PREGNANCY & BIRTH

Among the stories in the latest edition of Pregnancy & Birth (September/October 2010) is a short article on updating your nursery when your second child isn't the same sex as your first. In swapping back from Girls to Boys they offer up our Sarah Jane Studios Dinosaur Print as one of the options for boys. I like it.

If you can't quite make it out, here it is below again.

Dinosaur Print $35

SARAH JANE STUDIOS

The first print from Sarah Jane Studios I ever saw was this one...

Addie & Ellie Play Tea Party II

...absolutely delightful. It's perfect in every way. Once seen, I knew I had to have it for the shop. It captures every detail of a childhood rite of passage but still charms in its simplicity. Like all of her prints, a nostalgic memory for an adult and beautiful picture to look at for a child. We have added two new Sarah Jane prints to our collection, both available in different variations depending on the room they're heading to or child they'll belong to.

Firstly, there's Three Chairs, Sarah Jane's interpretation of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. It's available with red, green and blue chairs, which is a lovely option for a boy's nursery or a shared room for young children. Or you can have red, pink and yellow chairs, perfectly sweet for a girl's room. Like all of our Sarah Jane Studios prints they are $35.00, and great value for money we think.

Three Chairs I

Three Chairs II

And then I love these. In fact, so much so I'm getting Read with Me III, framed for a wall in the office. Once again, love the sweetness and simplicity of the detail, and LOVE that you can choose hair and outfit colours too and get the perfect match for little miss' reading corner.

Read With Me I

Read With Me II

Read With Me III

Read With Me IV

Sarah Jane Studios

April Showers $45.00

Just before Christmas we were so excited to receive our first set of prints from Sarah Jane. They are one of the topics I've been wanting to blog about for awhile as I think they are so special and remind me of illustrations I recall from my own childhood. They're simple and sweet yet beautifully detailed and coloured. They are printed with archival pigment ink on heavy weight Hahnemuhle Museum etching paper that is 350gsm, natural white, 100% rag and acid free. I especially love the tea party prints, in fact my current mailing cards are also printed with one of the tea party themes. I sent one to a friend not so long ago and she's framing it to hang on the wall in her daughter's bedroom.

Tea Party $45

As it is always so much easier finding lovely things for girls rooms, and I dare I admit it - more fun eek - we're really striving to expand our range for the little fellas this year. In light of that, have to say I'm really liking SJ's new dinosaur print. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not crazy about pterodactyls strung from the ceiling or snarling jurassic-parkesque creatures scattered all over the floor but I do think I'd be very happy to put this print up on the wall and feel very much like I was participating in the theme...

Dinosaur $45