meet georgette | george gets a girlfriend

We hope by now that you've met Georgette, but if not, here's a little interview with the lady herself...

Georgette
23
Brighton

Hi Georgette, thanks for taking the time to speak to us, you are the infamous George's girlfriend, how have you found being thrust into the limelight?

Well, it's all been quite a shock, I've gone from working in a cafe in Brighton and minding my own business to being recognised when I'm queuing for my tickets at the cinema! (Have you seen Zootropolis? It really is good...) George is very supportive though and a lot of the time it's my bow that gets me the attention, George will be right there and nobody will notice him!

As chameleons you're quite shy, and as you've mentioned, blending in is more your thing, do you have plans to utilise your new found fame?

Well I've started a hashtag on instagram, I post selfies under #georgettethechameleon and I also hijacked #dayofgeorge with some selfies too. I like that I can hide a bit behind my internet persona, in person it's a different story!

How did you and George meet?

We actually met speed dating, thank goodness you only have to talk to each guy for 2 minutes! I was talking to this lizard and I wasn't listening to a thing he was saying as I could see George across the room, well I say see, I couldn't see him, but I could see an empty space, then I spotted his big eyes, and I knew he was the one for me.

What's your favourite accessory?

I always wear this purple bow, I just love it! I once saw Katy Perry wearing one similar and I thought, well if it looks great on her, and we're so similar, it's going to look great on me too!

So there you have it, thanks Georgette! :D



Yup. It's happened. Completely Mad.

ROAR!

Karli

PS Georgette is our collaboration with hello DODO. You can find more sensible information here.

meet our stockists! Porta.

Want to find out more about the boutiques that designosaur is stocked in? The last one of these posts was from Pyramid Gallery. Now to back to our home town Brighton to Porta, an emporium of all that glitters!

David
PORTA
4 Bond Street, North Laine, Brighton

We are a weird and wonderful fashion boutique which tries to appeal to the quirky masses!!! We have been here for 5 years now, and we like to think that we have built a bit of a following thanks to our locally sourced jewellery range, that includes Designosaur amongst other fabulous acrylic brands.

Which designosaur design do you personally like the most?
I LOVE the Sabre Tooth Tiger necklace and the Narwhal! I'm really attached to the fact that I was one of the first people to own a triceratops necklace too!

Which designosaur piece do your customers love?
People are really in love with the dinosaurs, but recently, George the chameleon and the small glittery unicorn pendants* have become firm favourites.

Have you done anything particularly creative/ different with the way you display our products?
We are very lucky to be working very closely with Karli and Jacques, therefore we have access to their own display stands for our shop, which makes it easier for our customers to identify the brand as soon as they come in the shop. Also, I am still hanging on to the idea of having a giant T-Rex in the window to promote designosaur!

What do you hope will come next from designosaur?
We would love to see the "skeleton" range expanded to everyday animals like cats, peguins, sharks, and obviously mermaids and winged unicorns!!! cause yeah, mermaids and unicorns are everyday pets for us!

You heard it here first, mermaids and winged unicorns are everyday pets in Brighton. If you go into Porta make sure you say hey to David, he loves to chat!

ROAR!

Karli

*these are Exclusive to Porta!

i Like CATS x designosaur

A couple of weeks ago we launched a very selfish project with Toby from i Like Cats.

Starting to work on a collaboration in the autumn is never a good idea as the build up to Christmas is INTENSE and unfortunately fun projects like this get pushed sideways. However as it's spring and things are a little less crazy we were able to have ice cream business meeting and play with all our favourite materials!

Emoji purse covered in cats, dinosaurs and emojis!

I won't lie, Jacques really did indulge us in this project, he's not really a pink and fluffy kinda guy himself buy knew that Toby and I had a vision and we were running with it!

Toby creates a whole range of items from prints to jewellery, and tote bags to pocket mirrors. He has created his own purses before and is the bestest-sewerer in all the land.

I think people like my nail varnish more than the bags in these photos...

We wanted to create something pastely, kawaii, fluffy and obviously including our favourite things, cats, dinosaurs and emojis whilst being inspired by the 90s!

FLUFFY! You can get a fluffy clutch and then put your emoji purse inside! WOAH NOW!

Inside of this FLUFFY BEAUTY!

This came together pretty easily, there were no arguments and Toby and I apparently have exactly the same taste (although Toby loves plushies in a way I never could).

Toby - WERKING IT.

Me - SO OVEREXCITED ABOUT THE BEACH HUT WHERE ZOELLA TAKES PHOTOS!

This is what we made! We LURRRVVVEEE them and I hope you do too!

ROAR!

Karli

supermarket sarah

You will hopefully have seen that we have created a Supermarket Sarah Wall along with our crafty besties hello DODO!

We started discussing creating a SMS wall back in 2013 (no really!) and now in 2015 we have finally created it! I won't even try and explain Jacques' "Urban Steps" plan...

We planned the wall and then spent an evening building it at hello DODOs place whilst munching fish and chips and having a few beers, always casual...

So here is is! The way it works is you can click on anything on the wall to buy it! Those bats take your fancy? Click on them for a full description, price and a link to PayPal.. want the dinosaur t-shirt too? CLICK ON IT!

designosaur x hello DODO | Supermarket Sarah Wall

Whilst you're on the SMS website have a look through the other walls, there's some great designers who have created walls including  Camille WALALA, i am Acrylic and Patternity.

Now what's special about our wall is that we have created a whole bunch of new stuff that is exclusive to the wall! Lets have a closer look shall we?

