Urban Zoologie is one of my first fabric collections. Great news! Urban Zoologie Mini’s are not only available in cotton, but in flannel and slicker. I hope you enjoy both of this collections as much as I do, be sure to go pick these up in your local fabric store.
(photos by Kelle)
Yay! We are teaming up with our friends at Stitch Stash Diva for a Princess Life giveaway. The winner will win 2 yards of fabric from Princess Life (winner’s choice!). To enter to win. 1. Visit StitchStashDiva.com 2. Visit Ann Kelle’s Facebook or Instagram page. 3. Leave a comment on this blog post. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, February 24rd at 12:00 am.
(photo by Kelle)
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s not just a gushy-kinda-romantc love day. It’s a day to throw heart-shaped confetti in the air. Share a cupcake with your best friend. Wear the color pink from head to toe (actually, you should do that everyday). It’s the perfect day to make a handmade card for someone you care about. We hope you have a very happy Valentine’s Day – from your friends, The Girl Friends.
(artwork by Ann Kelle)
Valentines Day is this Saturday. When most people think of this day, they think of romantic love. But, I see Valentines day as a day to spread love. So, whether you have a significant other or not, here are some ways you can spread the love on Valentines day.
1. Make goodie bags full to treats. You can make several goodie bags filled with candy, fruit or fun trinkets. (You could also sew some little bags. See these I made a couple years ago.) Give the bags to random people, colleagues or even people that work at places you visit often (i.e grocery store, coffee shop, mall etc). We did this two years ago and it was a lot of fun! People were totally surprised and seemed to really enjoy the bags.
2. Bake cookies or sweets. Pull out your favorite cookie recipe. After you bake your tasty sweets and decorate them (we baked heart shaped cookies), give them to your neighbor, friends, co-workers, etc..
If you’re not a great baker, you can also purchase pre-made sweets to pass out.
3. Give a bag full of hearts. As an alternative to a bag full of sugary-sweets, you can always fill a bag with heart themed or valentines day items. If you’re feeling crafty, you could make a heart brooch, heart clutch, or even heart pencil toppers .
4. Provide a service. Whether it’s your neighbor, friend, grandparent, new mom, etc., everyone needs a helping hand. Whether it’s raking their leaves, putting out their garbage bin, or bringing them a meal, gifts of service are always a win, win!
5. Pay for someone’s coffee. It is always fun when you’re in the Starbuck’s line, and you go to pay for your coffee and are told that its already been paid.
6. Send Something. You can send flowers, pizza or send both. It will totally be unexpected and a treat for sure!
7. Make Something. Making something can be really fun, but you probably need to start now. Here’s a couple of sewing project ideas: heart pillows, monogram pillow, head band.
8. Be Kind. If you really want to celebrate this day to the fullest, then just be kind to everyone you meet. Pay someone an honest compliment, smile at a stranger, let a person go in front of you at the register or just encourage someone. Kindness is golden!
(top photo found here ; all other photos by kelle)
Valentines day is just around the corner. So, I thought I would start celebrating a little early just to get you warmed up. Have a great Thursday! And remember, you don’t have to wait until Valentines Day to spread the love.
(artwork by Kelle)
I’m really excited to introduce to you my new fabric collection, Princess Life. This is definitely one of my favorites! It is a combination of bright, vivid blues, purples and the color that I heart the most, pink. I thought it was important to have princesses in this collection, so we’re rereleasing my Girl Friends princesses in two new colors to coordinate with this fabric collection. This fabric collection starting shipping to stores in January and is already popping up in stores online.
I think that every little girl should feel like a princess, even if it’s just for for a day. Every princess should have a castle, their own carriage, crown and their own frog that may turn into a prince (fingers crossed, wink wink). Enjoy the pictures! I can’t wait to see what you all make with this fabric collection.
(photos by Kelle)
Valentines Day will be here in exactly 13 days. Here are some Valentines Day cards that I designed exclusively for Tiny Prints. You still have time to order these and share them with everyone that makes “Your heart Go Pop,” or just to spread the love. I have more kids classroom invites, as well as valentines party invitations.
