The Lookbook - Midnight Kitty / Print designs for cat lovers

Over the years we’ve been working together with tons of dog accessory businesses all over the globe. We created many dog designs but cats weren’t as represented in our portfolio that often. Probably because we don't need so much gear for these fluffy ones. We do have some cat accessory customers buying our fabric. But we don't focus on the cat target group very often. This year I decided it was time to dedicate some time to creating new cat designs.

Last summer we had to say goodbye to our 19-year-old black cat Duvel. And this collection is a little celebration of his spooky night shenanigans. We still miss our little Duvel and the past months we’ve seen him come to life on several of our client’s products. I am so happy he’s living on in our designs & fabrics now.

Last January we rescued a new kitty. She’s around 8 years old and brings us so many laughs. It’s truly amazing what these small creatures can do for us. Time to celebrate. Inspired by our oldie and with the joy of our new cat. Hope you like this new mini-collection! All designs are available for licensing. If you license our designs we will send you the original files which you can use for your own production. This covers commercial usage too. Want some more info? Shoot us a message.

These designs are now available for licensing. And we also have some of these designs available on fabric & wallpaper through our partners at Carriage House Printery & Spoonflower.

Made with Little Smilemakers Studio Fabric // Top 5 January 2018

It is so exciting to see a finished project after working hard on a new collection 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 on Etsy for some kids fashion you are very likely to stumble upon some Little Smilemakers prints. Most creatives with small home based businesses sell their projects via internet and tag us via Instagram. So 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 Australia, Slovenia, Ukraine, USA and The Netherlands. This month we selected a whole bunch of hot selling fabrics, turned into beautiful items. We have some cool hedgehogs, kawaii prints and trendy abstracts. Take a look and see if there is something for your little one too. This is our January top 5.

1 // Hiskarija Notebooks
Hiskarija is a Slovenian brand that creates hand-made notebooks for kids and colorful recipe paper goods. Each item is carefully chosen, functionally designed and manufactured with plenty of love in an eco-friendly manner. Wanna get your hands on one of these fun notebooks for your little ones new school year? Check out the website and select your fav prints for the new season. They have some cool Little Smilemakers penguins, hedgehogs and a few abstracts to choose from. Hope you like them as much as we do!
https://www.hiskarija.si/sl/



2 // Lucie June
This Australian based shop makes vibrant girls clothing, focusing on whimsical individuality, designed to be beautiful and practical for the start of life as a little lady. We love Lucie June and their handmade rompers. And wanted to give them a little extra attention with the summer season Down Under these are great additions to your little ones summer wardrobe. We love our watercolor cacti print and our monochrome geometric design on their handmade pieces. We call it stylish bohemian. Curious about the rest of their collection? Take a look on their website.

3 // Tiny Little Cactus
You might have seen the Tiny Little Cactus booties here on the blog. Krista has launched her new range of doll house items this month. Under the name of Dollhouse Bandits she created tiny furniture for your little ones dollhouse. She also made matching bedding and accessories for those tiny little rooms. Check her website for her fun kawaii and abstract collection of fashionable doll bedding.

4 // Ripka Store
Oksana is based in Kiev and creates adorable sleep suits and baby rompers she sells via her Etsy shop. Her eye for clean monochromes make this shop stylish and trendy. Perfect to browse around! For this months “Made With” post we selected one of her monochrome creations: our hot selling hedgehog fabric. This print has been turned into notebooks, baby nappies, bedding, socks, but this sleep suit, so adorable! We wish her all the best with her fun shop.

5 // Mila Mea Handmade
We were contacted by Debbie through Spoonflower where she send us some links of her new burb cloths creations. Deppie has been a loyal customer of our fabrics and offers tons of Little Smilemakers prints in her Etsy shop. Looking for a cute new born present? She has lot's of fun combo's. Colorful, abstract, monochromes, enough to find something suitable. Check our her online store.

Limited Edition Memphis Style Little Smilemakers fabric // available via Ansje Handmade

We have something really cool to share with you guys! The past months we have been testing the market for fabric production ourselves. We worked with suppliers in the past but never produced our own series up until this summer when we decided to test these grounds.And we have something cool to show!