BATS! Bat Wall Hangings designed by hello DODO and turned into acrylic beauties by ourselves. There's a big version and a small one and each bat can be hung from it's left wing, right wing, or upside down by his feet!

This is a close up of the SUPER YUM screen print design which we have created and hello DODO have masterfully printed by hand in NEON OMBRE!

Jacques really wanted to turn hello DODOs Totem design into a necklace, and none of us had any objections cos it looks DOPE! This comes in two sizes depending on how much you want to make a statement!

I do like to wear everything that we design so we turned hello DODOs wall hangings into bat necklaces! I love his cheeky grin and I've already rocked this guy out and about and he looks SWEEEEET!

Finally a none collaboration piece, but still something that is exclusive to the wall - we have created three box lamps with different dinosaurs on in different colours. It's the first time we have created lights to sell and we hope you love them as much as we do!

There are also some designs from hello DODO that you can't buy from anywhere else right now, and classic designosaur pieces in finishes that aren't available on Etsy! Go and have a mooch about, you won't regret it!

ROAR!

Karli

50 shades of George

The 28th February was #dayofgeorge. Not a day that we invented, but that you guys, the George fans, decided was going to happen!

If you don't know who George is, then I don't know where you have been. Read about our collaboration with hello DODO here!

A whole bunch of you wore your necklaces on the same day and showed off George to his full potential, showing that he really does go with everything! Thank you to everybody that took part, we really loved seeing your photos!

@loraleopard

@hannah_would

@jaynekitsch

@victoriapenrose

@dannifromdublin

#dayofgeorge

I had gif issues, I wanted to make a really snazzy gif like this. But then InDesign, .jpegs and Instagram didn't want to be friends so I made a simplified gif above of alllll the 'day of george' photos!

If you have a George and want to share him camouflaging against your own clothes use #georgethechameleon and tag @designosaurYEAH and @hellohelloDODO. We really do love seeing what George gets up to!

Realised how awesome George is, and don't have your own one yet? You can get one here!

ROAR!

Karli

Re: Blog title - 51 people posted photos of George on the #dayofgeorge hashtag... makes sense now right?

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon...

Hello DODO (www.hellododoshop.etsy.com) are our favourite crafty folk and since meeting them last year and loving each other's work this collaboration came naturally! They are clever, witty screenprinters who came up with the idea of  "The Necklace That Goes With Everything!" and so George was born.

Ali and George hanging out

George, is a grumpy chameleon. He is laser cut from very slightly green tinted acrylic, and is perched on a cherry wood laser cut branch before being hung from a 40cm long silver plated curb chain.

Ali and George are best mates

Our designosaur branded gift box has been pimped out by hello DODO with a two colour screenprint in peacock blue and metallic silver water-based, toxic-free ink handprinted on to 300gsm matt card.

Want to get your hands on your very own George? You can here: designosaur Etsy Shop

George hanging out in his tank... I mean box

PS Sorry for the silence. Hopefully this is the beginning of me blogging again!

ROAR!

SPARKLES AND GLITTER!

Everybody loves sparkles and glitter, no?

WELL I DO!

and our latest products are made of the most sparkly stuff ever!

Our little dinosaur brooches have been vamped up and are ready to rave in five awesome glittery colours

Black with Gold Glitter

Red with Red Glitter

Black with Silver Glitter

Turquoise with Turquoise Glitter

Clear with Silver/Holographic/Rainbow Glitter
(yeah you can see the colour but I don't know what to call it officially)

You can get each dinosaur in any of the five colours, just select from the drop down boxes on Etsy.

So you're wondering what can I match this glittery goodness with?

I've done that fashion blogger thing of finding other glittery things for you, no need to thank me.

...well I started to do that, and then I got bored, so I found three glittery pairs of shoes instead. Let me know what you think of the shoes, and obvs the brooches.

Glittery Converse

Glittery Lazy Oaf x Kickers

Glittery-and-I-own-these JuJu Jelly Shoes

ROAR!

Karli

Heroes in a Half Shell

COWABUNGA DUDES!

We've been wanting to make these for a while, we love Hero Turtles and from the likes and favourites we've had across facebook, twitter and instagram, it looks like you do too!

In reference to the Hero Turtles bit. It was Hero Turtles, when I was little it wasn't Ninja Turtles because apparently that was too controversial. Wikipedia it if you like, I'm telling the truth!

However, Jacques is going by Ninja Turtles for a few reasons, 

1) He's a boy and it's cooler
2) He can't remember what happened last week, let alone when we were five.
3) He'll do anything to make me look more crazy than I actually am.

Ninja Turtles, Hero Turtles, they look the same, so let me introduce you to:

Raphael is cool but rude (and also my favourite),

Michelangelo is a party dude, (Jacques favourite)

Donatello does machines,

Leonardo Leads!

Available in big necklaces (see above) and also rings and brooches, (see below). 

Rings and Brooches

The rings and brooches have mirror bandannas for that added sparkle! Totally RAD, right?

To prove how much Jacques and I loved Hero Turtles, here are some photos of us in hero turtle Pyjamas when we were younger... 

Jacques in Hero Turtle T-Shirt or Pjamas I'm not sure, with his mum, little bro Josh and big bro Jamie.

Me in my Hero Turtle Pyjamas

So represent the nineties and get yourself a Hero Turtle! Now available at Porta, 4 Bond Street, Brighton, and on Etsy HERE!

ROAR!

Karli