Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas // Enjoy the holidays!



It is that time of the year again when half of the world gathers and celebrates Christmas. Christmas time is always a time to look back and reflect on the past year. We have so much to be thankful about!

The past year I have registered my new company, to take a step into a different direction. Together with a partner we are setting up a brand new shiny studio and a shop. So many things are happening! And what a great fruitful year it has been for the studio. We have worked for companies all over the world. Have seen our designs pop up in Canada, Australia, and we added South Africa and Brazil to our list of countries we do business with. 2016 was a fun year but also had some bumps in the road. We discovered a crazy lot of misuse of our designs, and struggled with a representing company not fighting on our behalf. We said goodbye to a 10 year business collaboration but in the end it will only give me and my business the freedom to stay close to the heart, create and make other people happy with our designs.

So we hope you can look back to a great and successful and most of all joyful year. Go enjoy the holidays! And take some time to reflect on where you are. Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

> Happy spring & a quirky easter | Free printable poster and wrapping paper



We have been working on some seasonal themes. Easter is around the corner so we have decided to to put up these two cute free* printables on the blog for your easter home. You can frame, print your own little postcard, or make some cute little wrapping paper with it. Click on the image and download these cute sprint poster print designs for your own wall. Don't forget to send post a picture on our Little Smilemakers Studio facebook page when they are up!

artwork is prohibited for commercial use

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

> New vintage set surface patterns

By Maaike Boot

Making all kinds of vintage themed illustrations for home deco products! But also some cute hand drawn patterns for Little Smilemakers stock postfolio. New patterns soon for sale at Shutterstock. Enjoy all new ones!

Saturday, November 17, 2012

> New surface retro apple and pear pattern design | spring 2013 home deco kitchen series


by Maaike Boot

After designing the holiday illustration series for Kaartje2Go it is time to work on new spring graphics! Time to design some new kitchen fabric surface patterns. Adding a retro touch in the ink, drawing and adding some small pencil strokes in contrast of the big dark shapes of the ink. This is a sample of a new food home deco series. This apple and pear and other organic shapes are the new base for a tea towel series. Let me know what your think!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Retro derby roller skates pattern // Fabric & Licensing




Retro time! At this moment I am making a set of old vintage icon patterns. I just finished an old radio pattern set and this roller skates pattern. What retro icons can you come up with? I loved those roller skates and had an old set just like these big ones when I grew up! I spend hours and hours skating around the neighborhood. Good old derby times! Shop This Derby fabric in our Spoonflower shop.
by Maaike Boot