Next Event: Ripon Cathedral Christmas Gift & Food Fair Sat 23 Nov November 17, 2013 21:31

Our next event is at The Old Deanery, Minster Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 1QS - part of the acclaimed Ripon Cathedral Christmas Gift & Food Fair.

Saturday 23 November - 10.00 am - 4.30pm Adult admission is only £2.50 and accompanied children under 14 years can get in for free!

We'll be selling Christmas cards, greeting cards for other occasions, hand made limited edition lino prints, some unframed, and some framed if you need a ready made Christmas present for someone who loves birds!

Looking forward to seeing you there! Find us in the Old Deanery Hotel on Minster Road in Ripon.

Thank You to All Our Sunday Upmarket Customers! November 11, 2013 17:32

Thank you to all our Sunday Upmarket customers who bought cards and prints yesterday. We had a great day, met lots of lovely people, and will be doing it all again next Sunday! See you there - same time, same place.

Sunday 17 November 10.00am - 5.00pm

Sunday Upmarket, Homegrown Market, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL

Nearest tubes: Aldgate East and Liverpool Street

Thank You to All Our Thames Ditton Customers! October 14, 2013 17:46

Many thanks to all our customers who bought lino prints and cards at the Thames Ditton Craft Sale this weekend. We met loads of lovely people and are really looking forward to future events here.

Frog Cards Are Here! October 11, 2013 20:13

Frog cards have arrived from the printers! Hurray!

There's a green Christmas one, a green birthday one, a purple congratulations one - and a plain random purple one for any occasion!

They'll be uploaded soon ready to buy!

Homegrown - The Old Truman Brewery Market September 15, 2013 19:36

Thank you to all our customers today at the Homegrown Market, The Old Truman Brewery Market, Brick Lane, London E1.

We had another great day, and look forward to doing it all again on Sunday 29 September! Hope to see you there!

Homegrown Market, The Old Truman Brewery Market August 19, 2013 07:04

I-Love-Markets, Sunday Up-Market, Brick Lane July 29, 2013 21:11

Thanks to all our customers who bought cards at the I-Love-Markets Pop Up Event at the Sunday Up-Market yesterday. We had a great day - even though it was a bit too hot! Come back to find out more about future events.

Top selling cards:

St John Fisher RC Primary School Summer Fayre July 8, 2013 14:42

Many thanks to all our customers who bought cards yesterday. It was a bit of a scorcher at 30 degrees celsius, but thankfully the organisers had put gazebos up for us stall holders.

Luckily the ice cream van was next to us .... ; )

Congratulations! First Year Anniversary! June 23, 2013 12:31

Hooray! Today is the first year anniversary of www.louiseslater.com ! Drinks all round!

First Anniversary Tomorrow! June 22, 2013 10:27

To celebrate the first anniversary of www.louiseslater.com tomorrow, we're offering a free give away to the first person who answers the question correctly on our Facebook page - Louise Slater Cards & Prints. Check out the competition tomorrow - Sunday 23 June.

Now Selling at Hand Made In Bradford June 6, 2013 13:04

Delighted to have been chosen to sell my cards at Hand Made in Bradford - 11 Market Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire

You can buy my Father's Day cards there!

For more information see www.facebook.com/HandMadeInBradford

New Cards for Father's Day Sunday 16 June May 24, 2013 18:10

Have a look at our new cards added today with Father's Day in mind, but, as all the cards are blank inside, you could use them for many other occasions, such as birthdays, thank you - or any other message you would like to write.

The original drawings were made with ink and brush, and oil pastels.

These cards come in packs of 4, so you can use them for several occasions.

Work in Progress - for Christmas! May 16, 2013 11:46

Here are some previews of work in progress for Christmas themed lino prints and cards. It's so cold here at the moment it feels like Christmas won't be long!

Experimenting with purple and green at the moment - though think I will do a traditional red and green version too.

What do you think - purple and green or red and green?

Facebook Competition: Flower Cards April 26, 2013 10:24

Congratulations to Moira McTague for winning my Facebook competition! Moira correctly identified the chrysanthemums in the flower stall cards and won a free pack of 5 cards!

Have a look at Moira's art work on www.facebook.com/MoiraMcTague - she's created some beautiful nature drawings and watercolour paintings.

Find Louise Slater Cards & Prints on Facebook to see future promotions for those who like my page.

Now on Etsy.com February 22, 2013 14:53

Just to let you know I've opened up a little shop on Etsy. Have a look and see what you think.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LouiseSlaterCards

Colour Reduction Lino Print Process February 8, 2013 12:59

Colour reduction lino print process: how is it done? Well, first of all you draw your image on to the lino tile and then cut away the first lines, which if you're printing on white paper, will be white!

My first colour for this print was yellow, so now I have several yellow and white prints.

Using the same lino tile, I then cut away any areas I want to remain yellow, because I'm going to ink up the tile in another colour, this time green and print over the top of the yellow prints.

I've now got lots of yellow and green lino prints. But I need blue on the image - for the blue tit obviously - so I now wash the lino and cut away all the areas I want to remain green. There's not much of the lino tile left by now! I then ink up the tile with blue and print on top of the yellow and green prints. It's quite a long process, because I have to make sure the ink is dry in between colours and sometimes that can take several days!

Et voila !

All I have to do now is sign and number them!

Now on Folksy.com January 31, 2013 08:27

You can now find Louise Slater Cards & Prints on Folksy.com, the website for modern British craft. You can find our Valentine's Day cards on there, individually priced if you only need one, and let's face it, you probably won't want more than one!

http://folksy.com/items/4075710-Blue-Sparrow-Pair-Valentine-s-Day-Card

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