Featured Designer: Deborah Kaplan

Since Ruth was born I have been blown away by the amount of adorable children’s prints that I have seen. They are almost impossible to resist and I find myself wanting to dress Ruth in as many prints as possible. The poor girl is probably going to rebel when she grows up and only want to wear solids. ; )

Today’s featured designer, Deborah Kaplan, is one of the designers behind those irresistible children’s print collections and created all the lovely prints that you see above. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2008 and lived in New York City before moving to “the magical and mystical Portland, Oregon.” Deborah now specializes in hand drawn prints for the children’s and women’s markets. She prefers to hand illustrate her prints, but also enjoys printmaking- screen-printing, woodblock and etching and recently started Little Honey, a textile design studio which specializes in unique hand illustrated prints for children’s apparel, home goods, and any other design need. “Our aim to is to make something one of a kind and special for little ones and their magical worlds.”

Deborah is currently available for freelance work and is starting a line of children’s linens and home textiles in the near future!

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