(photos by Ann Kelle)
Starting this month, I’m going to share with you illustrations of the Girl Friends along with a little story. So, before January is over and done with, here is my story/illustration for this month . . .
Snow days are the best! You get to sleep in, cozy up to a warm cup of hot coco and of course, play in the snow. Once bundled up and outside, you can make snow angels, build a friendly snowman or have a snow ball fight. You can even lace up your ice skates and take a twirl on the ice. Snow days are random, special days. But, the best thing about them is when you get to share them with friends.
(story and artwork by Ann Kelle / Copyright 2015)
I’m SUPER excited to share with you my new mini Urban Zoologie prints. We’ve taken many of my Urban Zoologie designs and reduced their size. I tried to take a photo that captured their mini-ness (see below). We also freshened up the collection by adding new colors, including my never-ever-gonna-end-color-crush MINT!!! And I have one . . . okay two more . . . exciting things to share about this line. More on that later. These minis ship to stores March 2015.
Several of the mini prints are identical in color to the original sized prints.
(photos by Kelle)
Another new collection I have coming out in 2015 is more Jingle prints. I had a TON of fun drawing these characters. (See Jingle 1 and Jingle 2). Polar bears, reindeers, doves, christmas bulbs and even my scotties (from my Urban Zoologie line) make an appearance in this collection. This collection ships to stores June 2015. Enjoy the pictures!
An added bonus, a couple of these prints will will also be available on flannel! These prints will also ship to stores in June 2015.
(photos by Kelle)
I have a bunch of new fabric releases that I’m looking forward to sharing with you in the next couple of weeks. First up, is Remix. Before Christmas, I shared the new “holiday” Remix prints. In addition to those, we have a ton of other colors. We’ve added scattered triangles, a grid-like pattern, small dots, and stripes. (more…)
Happy New Year, friends! I hope this year is the BEST yet!
(artwork by Ann Kelle)
I can not believe that it’s already Christmas, guys! Time sure has flown by this year. I’ll be taking some time off to celebrate Christmas and New Years with my family + friends. But, I may pop up from time to time on Instagram. I hope each of you has a Merry Christmas! I have some REALLY fun things to share with you in the new year. Hugs and kisses, kelle
(animated gif by Ann Kelle)
I can’ t believe that Christmas is in 3 days! My new fabric samples came in last Friday and being in the holiday mood, I thought I would go ahead and share what’s in store for you next Christmas. I have a ton of other non-holiday color Remix prints, as well as new Jingle prints, that I’ll share soon. In the meantime, enjoy the sneak peek!
A couple of the new prints include metallics, which are perfect for the holiday season.
These fabric prints are set to be in stores January 2015.
(photos by Kelle)
Here’s a fun little game to help you build your concentration skills. When we played this as kids they called it “The Memory Game” or “Matching Game.” We often played it with cards. This is our take on that same fun little game but we’re using fabric. We took some of our favorite remix pieces and cut them into little hexagon shapes. Download the tutorial here. (By the way, after playing the game, we realized that there is a little room to cheat, because you can see some of the colors on the side. So, you may want to make several of the same color pieces.) Anyway, it still made for a fun time!
(photos by Kelle)
The holidays are fast upon us, which means time with family and friends. What better way to pass time, catch up on how everyone has been doing, and make new memories than over a game of checkers. So, here is a fun tutorial that promises to help create opportunities to bond with family and friends. Whether you’re bonding by making this super cute checkerboard, or you’re bonding by playing on this super cute checker board, it promises to be loads of fun!
Download this tutorial here.
(photos by Kelle)
I’m so happy to share with you my 2014 Christmas Card Collection for Tiny Prints. In addition to Holiday cards, there are also address labels, gift tags, thank you cards, personalized postage, enclosure cards and even an ornament. I’m also excited to pass along our 2014 Holiday promo code (HOLCARDS40), which takes 40% off any holiday card plus corresponding address labels and gift tags. (Read all the details below)
You have a lot of different options for your personalizing these photo cards. You can get the cards with one photo or three and in different sizes. They also come in multiple colors!
