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A humungous set of limited edition tiger and jungle wall decals will be on its way to the lovely Lyn Doe. It was her named picked from my trusty bobble hat. The last remaining set is available in my folksy and etsy shops, sale price. A small amount goes to charity too.

Have had a new sample peacock wall decal printed (finally!) and can’t decide between vivid, near fluorescent new colours (above 1) or more ‘adult-like’ hues of previous version (above 2), bearing in my all previous versions – as far as I know –  have been bought by women for themselves. Advice please! Which would you prefer? Everyone who comments before August 15th will be entered into draw for a Tiger and Jungle sticker set (below) on the 16th.

these four: clockwise from top left: Beautiful Skin; Laura Kate Draws; Xenia Taler; Wonderful Rubbish

Clockwise L to R: Sally Boyle at From the Wilde; Giniber; Urban Outfitters at Society 6; Sanna Annukka at Radiance

Clockwise L to R: Gothic Crow; Frerk Muller at Shelf; Sally Boyle at From the Wilde; Happy Doodle Land

Magda Piwowar at Beetroot; Toika at Iittala; Donna Wilson at Soma Gallery

Clockwise L to R: Isak; Felt Me Up Designs; Faye Power at From the Wilde; Skinny Laminx

As I’ve been uploading this epic post (of some of my favourite bird designs online) I’ve been listening to the near constant football rattle of a couple of magpies outside. Touch ironic: they’re the only bird i DON’T like. they can’t sing, they can barely fly and they seem to spend most of their time harassing smaller birds and eating their young. talentless bully-boys…

For the past couple of months I’ve been suffering from creative block. Admittedly I’ve had very little time lately to spend on my own graphics work but it goes beyond that. If I’m honest its because I’m feeling defeatist. Its the peacock wall decal that’s done it.  I can’t find a new printer to produce it.

Finding a printer you can work well with and who doesn’t mind initially small jobs, is a task in itself, but finding one to produce this ornate little baby to a high retail standard, with all his (well, what I originally thought were) clever little cuts and curves, has been trickier than a Derren Brown omnibus.

And there’s the rub: I’ve no shortage of ideas and energy, but if i can’t print my designs, where does this leave me? Sulking over an abandoned folder of decal artwork, sipping a cold coffee and staring forlornly at the beautiful peacock on the wall, possibly the last in a small line, and proudly oblivious to its fate.

Update: to ease my frustration I’ve designed a pair of peacock prints for my online shops. You can view them here: http://www.sallyboyle.co.uk/blog/?p=940

If you know of a friendly UK printer (with a printer/cutter) who doesn’t mind smaller print runs, please email me: sally@sallyboyle.co.uk. Thank you!

I’m currently selling the last of my limited edition tiger and jungle set at cost price (+ a small amount to the tiger preservation charity www.tigersforever.org in order to make way (pay!) for some new designs and stock. The last 3 sets are listed on Etsy ($58.50), Dawanda (€43) and Folksy (£38) and include instructions and care advice. I think they’re possibly the cheapest, easiest (and most original!) way to cheer up a kid’s bedroom, but what would I know – I’m 34!

In celebration of the great beast itself, a few other furball designs I found on the tinterweb… Here’s hoping there’ll still be some left in the wild before the next Year of the Tiger sweeps round. Click on the images to find who’s designed and selling what:-

I’ll be at ‘100% handmade’ in March. Vintage tea party. cakes. coffee. bunting. music… oh, and lots of talented people ‘doing it for themselves’. lovely town too. wild moors, wide river, elegant promenades.

process pics for siamese wall graphic SO FAR… i know what you’re thinking: what a mess! why do you think i don’t normally show them! aint finished yet…

JANUARY SALE now on! all wall decals reduced. have got a few peacocks available as well, but they’re a different colour to the previous ones. email me if you interested and I can take some photos. will include in sale.

SALE // $: here // £: here // Euros: here

* ‘Jungle’ charity is www.tigersforever.org