Made with Little Smilemakers Studio Fabric // November 2015

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. Most creatives with small home based businesses sell their projects via Etsy. 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 and United States. This is our new November selection. Take a look and see if there is something for your little one too.

Fresh summer themed pram liners
Poopadoo is a small shop based in Western Australia run by Cathy. She offers handmade pram liners and accessories like knot headbands for girls. Our coffee to go print and our new summer ice cream watercolors are used for her very fresh baby range. So Take a look into her Etsy shop if you are curious.

Geometric triangle leggings
Ollie & Coco is a small starting company from Australia and makes adorable baby bandana's and bibs. They bring you beautiful products made for your little ones, like our geometric triangle range for fashion, nurseries and for the home. Ollie & Coco will also add a new range of products to their cute and fresh collection soon, even more reason to have a little look on their website and follow this fun brand on Instagram.

Dachshund puppy love
We love Charlotte's webtiques fun collection of headbands, bows and hair accessories for babies, kids and adults! She made such a cute little bow with our dachshund puppy fabric. Take a look in the shop if you are interested in some cute baby gifts.



Reindeer girl for the holiday season
Lisa Gillies a young mum and the owner of Le Petit Bouton. Like many new mums, she was madly searching for items for her little girl that were unique, on trend, with beautiful fabric and was getting frustrated at not being able to find exactly what she wanted. That is why she decided to start her fun shop, stocking gorgeous little girls hairclips, hairties and headbands using beautiful designer fabrics and organic knits. Our little reindeer girls have also been added to her webshop for this holiday season. Her products are perfect for special occasions, party favours, birthdays, baby showers, new arrivals, school, stocking fillers...the list goes on! Baby skyler is modelling her fun products. Such a cute little girl! Take a look at her shop if you want to get your hands on one.

Splash About // New outdoor collection for kids // Raincoats, capes and stomp suits // Rainy day fashion

When I was a little girl I grew up in a little town in Holland. And as good Dutch parents teach you; we go anywhere on our bike no matter what kind of weather. I loved the bike trips me and my friend made during our summer break. We would cycle around for hours and hours until we got thirsty. The warm breeze, the lush country side. It is a great place to grow up, a place where you can let your kids play within a 10km radius, carefree. It was safe and easy. But then fall came, with it's crazy stormy days, bright lights and of course the cold rain.

Every Dutch kid has been brought up to go through whatever weather, on a bike. I have been wearing raincoats and... yes pants too for as long as I can remember. I never liked those sad colored things though, since they only came in sad gray, dark blue and black colors. Oh yes, and there was a great pink, I call the 80's shade. But my mum was too much of a feminine to let me have a pink raincoat. You can imagine how excited I got when I got to make a new outdoors collection (25 years later). Finally we were able to make this wet rainy world a little better, at least during stormy weather, rain and of course snow. Yes, we cycle through snow… We can do anything on a bike. Carry extra people, moving house. So this collection is very welcome.



Splash About makes wetsuits, baby and toddles swimsuits and lot's more water-related fashion for kids. Their swimwear protects little ones from nasty sun burns but now they have also launched a outdoor range. For this collection of raincoats stomp suits and capes we have made a cute girls and boys print. Some cool quirky dinosaurs and colorful Russian dolls.

Take a look into the Splash About webshop and check out our new designs. It will only take a matter of time before we will stumble upon one of these during a rainy day here in Holland. They sure bright up a gray fall and winter day!

My Little Hands Australia // Winter collection // Baby & Todler home textiles and fashion

A few months ago we finished up a new series of designs for My Little Hands Australia that is now finally for sale! Yeah, we do not have a lot of patience when it comes to waiting for the end result but it was very much worth it...

My Little Hands is an online shop, a place to find all things beautiful for your little one’s including bedding for babies and children, clothing, floor rugs and room decor including wall art, garlands and wallpaper.

The Australian company is run by the gorgeous Emma Colombera. She has a heart for true designs and asked me to create a range of products for her shop. We started out with a series around the water colored foxes. A cute simple repeat of these yellow creatures is now available on cute blankets and other MLH items.

For this season we created a series of Bohemian Feather designs for both girls and boys including the Sleep little one & Buonanotte pillow case. Some cute framed artwork for your little ones nursery and well, many more cute things are available in the online shop. Check their online shop to see the entire new Winter collection or visit the My Little Hands Facebook page to see what's new.

New finished product: Little Smilemakers Studio for Shooshoos // well hello adorable little baby & toddler shoes

This summer Little Smilemakers Studio started with a new collaboration in baby and toddler fashion: Shooshoos. The Shooshoos story starts 3 million (and counting) pairs of shoes ago, in South Africa, when a little family had a big idea. "Let's get idle hands busy making happy shoes for baby feet." The company in tiny shoes started producing good quality, non-toxic, soft shoes for little ones and after 16 years Shooshoos are now sold in 15 countries all over the world.

For their new winter collection Little Smilemakers Studio made some adorable illustrations that are now available in Shooshoos shops world wide. If you want to keep your little ones feet warm, check out the entirely new and very adorable collection. Make sure you are in time for your christmas shopping. Those shoes make an amazing gift for your pregnant friend or new mommy sister.