Petit Collage

Are you calling us a wallflower?

Well then, we'll gladly accept the compliment! We received a great blog posting from SF Gate featuring a lot of our new products

for Fall that will turn your blank walls into wallflowers, too.

Behind the scenes photo shoot!

We completed our photo shoot for the Fall catalog. This week we are putting finishing touches on it and then off it goes to the printer next week. We are so excited about some new goods we're making - there is all kinds of art being made in the studio these days! 

Petit Peek for April

Hola! We know, we know, it has been a bit too long since we've been in touch. But the hint of spring around the corner has us excited to open the door of our studio and share some of our fun new things -- designed just for the petit ones in your life (or those young at heart!).

MEET OUR NEW ALPHABET POSTERS:

Transportation Alphabet Poster - 18x24"

Spring also has us thinking about getting out of town. Little adventurers can expand their go-go-vo-cabularies with this A-Z transportation poster. Yes, A is for Airplane but what about K is for Kayak and Z is for Zeppelin? Vroom-Vroom!

 

Dress Up Alphabet Poster - 18x24"

"1, 2, buckle my shoe" meets A-Z look at me! We love the idea of seeing this on a child's wall as she grows. Getting dressed, learning A-B-C's and naming objects -- playtime in her room will have a new dimension. 

Can't decide which to choose? We've made it easy!

From today till 4/24/2011, take 30% off all posters from www.petitcollage.com. Use code "happyspring" when you check out.

 

NEW DELUXE BAMBOO MOBILES:

We love texture. So it just seemed natural when we were designing our elephant mobile to add some texture and color to their ears! They feature 100% wool felt and the colors really pop. We are really happy with how these turned out. You can almost see their ears flapping about!

You told us and we listened. ALL of our mobiles now come fully assembled. Just open the box and hang it -- Ta Da!

 

 

New Wall Decals and SF Renegade

We're so happy to finally have sent our new wholesale fall catalog to print. It's chock full with lots of new goodies! While we can't let you in on all the new products just yet, here's a little sneak peek of what we'll be offering. These are now available in our online shop and soon in a store near you. 

 

Complete your nature-themed room with this beautiful Tree Growth Chart. It's filled with wonderful patterns roduced from our large collection of vintage wallpaper. This growth chart measures heights from 1.5 to 4 feet (centimeters also included!) and comes with 2 birds, three branches, three apples, and 46 leaves; all repositionable. The finished tree should measure 15"x46. We've also turned one of our best-selling collages on wood into a more affodable piece for your walls. 

 

This new Blue Elephant Baby fabric wall decal is quite large measuring around 20"x20". Blue Elephant Baby decal Like all our other decals, these are crafted of high-quality adhesive fabric, not vinyl. They never lose their stickiness so you can apply them over and over again. Removable and repositionable, our fabric wall decals are waterproof, will not rip, wrinkle, or leave any residues. Truly magical! You can find these and much more on our website at www.petitcollage.com 

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The 3rd Annual San Francisco Renegade Craft Fair is coming this July 31-August 1. We'll be there with lots of new products and special pricing just for the show.

With over 200 of today's finest indie-craft talents and lots of craft-workshops in store, this fair is sure to be nothing less than amazing. Come see us!

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Many thanks to all who participated in Designmom's Petit Collage giveaway last week; there were over 1000 comments!!! We gave out a $150 gift card to a very lucky reader. For those that missed out, be sure to check out our blog as well as our twitter often for updates on new giveaways and specials.

In celebration of the success of this event (and also reading this far into our newsletter, hurrah!), you can still enjoy 20% all products (excluding canvas) in our online shop. Just use the code "designmom". This gift expires 7/31/2010.

June News!

We've been working in the studio with the windows open and that can only mean summer weather is finally upon us in San Francisco! There are lots of news to share with you this month, especially since we were so busy we didn't have a chance to send a hello to you in May, whoops!

Well, let's get on with it then . . 

    

These two new city prints made their first debut in April during our month long pop-up show at Zinc Details. Until now, they were available in store only but we're now introducing them to our online shop and Etsy. These pieces were done as an ode to the two cities Lorena Siminovich has lived in: San Francisco and New York. On a side note, Lorena grew up in the city of Buenos Aires, but we figured that wasn't going to be so popular.

