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Red Nose Day

Don't forget today is Comic Relief- Red Nose Day.

"Red Nose Day is, quite simply, a day like no other! We take some fantastic fund-raising in schools, offices and homes across the land, mix it with the nation’s favourite celebrities getting up to all kinds of mischief, sprinkle a new Red Nose (or three!) across the entire UK and add a cracking night of comedy on BBC One to make Red Nose Day the phenomenon it is.

All this funny business unites the nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people – and the best thing is - it works!

This year, to be part of Red Nose Day 2009, you just need to Do Something Funny for Money!"

We hope everyone has a great day whatever you choose to do to contribute, here at Tigerprint there will be fancy dress and cake sales galore (Yum).

Knitters turn to graffiti artists with "yarnbombing"

A new craze sweeping the world involves knitters creating huge wool creations to cover public property such as trees and signs etc.

They then take photos of their colourful "art" and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.

One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.

The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen 'tags'.

Quite often dozens of balls of coloured wool are used to make huge sleeves or cosies which are then stitched onto a fixed object, sometimes done under the cover of darkness.

Artist Sarah Hardacre, 31, from Salford, Manchester, says: "Yarnbombing is all about using the street for making art.

"I have knitted cosies for trees and even covered an entire garden shed in knitted squares before – it certainly put smiles on peoples faces.

"It is about the community taking pride in their surroundings and making it look nice and colourful.

"Yarnbombing is easy to do and can catch the imagination and creativity of so many people."

Read the full article here.

Tigerprint 2nd Competition Result!

This months winner is Charlotte from a total of 108 entries. A recent design graduate we loved Charlotte's use of wit and illustration in her design. The general feeling was that it offered a new, fresh perspective on the wedding range. Charlotte is to have a meeting with our creative director to look at potential future freelance work.