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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:-

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

why hebden bridge, you might wonder? well, its a characterful little town, bursting with independent shops and spirits, and a proper creative hub. If you want to buy something different, direct from the maker, ethically sourced, made with love, sold with a smile etc etc… or if you’d rather sit in a lovely warm cafe/pub/restaurant while someone else does the late night shopping, then this is the place…in West Yorkshire.

I’m doing this and, as you can see, have managed to upload a flyer promoting it. However, have not managed to make anything for it yet….though will be taking some decals, cards and christmas decorations (concept stage!). It has been organised by the same lovely peeps who run Leeds Vintage Fashion Fairs and Vintage Bazaars, who both have an eye for good design. Plus, Ilkley’s a good town for a day out. Like Harrogate, only smaller. Great food, good shops, fantastic backdrop and moorland/riverside walks and a Betty’s cafe! VERY civilized!

31st October / 10.30-4pm / Riddings Hall, Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley (town centre). £2 entry

Have finished my Jungle decals. Am finally happy with the elements (will post design process pics soon) but I don’t think my photos roar as they should. am going to have to get this photography lark sorted. its absolutely crucial to online selling…. I used to have a darkroom in my dad’s cellar and I did a nightclass, but the skill eludes me… I think for me it more about the mystical art of black and white photo production than taking the actual pictures …hmm

felt like being back at primary school… printed my soon-to-be jungle wall decal/sticker designs out in miniature, cut them out (badly) and made ‘fuzzy felt’ style arrangements… but don’t think I was ‘playing’. oh dear no. its all very complicated, and very adult, design type calculation stuff. obviously.