We have a very strong presence in Papyrus at the moment which is fantastic,

well done everyone.

Here are just a few  shots from the Grand Central Station store and just a few

designs that I didn't get to photograph. There are more designs I didn't get so apologies

for that.

Wayne Lockwood

Hilary Yafai

Hilary Yafai

Hilary Yafai

Hilary Yafai

Hilary Yafai on the right

Jean White

Hilary Yafai

Linzi McGivern

Linzi McGivern Jean White & Hilary

Hilary Yafai

Hilary Yafai

and the envelope

Hilary Yafai

and the envelope

Hilary Yafai

and the envelope

Hilary Yafai

and the envelope....and finally

Hilary Yafai

We wanted to share with you just a few highlights from our trip to New York

this December

Views from 'The Top Of The Rock' , or in other words from the top of the Rockefeller

Centre, from the Empire State Building past the new Ground Zero tower to the Statue  Of

Liberty in the far distance......and from the other side a sunnier view of Central Park

The ABC store did not dissapoint with  it's vintage ornaments, tarnished glass and

metal, rich layered, textured and tie-die fabrics...and toadstools!

Anthropologie was a feast for the eyes with layering paper and fabrics, recycled

trees and ornaments, shades of delicate greens...oh and toadstools!

The Bergdorf Goodman windows were amazing as usual, they are just so clever.

This tree was sooo heavy , I dare not pick it up to look up the price but I got the feeling

I wouldn't have enough limbs to pay for it, a great example of layering though.

I have found a link to a site which shows all the windows and they are beautifully

photographed so do have a look, my images just don't do them justice.

www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bergdorf-goodman-wild-holiday-window-displays

Mackenzie Childs has gone with a touch of green too.

Pottery Barn were all traditional with their cushions

Tiffany's widow were this year all about the outside, they certainly made an impression

To finish the trip off we went to see a 1930's influenced show at Radio City.

I hope this little look at NYC has got you in the mood for Christmas.

Following on from Jean's post we wanted to add a few more designs to our ever growing collection for Christmas 2011.

I have been out and about in Nottingham and Derby and Long Eaton to see what I could see.

Please forgive me if I've missed any of your designs as it has become apparent that companies don't always stock their whole range in every store.

I'll start British Homestores and Helen's lovely flittered designs.

Boots were next on my list with offerings from Hilary

Wayne and Michelle were there too.

It is nice to see some bags in the collection. Jean also had bags if you check out her previous post. In John Lewis Rafale was well represented see Jeans post for her designs With  Jean was  also  Jane

and Cara Cassidy and Linzi

and Hilary, some of which Jean has already shown but here are a few more.

patchwork  and characters from Hilary and in ASDA a sparkly foil set from Jean.

In WH Smiths Becky and Jane had cello packs

Julie and Hilary

and Linzi

and last but not least Jean with her hand made and laser cut designs and cello packs

Jean kindly provided scans of her samples from Waitrose as the nearest one to me that is large enough to sell cards is 35miles away!

The felt tip-on to this card is a lovely touch.

Although I did venture out to Morrisons I didn't see Jean's cards there but fortunately Jean had found them in her local store. Here are the scans of her designs.

and finally a trip to Sainsburys reavealed two sets of cards by Cara Casidy and Hilary.

This is only a selection and we will continue to add photos as we find the, but I am sure you will agree that Rafale Design artists are a force to be reckoned with on the High Street this Christmas. Well done to all artists involved!

Thought I'd post some photos from my trip to the Trafford centre last night. Rafale's got quite a

presence in John Lewis, Boots, WHS, I don't think I got anything like all of them. In John Lewis

I've got 2 laser designs:

and Hilary had loads, think there are others, but these are definitely hers:

and Jane's cube of woodland creatures in John Lewis, and fairly sure these are yours in WHSmiths Jane?:

excuse the quality of the photos: /

These are mine in Boots:

And then in WHSmiths I spotted these of mine, one of Jane's and I'm pretty sure there were

plenty of other Rafales in there!:
 

John Lewis link

Boots link