Several of the holiday cards also have a new option which allows you to choose the greeting for either Holiday, Christmas or New Years.
And of course there’s pretty festive backs for all the cards!
I also designed a couple of holiday party invitations for your festive occasion! Don’t forget to enjoy the 40% off code and have a wonderful Christmas and an all around awesome holiday season.
Holiday Promotional Information: Offer expires 12/31/2014 (11:59 P.M. PT). Save 40% off Holiday card orders using the code HOLCARDS40 at checkout. There is no minimum purchase required for this promotion. Offer applies exclusively to Holiday cards and is not applicable to previously placed orders, shipping, taxes, rush processing charges, calendars, photo books, gift certificates, personalized postage stamps and Erin Condren weekly planners. This promotion code cannot be combined with other offers. Offer cannot be redeemed more than once per account and/or billing address. This particular offer code can only be redeemed once. Offer is only valid on Tinyprints.com and is not applicable on third party or partner websites. To prevent fraud or abuse, we reserve the right to discontinue or modify this offer or cancel any order.
(photos by Kelle)
I found this easy pom-pom napkin ring tutorial by Art Bar a while ago. The tutorial was super easy and fun! Find the tutorial here.
(photos by Kelle)
As we approach Thanksgiving, I’ve been thinking about all of the things that I am thankful for. I realized one of the things I am very thankful for are my blog readers. So, I thought it would be a good time to thank you for being a supporter of Ann Kelle. So, for the next three weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I’ll be giving away fabric! I am calling this “The Great Giveaway”! Each week it will be something different.
Our first giveaway is for 19 yards of Urban Zoologie flannel. Yes, friends, 19 yards!!! In the coming weeks, some other things we’ll be giving away are Urban Zoologie panels, fat quarter bundles and more! The first giveaway starts today (yes, right now) so enter below. The deadline to enter is Sunday, November 16th at midnight. Don’t miss your chance to win some “great” stuff.
(photos by Kelle)
Happy November! We made fun placemats using my Remix prints in the placemats. A special thanks to Brooke for working with me on the placemats. We worked on six different placemat designs.
I realize that this Thanksgiving tablescape idea is a bit different from the typical warm colors you find this time of year. But, I love my pinks, yellows and blue, even in the Fall.
There’s a total of 6 FREE placemat tutorials, which you can find below.
The “Flying Geese” and “Pixelated Heart” placemats are smaller versions of the free Robert Kaufman quilt tutorials, which you can find here and here.
We kept the quilting pretty simple on all the placemats.
The placemats are also reversible! I used solids on the backs of most of them. I just love the quilting on these!
These placemats came out so bright and happy! I actually kept the table set up like this for a couple days. (I’m thinking of hanging them up on the wall, when I’m not using them).
Grab all the free tutorials below!
Pixelated Heart Placemat Tutorial (based on Robert Kaufman’s “Pixelated Heart” Quilt tutorial)
Herringbone Placemat Tutorial
Plus Placemat Tutorial
Flying Geese Placemat Tutorial (based on Robert Kaufman’s free “Remixed Geese” Quilt tutorial)
Stripe Placemat Tutorial
Triangle Placemat Tutorial
(photos by Kelle)
We used the Blank Slate Pattern Tee Times 3 with my new houndstooth knit to make the shirt. Find the pattern here.
Liberty Worth made this fabric book featuring my Girl Friends prints, as well as some of my other fabric collections such as Wonder, Urban Zoologie and Remix. It’s such a sweet book and a great way of incorporating all the different Girl Friends prints. Read more about how Libery made the book here.
(photos by Kelle)
This sweet dress was made using my new cord fabric. We used Made By Rae’s Geranium Dress Pattern.
(photos by Simply M Photography)
