McDonalds .. but not as we know it !

While driving back home from New York we took a detour through Williamsburg, and spotted a McDonald's that looked a little out of the ordinary. The interior was decorated with Americana from the fifties and the place had a great feel to it. Here are some of the photo's :

Even the tables and chairs were fifties inspired too. It wasn't quite like stepping back in time, but it was certainly a pleasant change from their usual places !

It's the 1st of June already !

This year has really gone by so fast ! We have no excuses for not updating recently except that we have just been so busy. At least the busy is all positive, and we have almost got through all the follow ups from Surtex now.

We apologise that the Followers box has been missing, but it looks like Blogger has it fixed now. 

We have been amazed at all the William & Kate merchandise over here like paperback books, hardback books, dvd's and anything British ! Virtually all the gossip magazines had a special edition just for the Royal Wedding.  We think with the Olympics coming up next year it's a great time to be British !

We found these in our local Books A Million store :

Surtex 2011 Update !

Thanks to everyone who came to our booth at Surtex this year. Last year was great but this show turned out to be our best ever, so all the planning and work that went into the booth was well worth it in the end !

Here are a couple of photo's of the booth :

The halloween theme really caught peoples eye this year, and the bigger booth really helped with being able to work with more people at the same time. 

Andrea at Surtex 2011

Andrea has developed several new techniques for her latest prints. She has cleverly combined these with strong new colours and characters, that have been creating a great impression amongst our clients.

Melissa Held

Melissa has made some gorgeous handmade greeting cards for the Surtex show, and also added a lot of exciting new artwork to her prints in the collection. She has taken a new direction with her florals, and they are certainly getting a lot of attention from visitors to the booth.

Jennifer Rehm at Surtex 15th - 17th of May

Jennifer has designed some great new art for Surtex this year. Her characters are always so cute, and her use of colour and fills really make her prints stand out. We will have her collection of prints at Surtex, and also artwork that is available specifically to license.

Here is a taste of what is new in the collection :

Rachel Westhead at Surtex 15th -17th May

No apologies for not updating the blog this week. We have been working from 8.00 in the morning till 9.00 at night printing out artwork, printing posters for the show, and doing all those other things that go into making an exciting booth.

Rachel Westhead is a really exciting designer that has been with us for three years now, and her gorgeous artwork is doing really well. She has a creative style all of her own and her use of colour is outstanding. You can see a portfolio selection online at the Cinnamon Joe Website : http://www.cinnamonjoestudio.com/Rachel.html

Here is a glimpse of Rachels new work she has sent us for the Surtex show.

If you would like to see Rachels full collection of prints please email us info@cinnamonjoestudio.com or come and see us at Surtex at Booth 312 from the 15th to the 17th of May !