Sample Sale Repeat

ELLA DORAN SAMPLE SALE 27-28th APRIL

Thank you to all who made it to our sample sale in March. We were delighted to meet so many of our customers personally and surprised by how many of you emailed us to say you were sorry you couldn't make it. So, we’ve decided to organize another studio sale this month. There will still be plenty of stock of cushions, coasters, table mats, mugs, trays, paper products, etc. - and it may be the last big studio sale for a while as we’ll be moving most of our stock to a fulfillment centre. The date for the last sample sale is;

Friday 27th April 10am-7pm

Saturday 28th April 11am-5pm

The studio is a walking distance from Haggerston Overground station, and we're tucked in between two residential homes. Hope to see you then!

The address is;

Ella Doran Design Ltd.

57a Lawford Road

London N1 5BJ

The Sample Sale

The sample sale was great! The sun was shining and it was very warm for being March and a lot of people dropped by. We had such a good time that we actually forgot to take photos...but we did take some when we set everything up and here they are.

Thanks to everyone who dropped by, it was great to meet you all!

Ella Doran Wall Calendar for 2012

2011 is coming to it's end so we thought it might be a good idea to show our wall calendar for 2012, filled with pattern, patterns and more patterns of all sorts. The Wall Calendar is available in our online shop.

Sweet Bricks for July

Sunlight Through Leaves for March

Sevens for April

Paper bag making

Christmas is just a few days away so we thought we would share one of our favourite tricks, how to make lovely paper-bags!

Today is also the last day that Freya is with us in the studio, and she is phenomenal with all kinds of paper cutting and folding so we thought that we would ask her to make a little "how - to" and here it is;

1. You will need a glue stick, a hole puncher, paper (magazines, wrapping paper etc works perfectly) and some string and a scissor.

2. Start by folding over the long side of the paper by about an inch and glue down.

3.Turn the paper over and almost fold in half, leaving about 1 inch extra. Fold this extra over and glue

4.Now we will make the bottom of the bag, fold up about a third of the way up. Fold this out and crease down. Fold up over half way, see image. Either glue, tape or close the bottom with a nice sticker.

5. To make the sides of the bag we need to fold them on both sides.

7. Make holes for the handles with a hole puncher on both sides and make handles out of ribbon or string.

Voila, done!

Thank you Freya!

Freya is a london based illustrator specializing in bespoke paper cut works, designing and creating pieces and works from websites to weddings. She graduated from UAL London college of communication in june 2010 and has been working on various commissions since, from greetings cards, to album covers, to branding and logo's. Since October we have had the luck of having Freya with us for a three month long work-placement, and today is the last day,

Thank you so much Freya, you will be missed!

To see more of Freya's work please visit her blog.

This paper bag is made with our double sided flat wrap Stacks and Stripes.

Competition Time!

Win an Ella Doran Calendar and Diary for 2012!

Answer the question below, and the first correct answer wins!

'In which British film, about a diary-writing woman's search for real love, can you spot Ella Doran's products in the kitchen?'

Leave your answer in the comment box with your email address and we will contact the winner before Christmas.

Good Luck!

Some photos from last night

Here are some photos from last nights Christmas market at Rough Trade. Thanks to Freia and Serena who helped us with all the wrapping and to everyone that dropped by!

FREE Geo Diary!

Thanks for 2011 everyone!

As a little thank you we are giving away a free Geo 2012 diary with every purchase over £10 before Christmas.

New Christmas Range : Vintage baubles !

Christmas is just around the corner and I have made a new collection of Christmas wrapping papers, boxes and bags that now are available in my online shop. Above an image of our Vintage Baubles Crackers, that comes in a box with 6 crackers, £12.50

To see more of our new Christmas products, please go to;

Wrapping paper, boxes and gift bags

New Cards!

I have a brand new collection of cards!

The 3 featured here have been printed on a lovely watercolour stock and the envelope is made of 100% recycled craft paper, to see the full collection click here