As with all our prints on wood, these cities are made from sustainably harvested maple veneer and are available in two matted sizes: 8x10 inches and 11x14 inches with an option of custom framing.
 
Click on the photos above for more information on pricing as well as close up shots.

And if you didn't leave your heart in San Francisco or in the big apple, we also love this town print which we've renamed: "It takes a village".

We received many requests to add a new color way to our best selling animal alphabet poster. And here it is!
   
We call it "Basic". A vintage take on primary colors, this new screenprinted poster was inspired by the colors seen throughout Lorena's collection of children's books from yesteryear.

Printed on 100% recycled paper using beautiful water based inks, this print measures 18x24 inches and can fit standard frames. Availalble now in our shop!

Last weekend we had a photoshoot for our upcoming 2010 catalog. We were blessed with bright sunny weather and had the kids pick lemons in the backyard to make lemonade inbetween shots.We can't wait to show you all the amazing photos we took and the new products that are in store!

Here's a little sneak peek of behind the scenes with Lorena and Annie setting up for the last shoot of the day: the cover photo!

 

 

Fabric Wall Decals

We've had so many requests for Petit Collage wall decals over the years. We were reluctant at first due to the fact vinyl seemed to be our only option. Not only is vinyl not eco-friendly, it is not reusable and some vinyl decals can even include harmful quantities of phthalates and heavy metals!

After many countless hours of research and development, we've found the perfect material to use and now we can't wait to show you our new wall decal collection!

Our Petit Collage adhesive wall decals are made from fabric, NOT vinyl. That means not only are they waterproof and removable, they are also easily REUSABLE! We've even tested our decals under running water. After letting them dry for a few minutes, they still stuck to the wall, like new! These decals are so easy to apply on any non-porous surface and will not leave any residues behind.

In a nutshell, these new fabric wall decals are truly amazing and well worth the wait. We have many more decal ideas in the works and would love to hear your feedback on any designs you want to see!

Our first two designs include:

1. Wallpaper Pennants    Create your own colorful garland with this collection of 12 rainbow pennants! Each pennant features a very high quality reproduction from our large collection of vintage wallpaper and patterns.

2. Giraffe Growth Chart

    This giraffe is reproduced from a collage of different wonderfully patterned vintage paper. Features both inches and centimeters and includes five fabric decal "frames" to put in photos of your growing little one.

Both designs are available in our shop at www.petitcollage.com

RAWR!

 

Brand new limited-edition collage on wood. Now available in our shop!

New for Spring!

We're getting some real nice sunny weather here (between bouts of horrible rain and wind). This hopefully means Spring's on its way! And with Spring, comes new Petit Collage products.

Meet the newest addition to the Petit Collage family...FABRIC WALL DECALS! Our first design features adorable pennants reproduced from our wide collection of vintage wallpaper. These are made in the U.S.A. and are printed on fabric; these are removable, reusable, and safe for all walls (will not leave any sticky residues) and did I mention, they're also unwrinkable (if that's a word!). These pennants comes in sets of 12, each pennant measuring 6" x 6.5". Available in our shop for $72.

 

"WALLPAPER PENNANTS" FABRIC WALL DECAL

Brand new bamboo mobiles have also been added to our shop as well! Meet our newest farmyard and forest friends :)

FOLK FARM MOBILE

FOREST FRIENDS MOBILE

And new in Stationery, is our Owl Journal, published by Chronicle Books:

New Letterpress Notecards!

Hot off the Press!

Well, months of hard work have finally paid off. We're so excited about what's coming soon to our shop that we had to give you a sneak peak!

HAND-PRINTED LETTERPRESS CARDS ON BAMBOO PAPER

 

We worked with a super letterpresser (thanks Brad!) to develop these exciting new additions to our Petit Collage family.

These will be available early February to our shop with matching envelopes. Sign up to our mailing list to be sure you'll get the news as soon as they are up!

p.s. Did we mention they're on bamboo paper?!

*photo credit: Brad O'Sullivan