another amazing design by stephsayshello

Just wanted to quick post these new flyer designs by steph baxter aka stephsayshello reetsweet's resident illustrator and designer! Check her website here. We are loving the spring colours - just the ticket in january - yeehah! Roll on 2012...

totally sweet! : steph says hello's new design for reetsweet!

Hello there reetsweeters! You may find you'll be seeing a lot more of our flyers and posters around leeds so watch, this, space! Steph says hello (aka Steph Baxter) has once again surpassed herself and produced us an amazing autumn flyer for the august/oct fairs...thank you steph!! To see more of her fantastic work got to her website! Thank you please! x

She's the one....

I first fell in love with Steph whilst reading the excellent 'Oh Comely' maagazine, a magazine for women full of creativity and fun, recipes and intelligent writing, rather than rubbish quizzes on 'should you dump him?' or 'how do lose 6lbs in a week'. Steph's work was a main feature. Steph aka Steph Says Hello will be appearing at reetsweet again, as she continues to design for us and is, and always will be our little vip!



See you april 3rd @reetsweet Steph! And thank you for everything x

reetsweet says hello to stephsayshello!

I think I would like to stake a claim as being Steph Baxter's no 1 fan (aka stephsayshello), I first stumbled accross some of her work in the fab 'oh comely' magazine and noticed she lived nearby. Never in a million did I think she would want to take part in reetsweet and come have a stall (woop!), so I was even more delighted when Steph agreed to design our next few flyers - frame them guys, and collect each one as one day I promise, this girl will be very very famous...here's Steph telling us a bit more about herself! See her at reetsweet on sunday!...

Whats the name of your stall and how did you choose it?
Aw, I'm quite boring really - Steph Says Hello is just the name of my Illustration business, I wanted to keep some continuity so I stuck with the same name. I can't actually remember the reason why I decided "Steph Says Hello" was a good idea. I think I just wanted something simple and happy. Like me, pretty much!



How did you start out making handmade?
I've always been into making things. I think its just my creative nature. I remember when I was about 6 making everyone painted flower pots for Christmas. I mean literally everyone. They were pretty terrible, looking back.. But I've always loved making things. I'm really getting into it now and would love to have a business doing it alongside my illustration work.

What keeps you inspired?
I've found the internet to be my biggest source of inspiration. You can find so many lovely, pretty things to look at - I have to limit my time on here because I could easily get nothing done at all. I particularly like looking through Flickr, Folksy & Etsy. You can find some really, really beautiful things to buy and be inspired by!

What kind of customer do you find enjoys your work? I actually don't think I could answer that! I always think that I have an idea of who would typically buy my things (female, 20's, into arts & crafts.. So me really!) But I'll continually surprised and get a complete mix of customers, which is really nice. Generally everyone is who buys from me though, is pretty playful and maybe has a childish sense of humour and fun :)

Steph says hello designs our new flyer!!!

A preview of steph's new flyer for our next event - Steph will also be exhibiting her work to buy at the event at the corn exchange on dec 5th! See her more of her work at here website. Thank you so much to Steph for her fantastic design!

Steph says hello to reetsweet!

I am really excited to announce our newest stallholder for the reetsweet craft event in leeds - Steph Baxter from 'Steph says hello'.... Steph is a freelance illustrator from the fair city of leeds. Her drawings are full of very bright colours and happy little creatures.





When Steph isn't illustrating things for people she can usually be found drinking lots of tea and crafting little lovely things out of felt and paper for people to enjoy. One day she would love a little shop selling only cute things. Steph has worked for clients such as Mother & Baby Magazine, Dentsu Agency, Goodbyn and Sainsbury's.




...Steph will be hosting a stall at reetsweet's art design and craft fair in Leeds on Nov 7th at the Corn Exchange...