About Once upon a Dandelion

Hiya, we are Philip and Lisa, a small screen printing studio in Northern Ireland - hand printing our designs using traditional screen printing techniques. Working from our home studio we strive to ensure our prints are the best they can be, both in quality and sustainability. Our prints are hand printed on recycled paper, made from at least 50% coffee cup waste, and our card designs are hand printed on recycled card and paired with recylcled Kraft envelopes. We use only recyclable and compostable packaging for our prints and cards. Additionally, we mix our own paint colours, hand print, sign and package every single print ourselves. Our collections are heavily influenced by the classics as well as our beautiful island of Ireland and the Irish language. Lisa is our designer, inspired by nature and her love of typography and Philip is our primary screen printer, looking after all the ‘hands on’ production, working from both our home studio and Belfast Print Workshop. Minimising the carbon footprint of our business is very important to us. In addition to producing sustainable products, both our workshop and home studio is heated using wood pellets and solar panels provide much of our electric during daylight hours. Read their story