower designs for their business. We see some amazing things pop up in our feed every month. We love how Little Smilemakers creations are the foundation for other creatives all around the world to work with. So here is our monthly blog post that features some creative results from the UK, United States and Canada. This month we selected a whole bunch of best-selling panther & animal print themes turned into the most gorgeous items. We selected some cute bow, some super cool pet accessories and kids fashion pieces. Enjoy our September selection!

1 // Mjolk Russia
We’ve been working for this Russian company for a while now, and this summer they released a bunch of new designs. One of the new prints they licensed was our panther design. They turned them into these adorable baby rompers, blankies and bedding. Next season they’ll be launching another few of our designs and we’re currently working on a new logo for their rebrand. Stay tuned! Visit their website here.

2 // Bloom Headwraps
For her new kids accessories hair collection Haley has chosen some of our fave animal prints. The first one to launch was the pale cheetah print. We just can’t get enough of these adorable pictures popping up in our feed! Check her Insta and stay tuned for all launches. She only has limited editions in her shop. So make sure to write those dates in your planner!





3 // Cute Birds Kids
This fun and playful brand creates beautiful hair ties and bows for little girls. They just released the new autumn collection containing our leopard design. And we are in love! We are so excited to see these adorable items made with our designs. You can join their subscription by signing up on the website.

4 Poppy + Ted
One of our most fave collabs this year was with Paige, who’s the creator of Poppy and Ted dog accessories. She’s been licensing some of our designs and also buys fabric off Spoonflower for limited edition prints for her collections. We wanted to show you two of the panther print creations; the cameo harness and the pink cotton print she has available on collars, leashes and harnesses. Which one is your fave? Check her shop for more prints & styles and all other panther palettes.

5 Monsters and Co
This UK shop turned a bunch of our animal prints in little monster bandana’s. And they also made some cute little bows for our furry friends. For this post we wanted to feature this gorgeous long-haired kitten wearing their pink bandana. The cuteness! Visit their shop for all fun pet accessories.

New designs available // License our surface designs // Wild Cats series

Did you know we create new designs every week? We update our fabric library almost every week and add new designs and color versions frequently. But for over 8 years we’ve been licensing our surface designs to companies all over the world too. Did you know our designs are not only available on fabric and wallpaper but they are also available for licensing?

When we create print designs we can create custom, exclusive work for our clients, but we also license our designs for non-exclusive use. Because we do understand exclusive print designs can be a little too pricy if you are just starting out with your small business. Most of our clients start our licensing surface patterns that are non-exclusive. They are a great solution for those of you who are dealing with a tight budget. We can create new colors, tweak details to make them more unique to the brand so they are a little different from the prints available on Spoonflower. We understand how competitive the market can be, so even though you license our print designs non-exclusively; we avoid licensing to similar branches. So you can use affordable designs that are as unique as possible to your brand and you don’t have to spend a lot of money doing so.

Every week we create new print designs. This week we wanted to show you some of our Wild Cats that are available on fabric and wallpaper in our Spoonflower shop. But also available to license directly for your brand.

We’ve worked for small starting businesses and big fish with stores all over the globe, so don’t be shy, I bet we can offer you something that works for you too. So if you see something you like, here on the blog, or over at Spoonflower. Please reach out and send us a message and we’ll tell you all about licensing our surface designs.