Hi Lilla,

I’m so excited to be able to share with you that I’m one of the 12 lucky artists that have been commissioned to design a snowflake as part of Liverpool, UK city centre’s popular Snowflake Trail.

I found out at the end of October that I had been chosen & it has been a whirlwind of planning, painting, sanding & organising a very large amount of Adobe Illustrator vinyl files ever since. The sculptures were provided as white blank canvases for all of the artists to decorate & apply their artwork to whilst making them weatherproof ahead of their outdoor installation.

This completely FREE event is organised by Open Culture who are a Community Interest Company with the mission to increase the profile of & engagement with arts & culture in Merseyside.

My son Blayke and I on opening night

I feel so honoured to be part of such a diverse & talented group of artists & it has been a very enjoyable process whilst being challenging at the same time. It was such a fantastic experience to be able to turn my creative vision into a festive reality. I have been documenting the process through a series of blog posts & you can follow the #snowflaketrail tag on social media for news along with my own personal posts via Instagram / Twitter / Facebook for a behind the scenes perspective.

With special thanks to Rachael Treacher & everyone at Open Culture for organising everything so well & being so friendly & welcoming. Also a huge thank you to Joe Wigzell & Sarah Lyons at Roland DG UK for their help, expertise & advice with my vinyl designs. Here is my design concept & description, I hope you like it! It is located by Elliot Street / Clayton Square by the new steps in Liverpool, UK’s city centre.

Snowy celebration

“My vision was to create a pattern that makes you feel uplifted, happy and festive, whilst reflecting the multi-cultural nature and vibrant city of Liverpool. This dynamic design incorporates a revelation of colour, a diverse range of varying scales to produce a visual snowy delight and multi-faceted piece.”

My snowflake as a blank canvas to apply my design to

Me sanding my snowflake to get a good quality finish in the artists workshop

Image credit: Snowflake Trail Press Day

Being interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside for their breakfast show

My working concept design – ‘Snowy Celebration’

Starting to add vinyls to create my design – with thanks to Roland DG UK for generously printing the vinyls

Continuing to work on the front and back of my snowflake with my vinyls with a view to the public

You can just spot my snowflake behind the Snowflake Trail branding!

My snowflake finally in location after weeks of hard work!

The stand for my snowflake with my name and description of the design

My little boy Blayke being interviewed for TV

You can follow all of the fun on social media by using the tag #snowflaketrail Check out my Facebook album here. See more about this exciting project here.

xo,

Rachael

We are very excited to get to share with you a new licensed product with one of our fun designs that can now be found on kids clothing with Jelly the Pug (sold through Zulily). Our ‘Floral Umbrellas’ design was licensed for this super cute ‘Yellow Cream Candy Evelyn Dress’ for infants, toddlers & young girls. We love how bright & fun the design looks on kids clothing!

Unfortunately the design has sold out for the moment but if you visit our shop we sell our ‘Floral Umbrellas’ design on fun cards & on over 30 unique products in our licensed collection with DENY Designs! – Rachael

The new issue 6 of MOYO Magazine is here! Inside issue 6 (which is completely FREE) you can find:

+ Product inspiration from Susy Pilgrim Waters

+ Rachael Taylor’s trip to the USA featuring the Lilla Rogers Studio and LRS artist Rebecca Bradley

+ Top tips on manufacturing from The Design Trust

+ Behind the scenes with DENY Designs

+ Product photography with navyblur

MOYO Magazine is completely free and we want to delight as many people as possible with the wonderful world of surface pattern design. Please feel free to share the magazine on your blog and social media and tell your friends about it! Use hashtag #MOYOMagazine to share the love.

Hi Lilla! Today I wanted to share with you some more photographs from my USA work trip. After visiting the New England Aquarium, I walked along the waterfront & stumbled across some truly amazing colours & textures at the boating marina. I must have spent at least an hour documenting all the imperfections & beauty. Enjoy!

Love,

Rachael

Rachael visited Boston & Baltimore last fall & now has a camera crammed full of inspiring imagery to edit & share with you from her sunny trip!

Her trip started with a meet up with the inspiring of the brilliant design work submitted for her Make Art That Sells e-course. She then spent a fun afternoon with Susan McCabe (one of Lilla’s fab agents). They visited Harvard Square, roamed the inspiring streets in Cambridge & managed to watch

some of the Regatta on the Charles River.

Rachael caught up with the studio ladies again on the Tuesday evening when Susan kindly hosted a dinner party at her home with the local LRS artists. She was fortunate enough to also meet the talented Alison Cole, Susan Pilgrim Waters & Ann Boyajian & her other fab agent Jennifer Nelson. It was such a brilliant evening and Rachael loved meeting everyone.

Before she flew out to Baltimore she attended a fun studio meeting where she also got to meet more of the brilliant LRS team; Julia & Patty. It really was a great opportunity to bounce ideas around & chat about their goals & plans for Rachael’s creative future & design label. She was sad to leave as she enjoyed every minute of her time with them!

Stay tuned as she has lots more imagery to share with you from her Boston visit including her #ABSPD alumni meet up, lots of fun sight seeing & her catch up with Smart Creative Women.

The show is just great! Stop by and see us, booth E3! The crowds are full, the art is stunning an the smiles are big!

Come see us tomorrow (last day) at PRINTSOURCE 2014, NYC (401 7th Ave, corner of 33rd). We would LOVE to see you! – Jennifer

We’ve got some amazing new categories this year. Lilla has given our artists her own trend report and they knocked it out of the park! This is our best collection yet. See our take on nautical, watercolor wildflowers, boho, baby animals, floral ephemera, and more. Here’s a teeny tiny sampling. (Ready to buy or license, pre-show? Contact us!

Why do art directors love to buy, license and commission our artists’ work? Because they see our work showcased in top trend books, all over Pinterest, Instagram, featured in Land of Nod and Crate and Barrel, and on products sold in tons of shops all over the world, for starters. Our artists lead the way. Our artists’ art sells product.

Hope to see you at Printsource! Contact us! to schedule an appointment at Printsource, or feel free to just drop by, say hello, and see new work. – Jennifer

Ps. We’re packed and ready to go! See you there!

Hi Lilla! I have been updating lots of my products lately & adding to my shop. I thought you might like to see some of the gorgeous images taken by the fantastic duo navyblur. These are the newest additions to the canvas bag collection. You can get them from our online shop as well as other fun & colourful products! – Rachael

Rachael writes:
“Our licensing partner DENY Designs have recently created some beautiful, contemporary styled shots for their super popular duvet covers & our designs have never looked more fabulous!

We recently introduced 5 exciting new designs which are now available in a huge range of products!

You can shop our duvet collection or shop the entire collection including shower curtains, jewellery boxes & gorgeous throw & outdoor pillows.

Rachael & Kelly writes:

“Colourful florals to make you smile!

The lovely warm weather has us feeling bright & cheery in the Rachael Taylor studio so we are giving you a massive treat this Summer with a huge 50% off our entire ‘Etched Floral’ kitchen collection!

The collection includes oven mitts that make your hands very happy; aprons to make you look good when cooking on the BBQ and some fun & quirky tea towels. They are all available in 4 colours; sizzling Orange, intense Pink, lustrous Turquoise & blazing Black!

HURRY this MASSIVE 50% SALE runs for a limited time only while stock lasts!

You can find all of our collections in our shop as well as a vast range of other fun & colourful products from tech savvy iPad & iPhone cases to kitchen brightening tea towels, aprons & oven mitts!

Enjoy the lovely Summer weather!”