SallyWag

I’ve just updated my Society 6 profile to include my new Polish paper-cutting inspired ‘Horse Chestnut’ ({Day} and {Night}), as well as making my images available as laptop, ipad and iphone skins and cases.

Have just been updating my Folksy shop to include Free postage and packaging on everything. Plus!! If you spend over £10 in the next week* you’ll receive an exclusive set of 8 different Christmas cards absolutely free, as they say!

*offer ends midnight Sunday 13th November.

Am extremely chuffed to have been included in Bowie Style’s latest Print & Pattern book (2) alongside 99 other designers. Bowie runs the hugely inspirational Print & Pattern blog dedicated to – yes, you guessed it – surface pattern design! Well, I’ve just got hold my own copy and will share with you some of my favourite featured artists once I’ve had a proper read. Back soon!

Finally a pair of big cats… and apparently ( – unfortunately) the Snow Leopard and the Tiger are now sharing the same territory, no thanks to Man: Human occupation and persecution has pushed the tiger into the high altitude areas of Bhutan, while the Snow Leopard, as far as we know, has always haunted the Himalayas. It is hard to know for sure how many of each are left in the wild. Estimates for the Snow Leopard vary between 3500 and 7000, it is that difficult to track; the number of wild tigers, an animal that once roamed continents, could be as low as 3200 and falling – the population of a one shop, two pub English village…

On a considerably lighter note, my print ’studies’ are now available in my new Sally Boyle online shop. Anyone buying them both with receive some SURPRISE FREE STUFF!

You may want to check out the following sites:

Comprehensive snow leopard resource: http://www.snowleopard.org/

BBC voting campaign, in which a local initiative to help Snow Leopards is one of the finalists: http://theworldchallenge.co.uk/finalists/8/Changing_Spots

BBC news story discovering a “lost” population of tigers living at high altitude in Bhutan.

I’ve just launched my own shop, in addition to my Folksy (£) and Etsy ($) outlets (and other online stockists). It was about time really! Its a Big Cartel store and was so easy to set up – you don’t need to know any coding. Can’t recommend enough. One thing I would have liked however, which the system doesn’t have, is a readymade shop widget to add to my blog. But its a small thing, and I ought to learn to put the code for one together myself.

Sally Boyle’s print and card shop. Worldwide delivery; free within the UK.

More products uploading soon!

Just a quick posting to let you know I’ve uploaded a new printable pdf file to my Folksy and Etsy shops, perfect for your big cat-obsessed offspring to mark their territory! What you get: a high resolution personalised graphic pdf (or jpeg if you prefer) document for you to print at home, emailed to you within 24 hours of payment.

I designed the six prints above specifically for some cushion covers and am getting quite excited about trialing them. As part of the process I’ve asked around for feedback, mainly from my cushion/textile design expert Rachel Taber who has said, with reference to the peacocks, that she prefers my earlier close-up cropped versions – below top – to the more traditionally set designs:

And so, I need your votes on which pair of peacocks to go with! And you can do this by either leaving a message on this blog, instructing me on twitter (@sallybdesign) or emailing me at sally@sallyboyle.co.uk* You don’t even have to like either, but everyone who comments before Weds 24th (before Midnight GMT) will be in the hat to win a set of wall decals or two giclee prints of their choice from my Etsy and Folksy shops. Pleasepleaseplease – whatever you want to say, say it! (so long as its on the topic of peacock cushion covers and not the state of the nation/your marriage/Kerry Katona. Thank you all!

*I will not save your email address for any e-marketing purposes – just long enough to ask you which wall stickers or prints you’d prefer

A sneak peak at something I’m working on – a print design for fabric inspired by Polish paper-cutting styles (Wycinanki):

and a quick play with alternative hues in Photoshop:

What is it with me and fawns?:

‘A Fawn in Autumn’ / ‘A Fawn in Fall’ signed and numbered giclee art print, available online at Etsy, Folksy and From the Wilde

A short while ago I designed a floral border motif for Caroline Green Pottery, which I blogged about here. Caroline was after a delicate repeat pattern which she could then have produced as a digital transfer and fired on to her fine porcelain homeware. Well, she’s kindly sent me some photos of the first pieces: her elegant pottery, my graphics.

I’ve just uploaded my latest greeting card designs on to UK site Folksy. They’re a bit of a departure in terms of my usual graphic style, inspired by an exhibition on Polish paper-cutting, or Wycinanki as its called. I’ve now got so many greeting cards available to buy online, I’ll be introducing some bulk-buy discounts soon. In the meantime, its £2.50 a card; £4.50 for two and free shipping on all.