We have been approached by numerous companies in the past who wanted to order fabric outside of Spoonflower. Up until now we never provided this service but we would love to see if this would be a possibility in the future. Hopefully we can start doing so in the near future but as you can imagine, we want to make sure to cover all glitches and we want a top notch quality, with a low impact on our environment. Aiming for a high end product. Safe for babies and toddlers and with a long lasting print. of course all GOTS certified meeting the highest standards in the industry.

Ansje Handmade collaboration
When the designer herself starts her own production you can make sure things better get close to perfect so for our own production we are definitely not ready yet but we have started a test production and we now have released a limited edition range of Little Smilemakers fabric working together with Anouck who runs her small fabric business Ansje Handmade. Without her things wouldn’t have come this far, she has been a vital partner in starting this process and with a whole bunch of positive energy she has supported me and together we hope to get things up and running within the next year.

Fresh Limited Edition fabric
For the first small batch we have selected 9 different colorful prints to choose from. Some fresh Memphis Style inspired abstract rain drops an brush strokes. Our all time fave geometric plus sign design and some fun kids themes of course. All designs are printed on 220grams GOTS certified jersey fabric. And there is only 15 meters of each of these designs. So for all Little Smilemakers fans in the Netherlands, rush to Anouck’s online shop to get your hands on a piece of this fresh fabric. And stay tuned for more fabric production news!

> Little Smilemakers Studio | Shop online at Society 6 | Home deco | Iphone cases | Stationary | Wall decorations

These past few months have been hectic. I have been working on a new series of women accessories for Veritas Belgium. I can not wait to see the results of my pattern designs on the bags, scrafs and fabric but i will have to be patience and wait till november. I also have been working on a serie of fabric for a large fabric supplier in kids fabrics from Germany. And a lot of other projects have kept me busy from posting new work in my online shop. But yesterday and today i managed to add some cute pillows, iphone case designs and wall decoration for Society 6. Affordable Little Smilemakers patterns and illustrations on cute gifts and presents. Take a look and feel free to leave me a message! If you would like to keep up with new designs and work visit the Little Smilemakers Studio facebook page!

> New Xmas presents & gifts | Top pics for the holidays | Shop online for yours!

by Maaike Boot

Christmas time is just around the corner so it is about time to get started with the xmas shopping! As you can see we have made a nice Little Smilemakers selection of items you can order online.

Cute recyclable diapers for you baby or toddler, each diaper is adjustable in size 0-2. This brand is has started selling baby diapers, diaper bags and baby bibs since 2011. Cute products with retro Little Smilemakers patterns and illustrations. Two mothers of small kids run the company from their own home in Poland. Enjoy!

Would you like to give your bedroom or livingroom with a nice Little Smilemakers touch? Look around the Home Deco section of the designalicious Zazzle shop! Here you can find cute patterned pillow cases and also some nice decorated high quality kitchenware.

Would you like to surprise your friend or one of your kids with a nice iphone case? There are lots of new designs in our designalicious store. Retro patterns, mindfulness typography and vintage themed doodles. Check out all cases for iphone, blackberry or samsung.

Have fun surfing around the net for your christmas presents and gifts!

> Brand new retro pattern ipad cases!

by Maaike Boot

I uploaded a whole bunch of new patterns in my Zazzle webshop the past few months. Check out the shop and take a look at the special iphone G4 cases. New designs for your iphone G4 and also new cases for the ipad and the G3! So no worries for the not so very trendy peeps. Got them in all shapes and sizes you need!
Cute ipad cases in the Zazzle Artsprojekt shop. All new trendy retro pattern design cases for sale now. Check my shop at http://www.zazzle.com/designalicious

> Light Mi for sale!

Miriam Zink made this lamp. The common usage of a hanger is to hang up clothes.This interpretation of the concept gives it a whole new perspective. Fixing hangers around a bulb transformes them into a ceiling light with an interesting shade work.

The design of ‘light MI‘ gives the original hanger a new function and alters it into an abstract shape. Disrupted from its original context, the single hanger is no longer
perceptible.

In addition to the lighting feature,the lamp can also be used to hang lightweight items on the hangers, such as postcards or Christmas decoration.