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FREE October Wallpapers

It’s officially October which means that Spring and warmer weather are truly just around the corner!

This month we're offering for free one of our new designs - be brave! Having the courage to try new thing and take chances requires bravery - so we're here to help! This print is available as an A3 gold foil in our shops and at markets.

Enjoy!

2560 x 1440 / 1680 x 1050 / 1440 x 900 / 1280 x 800 / iphone / ipad

The formal bits:

All photos, desktop wallpaper art, and designers are copyright. The use of this wallpaper is free and strictly for personal use. Sharing of these images on Pinterest, Facebook, or any social media is welcome, as long as you source and link back to Toodles Noodles.  If you’d like to blog about this post, feel free to, as long you credit and link back to this post and/or Toodles Noodles. Thanks so much for reading this boring but necessary bit!

New items - Adventure Range

We know we've been saying it for a while now but the day has come! We have started listing some of our new adventure range products on our online stores today! Keep an eye out on our Etsy and Felt stores for new products will be uploaded throughout the week! Also make sure to check our retailers page to find some of these items in a shop near you! Lastly we'd like to thank Jo Rusling for taking such stunning images of our new products! We were lucky and had our photo shoot on her first official day in her new studio and it was perfect! Beautiful lighting, great props, and tons of fun!

Weekly Roundup 24 January

Hip hip hooray for Friday! This week has been a big one for us in the studio! We've been designing a few different brands for clients, new products and even made it into Auckland for a day! 2014 is in full swing now! We are currently in the process of creating new designs and products for the March Gift Fair, so if you have any requests please let us know! We've also made a couple changes around the shop. You'll notice all our prints have been relisted with new images and we're super excited to announce that the gold 'stay awesome' tote is here to stay! This week's roundup includes some beautiful illustrations and great words of wisdom. Enjoy and have a fantastic weekend!

1. Brave The Storm Bandana by Winter Cabin
2. Spiral Travel Notebook by witandwhistle
3. Wool felt screen printed wall banner by UrbanBirdandCo
4. Hunker down with me wall banner by Winter Cabin
5. Screen printed wood plaque: Go Where Love Grows by satchelandsage
6. You are my greatest adventure print by littlelow
7. Hey Good Lookin' Watcha Got Cookin calligraphy lettered tea towel by yoursistheearthshop

Emily McDowell

Emily McDowell is an illustrator, hand-letterer, designer, and writer who lives in Los Angeles. Her story on how she started her own stationery line is extremely inspirational for anyone out there with a 'dream'. After spending nearly a decade working as an advertising art director, writer and creative director, Emily decided to quit her full-time agency job at the beginning of 2011. At the time, she didn't know what exactly she wanted to do, but she knew she needed to try to figure it out. She started with going back to what she most loved to do as a kid - drawing - specifically, lettering — and writing stories.

She started posting her images on her personal Facebook page and after receiving requests from people to purchase them so she thought of opening an Etsy shop. The shop grew, she made a website, and started doing commissioned illustration work in between freelance advertising jobs. She always wanted to have a card line, but had talked herself out of it until January 2013, when she decided to do an experiment. She had 100 copies of one Valentine card she’d written, she put it in her Etsy shop, not knowing what would happen, figuring she’d sell a few. Etsy put it on their Facebook page, and it went viral. Emily shipped over 1,600 individual copies of that card to customers in 8 days. From this experience she decided to create her own stationery line and in May of 2013 she launched a line of 45 cards at the National Stationery Show.

To see more of Emily's work and learn more about her story and work precess make sure to check out her website: www.emilymcdowell.com

Megan Eckman

Megan Eckman is a talented pen and ink illustrator on a mission to rekindle wonder. Megan, is the artist behind Studio MME. She believes that the world is full of wonder and if you look for it, you can find joy and magic everywhere! She believes that YOU feel that same wonder, though it may just be a small ember. Her work can rekindle your wonder and make your world more magical. After earning her degrees in art and creative writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead, she kept a promise to her parents and set out to be in that 10% of graduates who make a living from their work. She packed up my belongings and moved to the California Bay Area for 3 years. In a sunny state of California, she amon a mission to help people like us take back their imagination. She is a strong believer in people needing magic in their lives to be happy, healthy, and enthusiastic about the world around them and her pen and ink illustrations can provide that magic! Megan's words on 'She Started Sewing Young' (image on the right) Sewing is a skill all women need to learn and the younger they start, the better. Or, at least, that's how the saying went in the young seamstress's family. Her own mother had taken up the needle at age 6. She then, had been handed her first pattern at age 4. It was her family's expectation that she would follow in her mother's footsteps and become a whispered name among sewing circles everywhere. To see more of Megan's work and purchase some of her amazing items please click here.

