The Red Gallery aka Material

My lovely little '(Delft) Blue' Amsterdam book has made it into a shop - HURRAH!  Lucy, from The Red Gallery spotted it at The Whitechapel Gallery, London Art Book Fair and got in touch to sell it at both their London shop and their Ludlow shop too.  I am so excited about this!  I got to the shop quite late so the photos are a bit dark, but you can see what a nice space they have and all the other great books and artwork they have for sale by various artists.

You can find The Red Gallery @ 1-3 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DT

And the Ludlow shop @ 131 Corve Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 2PG

Alternatively you can have a browse on their website: www.materialmaterial.com

The Amsterdam book has had the pleasure of being in this shop a month or so now, it looks like it's made itself at home nicely.  This week I dropped off a few of my 'Down Your Street - Old Amersham' books as well as a selection of my Christmas cards for some lucky Londoners!

All of these are also available in my Etsy shop if you can't make it to The Red Gallery or are not local, which you can find at www.etsy.com/charlottevallance


Thank you for reading,

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Mail Art for a YEAR!

The lovely Jessica Mack has been a very busy bunny over the last couple of months with this & that, what-not and life.  But, bless her.  If this is the outcome...I LOVE IT!  I am now the proud owner of a Jessica Mack ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION :-D, she's stocked me up with gift tags (just in time for Christmas present wrapping), a cute notebook + matching pen, a sweet origami bunny and a lovely christmas card.

I had begun to worry that something had gotten lost in the post so was really happy to come home to this package on friday evening after work.  It was a lovely end to my week and start to the weekend - my first weekend after a week at my new job :-D

Most of this I shall be keeping, using, treasuring...but the illustration, I feel deserves a home.  So, it has been framed up and is going under the tree for my sister...I can't give too many details incase she reads the post - I have two sisters so they will be mystified as to which one of them is getting it!  But I know she will love it and it won't be too far away for me to appreciate it still.

Thanks for reading,

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Amsterdam Greeting Cards

A little collection of greetings cards from my '(Delft) Blue' Amsterdam silkscreen book.  I found that the book was so popular that maybe people would like to share it a little, and how better than in the form of a card?  These bad boys are printed onto a matt paper stock and are A6 in size, come with brown envelopes and are being sold in the pairs you see here in my Etsy shop, which you can get to HERE.

A nice little gift set if I do say so myself.  I'm going to look into getting some nice boxes for them to go in...Keep an eye out!


Thanks for reading,

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Jules and The Gang

I've been working with Julie Chard to develop a classic look for her new company 'Jules and The Gang', that will provide catering for 3 levels of service:

Hightum - Smart Dinner Parties
Tightum - Smart Supper Parties
Scrub - Kitchen Table Supper

She wanted a design that was simple, clean, elegant and welcoming.  I found a few fonts, Julie went for this one because of the similarities to her own handwriting.  It's a nice balance of elegant and simple.  What do you think?

I've been a bit quiet on here recently.  There has still been plenty going on but not much to post about!

I've re-printed my '(Delft) Blue' silkscreen book on buildings of Amsterdam, so there is now a second edition of 20 copies - you can find them in my Etsy shop HERE.  I've also printed a small range of greetings cards using sections of the print from the book, which can also be found in my shop.  There is also movement for an Amsterdam Print - yes a flat silkscreen print that you can hang up on your wall!  No book format what-so-ever.  Keep your eyes peeled for updates, or sign up for my newsletter.

Thanks for reading,

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The Sweet Shop

Some lovely little notebooks digitally printed from my original illustrations inspired by the Old Amersham Sweet Shop.  You can see the original illustrations on my facebook page here.  Would make a nice stocking filler for someone with a sweet tooth!

Measures just under A5, on lovely thick stock watercolour paper.

Available in my Etsy Shop here.

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Christmas - YAY!

Last year, I rushed my Christmas design somewhat, mainly because I left it too late.  I was happy with one of the two designs I did but not 100%.

HOWEVER. This year, I'm 100% happy with the eight designs I've done - hurrah!  They are available in packs of 8 ( 2 each of 4 designs at a time) or individually, both through my Etsy Shop - Charlotte Vallance Illustration & Design.  Please do stop by, feedback is very welcome even if you don't feel like purchasing anything.


Merry Christmas, and thanks for reading!


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