Introducing Ashley Le Quere

So long, fare well, auf wiedersehen, good bye Ashley!

The last three months we have had the luck of having some help from the lovely Ashley Le Quere, a very talented illustrator who loves screen printing. We wish her well on her travels to India and Oz!

Ashley Le Quere graduated from the University of the West of England in 2009 where she studied Illustration. When she is  not drawing she loves to have a good cup of tea and a slice of cake. To find out more about Ashle please visit her website and blog!

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

April Showers, 25% off all umbrellas!

Don't let the crazy weather bring you down.

To stay dry during the April showers we are giving you 25% off on all our umbrellas during April month. All you have to do to get your discount is to write APRILSHOWERS (one word and all capital letters) when you check out.

10 minutes with Ella Doran

The lovely Megan over at LLUSTRE just interviewed me yesterday for their website, you can read the full interview here and grab a bargain at the same time.

Herefordshire in Spring

I had a lovely few days in Herefordshire this Easter - the countryside was so refreshing for me - it was cold, but the mad april showers and blustery weather seemed to clear the air and make the atmosphere all the more refreshing and colourful when the sun appeared. The rapeseed fields were particularly fantastic - for those who have not been it's a beautiful part of the countryside and well worth a visit!

once I got over this stile the sheep ran away - but I managed to capture a few close ups of the beautiful lambs

Sneak peek of my new tray, cushion, hardback notebook

We have been on a photo shoot, photographing some of our new collections and here's a little sneak peek of the bugs and butterflies tray, Portable cushions, Gridlock and sevens notebooks.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Marie Claire's May issue

Here's a sneak peek of an article about Marie Claire's mentoring scheme that I am part of, if you would like to read the full article then look out for Marie Claire's May issue.

Have a nice Easter everyone!

Design Sponge & Surface View

Design Sponge has written a very nice article about Surface View and has featured my Geo mural in it. If you are not familiar with Surface View then you definitely should check them up, they make bespoke prints, murals, blinds and canvases and work with a wide range of designers and photographers and I am one of them.

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!