New Spoonflower Shop Banner and Logo

Time for a little refreshing update! This is an older tulip design that I used in the new banner of my Spoonflower shop, they make such gorgeous little napkins! I wanted to incorporate both the Dutch and Kiwi (New Zealand) parts of The Dutch Kiwi. My original logo was of a Tui, a New Zealand native bird, based on a photo I took at the very bottom of the South Island in a town called Bluff.

It was part of a 30 day caravan trip around the South Island just after covid restrictions lifted to allow us to travel around the country. We took a day trip to Bluff to check out the very bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. While watching the kids look through all the beautiful stones at the beach, I sat on a bench near a large Harakeke (flax) and this beautiful Tui came and hung out with me. Singing a beautiful song and drinking the nectar from the flowers.

I was looking at my logo the other day and realized that most people outside of New Zealand would not recognize the Tui as a New Zealand bird. Since most of my sales and online presence is outside of New Zealand I wanted the link to be more obvious. So I went with a kiwi silhouette I drew a long time ago, but now I was wondering how to acknowledge my Dutch roots. Clogs with little a tulip motif on the tops! It felt right with my Dutch origin but New Zealand home.

The Spoonflower shop banner needed a little something else. It is a long rectangular shape and needed more than just a black kiwi with clogs logo. So enter the same tulips from the top of the clogs in a stunning teal, one of my favourite colours. 

I hope you all like it!