Weekly Roundup 21 September

Happy weekend everyone! Spring is well and truly on its way and with Spring comes new beautiful, fragrant blossoms! This past week I was in Christchurch for a few days and seeing daffodils and cherry trees blossomed all around the city was a truly beautiful site. These past few weeks have been extremely busy around here. Getting all the new summer products printed, shipping out big orders to our lovely stockists, designing a wedding invitation (to be shared soon!), geting the summer market lineup ready, and traveling to Christchurch for a big design job. Needless to say I'm really looking forward to a mini break we're taking over Labour Day! To view what markets we will be doing this summer just click here - this list will be updated with a few new ones over the next few days! I hope you all have a lovely Spring weekend!

1. Hand illustrated gift tags by Australian designer Amelia Herbertson.
2. Superfoods tea towel from New York, each towel is screenprinted by hand with olive & pink water-based inks.
3. Cheerful hand illustrated 2014 wall calendar.
4. Citrus floral recipe tin by Rifle Paper Co - the perfect addition to bring cheer to your kitchen.
5. Limited edition, screen printed canvas tote bag hailing from Spain and illustrated by Depeapa.
6. Beautiful hand illustrated wedding prints and invitations for Maryland.

2013 Summer Preview Collection

We are very excited to finally reveal our new season range which is launching this coming month! This year we are offering not one, not two, but four different calendars! The newest edition to the calendar family is the daily planner. With over 140 pages, this great planner will make those dauntingly busy days a bit easier. The 2014 desk calendar has some of our favourite illustrations plus a few new ones. It fits perfectly on your desk, wall, or countertop. Our wall calendar got a bit of a makeover this year emphasising more on the illustrations, still providing room to write notes on each day of the month, and a new notes column on each page. Our last preview for this post (yes, that's right more to come in later this week!) is the new 'stay awesome' tote printed in metallic gold on black 100% cotton bags. This print run will be limited so get one while you can! We hope you enjoy all the vibrant colours and fun graphics. It just makes us wish Summer was here already!  

New Society6 store

Ever wanted to see our designs on different mediums? Well, we've made that happen! We are super excited to announce that Toodles Noodles now has a shop on Soceity6. More designs will be uploaded in time but here is a sample of what is on the shop now. If you have any requests - please do let us know! Enjoy!

Quill and Fox

We have a new stationery crush!  Quill & Fox are based out of Portland, Oregon and are the makers behind these beautiful cards. Quill & Fox is created by Yas Imamura and her husband Andrew. They run their paper design studio out of their own home. They specialise in hand-designed cards and stationery that bring a sense of nostalgia. Inspired by vintage art, fashion, children's books - you can see why this company is growing so popular! My personal favourie is "love you to the moon and back" - it's just so perfect! You can buy their cards off Etsy - Enjoy! x

FREE May Desktop and iPhone wallpapers

FREE May 2013 Desktop and iPhone wallpapers just for you!

Hello! For this month we decided to go with a classic for the  free desktop and iphone wallpapers! We've also changed things up a bit and have made one option completely without the month incase you want to keep it for longer or use it for a different month. Hope these birds help bring some happiness and tranquility to your screen! x

Desktop Wallpaper Download sizes:

Design only (Widescreen 16:10) 1920x1200 Design with calendar option (Widescreen 16:10) 1920x1200 Design only (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600x1200 Design with calendar option (Fullscreen 4:3) 1600x1200 To simplify things I've only made two sizes of the design but it should work on most screens - just use either the "centre" setting or "fit to screen" if it doesn't look quite right.  

iPhone Download sizes:

iPhone 4 640x960 iPhone 5 640x1136 The formal bits: All photos, desktop wallpaper art, and designers are copyright. The use of this wallpaper is free and strictly for personal use. Sharing of these images on Pinterest, Facebook, or any social media is welcome, as long as you source and link back to Toodles Noodles.  If you'd like to blog about this post, feel free to, as long you credit and link back to this post and/or Toodles Noodles. Thanks so much for reading this boring but necessary bit!