design & pattern

Christmas Surface Pattern Competition

2010-11-03T20:53:00.000-07:00

My entries for the Tigerprint Christmas surface pattern competition.

Abbey James and Special Gifts

2010-07-23T04:08:00.000-07:00

I came across the most gorgeous etsy shop the other day when looking for a gift for a friend. Rebecca a mother of 5 (oh my goodness how does she have the time!) runs Abbey James selling the most beautiful handcrafted bath and body products.

Everything about the parcel that Becky made up for my friend was wonderful. The

Pomegranate Blossom Gourmet Soap with it's carefully blended natural products of orange, vanilla and pomegranate looked gorgeous with it's swirly pink and white pattern. The beautifully packaged little pots of body butter in amazing scents like Lemon Biscotti and the pretty gift card with my message on.

The care, attention to detail and Becky's kindness made this a truly special gift to send.

So thank you so much Becky.

Beta Fashion.com

2010-06-07T07:05:00.000-07:00

I have just entered a really fun competition run by Beta Fashion.
It was fun and interesting and their design pack was really easy to use.

If you like my design please vote for me here

The Design Brief.

This Project requires you to create an original piece of artwork which can be applied to one of the garments in our coming autumn collection. The collection will includes party dresses, day dresses, t- shirts, silk scarves and a wide range of jersey pieces. At these times when our oceans are most threatened we are reminded not only of their fragility but also of their extreme beauty and the diversity of life which they support. Take inspiration from costal habitats, marine life and oceanic eco systems when creating your prints. Nautical themes are often exclusive of print and so this project is an opportunity to explore the oceans true beauty and apply it to fashion.
This theme is very broad and as always is open to personal interpretation.

My design was inspired by sea urchins.

Glass Fusing

2010-03-10T13:18:00.000-08:00

My first attempt at some fused glass jewellery, it was great fun!

The glass really shows lots of depth and colour in the light but it's really hard to catch that in the photos. I used the fuseworks microwave kiln. It's a great alternative to a really expensive kiln, perfect for the newbie! It only has a very small space for your glass piece, but as it takes such a small amount of time for each project- it doesn't matter too much.

Skasia

2010-03-03T01:41:00.000-08:00

I recently came across these cute illustrations by freelance artist Skasia.
I love these little characters with their quirky sweet personality.

You can check out her blog
Or her website

Tea-tastic Monday Mood Boards

2010-02-22T00:32:00.000-08:00

Patience by Smile and Go
Teacup Earrings by TillyBloom
Vintage Modern Tea Party by Lindsayart
I Heart Tea Print by StephanieFizer
Kata Golda Tea Set on Fawn&Forest
Orange Teapot by iheartlinen
Keep Calm And Drink Tea by Keep Calm Posters
Selena And Demi on vi.sualize.us
Winter Cups by marywibis
Tea Print by Michele Maule
Red Tea Cup Buttons by SewingRabbit
Little Birds Tea Set by aedrieloriginals
Tea For Two by Block Party Prints
Packaging UQAM by packaginguqam
Tea Heart tea towel by Mr.PS
Cafe Culture Tea Towel by Mr.PS

Fashion Illustration

2010-02-17T14:51:00.000-08:00

I'm back at uni now, which is great! especially having a bit more direction to my web viewing. I have been looking at illustration this week, so here are a few of the fashion illustrations which I have come across and love.

David Downton

Kat Macleod

Cecilia Carlstedt

Sarah Hankinson

The Final Five

2010-02-10T20:18:00.001-08:00

These are the five designs I submited to Tigerprint. It's been so interesting seeing how differently everyone responds to the same brief. There are some beautiful designs up there. If you haven't checked them out already the link for the pattern post is here

Tigerprint Surface Patterns.

2010-02-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Been working on floral (with a hint of geometric) designs for Tigerprints surface pattern design competition.

Had a few to choose from by the time I had finished! I will post up some staged photos of the designs I have submitted just for fun. I think patterns always look better in use.

2010-02-09T08:50:00.000-08:00

I was feeling a little cold today our heating is broken, so i thought i would make my post for today something 'warm'. So here are some of the lovely Red images that i have come across that I love and make me happy.

Karlie Kloss Vogue US from Kelli Jo.'s photostream
By focal dilemma
Imagens de Russian Red
By manuel loureiro
Libres Librodo Jr.
Mister and Miss Sweetie Pie by The Black Apple
Dream by Foxline
Sestière di San Marco, Murano, Italy on Vi.sualize.us
Amayaru by June Leeloo
Keep Calm and carry on typophile
Little Lost Redcap Illustration by Joy Ang.
Donantes/Donors by PinkInuit
Umbrella Sky by blackeri
Let It Be by Blenda Studio

Threadless Gift email.

2010-02-08T10:30:00.000-08:00

Threadless is a t-shirt design company where designs are submitted and rated by a community of creative people. It has some amazing stuff!

I was giving Threadless gift certificates to my cousins for Christmas and didn't want to just print out the gift certificate email (which is very boring). So I made my own gift certificate and gave it instead. It would be so nice if they could get the Threadless designers to put together a gift certificate which we could print out - it'd be the icing on the cake for an already very cool website. I hope Threadless don't mind me using their logo in this way(if you do please let me know and I'll take this post down).

First few weeks of degree course...

2010-02-07T09:20:00.000-08:00

These are just some notes I did on visual elements for my graphic design degree. (click on pictures if you want to read)

First Post

2010-02-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

I thought I would start my new blog with something else new. This is our new kitten Zebedee. He is a genius on the computer(took me hours to work out how to fix what he did last time he walked over my laptop). He has a thing for pink, bags and carries a pair of pink socks or a pink toothbrush around with him everywhere. Which he talks to constantly, we have offered toys and other colours, but he ignores them. So in short he is very cute but a bit strange.

Welcome to my new blog, will get some proper post together soon and don't worry this won't be a blog about my cat- I promise!