ARCHIVE - JAN 2026 - part 3
30 January 2026
Friday Fuel - Dinosaurs
Spotted is bringing in some regular end-of-week inspo. When your creative fountain runneth dry and you have drawn a tractor or Santa one hundred and eighty seven ways, spotted is here to offer some fresh takes on the oldest faves of the print industry's dead certs!
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Kicking things off with the absolute kids winner that is dinosaurs!
Here are some beautiful online finds from the high street
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Friday
Fuel!
29 January 2026
Snippets of Whimsy - Uplifting Lettering
Kenzie Kae Elston is the name behind the Whimsy! Known for her playful & uplifting hand lettering, Kenzie began her career at a branding agency designing for two of Procter & Gamble’s most recognizable brands, Pampers and Always. Kenzie now primarily freelances and licenses art to a variety of gift, garden, stationery and home decorating companies.
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Kenzie also co-hosts retreat workshops under the name Restart Retreat and they look beautiful!
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work with Kenzie - snippetsofwhimsy.com
workshop with Kenzie - www.restartmakeart.com
28 January 2026
Tabby Booth - Silhouette Style
Tabby's work treads an interesting parallel path between illustration and raw, traditional painting - exploring themes of mythology, mysticism, and the sea. A fascination with folk and outsider art, combined with a passion for interiors, results in bold yet playful imagery. Designed, as Tabby says, for the walls of bold, playful people.
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Her new creative space 'Cult of Create' launches imminently on Substack. Click here to get involved!
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website - www.tabbybooth.com
insta - tabby.booth.artist
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27 January 2026
Croissant - Partout
Brunch icons are everywhere & croissant is king! Here is a lovely selection spotted online. I want them all straight dans mon bicycle wicker basket.
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Primark
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Dunhelm
Caroline Gardner
Matalan
Eleanor Bowmer
River Island
Sainsburys
The Range
26 January 2026
Helen Dardik - Playful Toomuchery
...that's in Helen's own words & I can't get too much of this toomuchery!! Ottawa based Helen is a professional Illustrator, Painter & Surface Pattern Designer. Her vibrant & folksy work takes you to another world. A world which, funnily enough you can visit, as part of her regular & up and coming workshops! Yes!
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See her website for more details, and do visit her gorgeous prints & originals shop;
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visit - www.helendardik.com
insta - instagram.com/helen_dardik
23 January 2026
Stamford Roadtrip - Part 2
A couple more noteworthy bobbydazzlers on the spotted road trip for you.
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Iris and Violet - Shop Had a beautiful selection of womenswear accessories, gifts & homewares. These two greetings cards especially caught my eye. One by Hadley Paper Goods. How fun is their slightly wonky champers bottle congrats card? The other by Edyta Demurat for Studio Boketto. The sweetest shape, colours & sentiment.
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Murano Silver - Jewellery & gift shop had a gorgeous range of contemporary & classic silver, perfectly paired with a neat range of greetings including this sweetypie by Type and Story
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All, full feature worthy! :)
Type and Story
Murano Silver
Demurat & Boketto
Hadley Paper Goods
Demurat & Boketto
22 January 2026
Martin Haake - Creative Juggernaut
Multi-award winning, Berlin based Martin, is an absolute bottomless pit of creativity! His work is incredibly generously & richly detailed, with a distinct influence of the Surrealists and DADA artists of the last century. The complexity of his layered scenes and charm of his collaged crops bring a playfulness to his worlds and worlds of characters. And don't even get me started on his maps..
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Ich liebe es!
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Visit Martin's website - www.martinhaake.de
or Instagram - www.instagram.com/martin_haake
21 January 2026
Oliver Bonas - New Season
Spotted went on the road this week! One of these stops included Oliver Bonas - Stamford. What a beautiful retail experience. From its baby pink store front to its ranges bursting with opposing colour wheel combos - Olly B's was nailing the newness.
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Here's a small round robin of greetings-a-plenty, womenswear & a smattering of homeware goodies. Hardcore cat lover on the buying team.. I see you.
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Shop in store & online - oliverbonas.com
Featured cards credits - Archivist - Charlotte Farmer - Carolyn Suzuki Goods - Rifle Paper - Ohh Deer - Badger and Burke - Sunshine LLama - Rosie Foden - Stengun Drawings - Lagom Design - Hanna Werning
Charlotte Farmer
Carolyn Suzuki Goods
Badger & Burke for Ohh Deer
Rosie Foden for Sunshine Llama
Rifle Paper Co
Rifle Paper Co
Hanna Werning for Lagom Design
Stengun Drawings
Archivist Gallery
20 January 2026
Lion & Leopard - Baby & Kids Pros
LION & LEOPARD is a creative design studio, led by award-winning designer, Caroline Cummock. With a heap of experience designing baby interiors, toys, garment and prints for the baby and kids market in the UK and Europe for both small boutique brands and giant retailers, Caroline is absolutely the creative experience your kids brand needs.
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Oh, & the softness of their baby prints are just the sweetest!
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Visit - lionandleopard.co.uk
Instagram - @lionandleopardstudio
19 January 2026
Subhashini Narayanan - Pattern &
Print
Spotted on Pinterest this week, linking to the most adorable cat print fabric (see below). Chennai based Subhashini's body of work is like a huge rainbow hugging you! Her whimsical, dreamy art uses watercolour, gouache, and ink. Inspired by nature, wildlife, and florals, Subhashini's joyful contemporary designs are hugely appealing & make us all wish we were a more capable seamstress!
Visit her fab website -https://subhashininarayanan.com/
16 January 2026
Jess Moorhouse - Licensing Legend
Spotted online and I'm pretty sure, in half the high street! West Yorkshire based Jess has moved from 7 years of greeting experience into freelancing for Children's Wear, Publishing, Homeware and even a spot of Branding! Her style is bright, playful & uber commercial. She is available for projects & has a print ready library of licensing goodies. Yay!
Visit her fab website - jessmoorhouse.co.uk
