July 15th, 2010
This week is Spoonflower’s, palette restricted Summer Flowers contest. I just looked through all the entries and there are soo many good ones! I was feeling good about my design, but I highly doubt I will place in this one because of all the awesome designs. For some reason I am getting errors on my blog every time I try to upload a picture (gotta figure that one out), but here’s a link to my new design: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/285630
I definitely had Garnet Hill in mind when I designed this. They always have the cutest designs for their bedding! I ordered a sample so when that comes in hopefully I will be able to upload pictures.
Tags: bees, dragonfly, fabric, pastels, summer flowers, Textiles
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July 6th, 2010
I haven’t looked at the “apartment” section of urban outfitters in a while since I think I’m well beyond papasan chair owning age (aka college). But I checked it out today and there was some pretty cool stuff on there that looked very mid century inspired. Not too bad for pricing also. These pieces are pretty cute, but it does take some of the fun out of rummage-saling or trolling craigslist for similar items at bargain prices, which I LOVE to do. On the flip side these pieces are less likely to have stains, wear and tear and questionable smells.
Here are some good ones:
Slope chair
Jet set storage bench
Night and day convertible sofa
George side table
In other furniture news I’ll soon be the proud owner of a Jens Risom coffee table thanks to a sweet family business hook up. Pictures to come soon!
Tags: furniture, Interior Design, mid century, retro, urban outfitters
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June 24th, 2010
Hey y’all. After taking the past two weeks off of Spoonflower fabric contest mania, here’s my latest for the nautical theme contest. Very inspired by Marimekko designs that I had on my bedspread as a kid.
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June 21st, 2010
My dad loves new technology. I can’t afford to actually buy him an ipad so I made an ipad themed father’s day card. The “apps” spelling out Happy Fathers Day” are things my dad likes: grilling steak, golf, wine, the Packers etc. I printed it on glossy photo paper to make it look more like a screen. You’re the best, dad!
Tags: apps, card, fathers day, ipad
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June 4th, 2010
Yay I placed 4th in the Spoonflower Tiki contest! I’m ordering swatches so I will post pictures of the actual fabrics when they come in. I’m so excited to see how they look!
Here’s my submission for the Medieval contest, “Lion and Unicorn Medallions”. Inspired by the unicorn tapestries. We’ll see how I fair this time, I have to say I’m pretty darn pleased with myself for getting in the top ten for the Tiki round though!
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May 27th, 2010
Well the results are in for the Spoonflower 50s design contest. Since this was my first submission I wasn’t expecting to crack the top 10, which I didn’t. That’s ok, I’m new to this textile design business and there were so many great designs in this contest. I especially LOVE the winner Atomic Fish by brightonbelle! It was the first one I voted on.
This is my entry for this week’s contest, entitled “Tiki Weekend”. I think it would make a cute table cloth for a picnic.
Tags: fabric, green, lemon, olives, pineapple, Textiles, tiki
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May 22nd, 2010
I was absolutely thrilled to pick up my mail this Wednesday because my college alumni magazine, the University of Hartford Observer, came out and I did the cover illustration! One of my professors recommended me for the job and I was so excited for the opportunity. It was definitely a challenge to come up with imagery that would suit the topic of the article and also be visually interesting. I knew there would be a lot more Hartford Art School alumni reading it, so I didn’t want to disappoint! The major turning point for me in this piece was scanning in fabric to make this digital artwork have more texture.
The article was about alumni who work in jobs related to their college degrees for a number of years and then make a dramatic career change. http://www.hartford.edu/observer/
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May 17th, 2010
I recently discovered the awesome website, Spoonflower while reading one of my favorite blogs how about orange. Jessica Jones, the author of this blog is such a talented designer and I was totally in awe that she designs textiles too, something I’ve always been interested in. I was thinking about sending her some fan mail asking her about how she got into that, but then I saw on her FAQ’s page she already answered that question. She mentioned Spoonflower as a resource to use if you want to try printing some of your own designs digitally.
Of course I checked out the site to see how much it costs to get some of your own fabric made. It ranges, but is about $18/yard for basic quilting fabric. Well then I also saw that they hold weekly design contests (I sense new obsession!). This week they have a 50s style design contest so of course I had to try to come up with something. I think this will be a great way for me to test the waters on doing textile design, then maybe I will get something printed when I’ve had more practice.
This was what I submitted, it’s inspired by something you might find in the background of a 50s cartoon:
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May 6th, 2010
And now for my third wedding invitation suite for 2010! This one was also for a cousin getting married this summer. Her colors are purple, turquoise and black and her flowers are going to be orchids. The simple, but elegant orchids liven up the the edges of classic cream paper. I think it’s a really nice mix of modern and traditional design and I’m very happy to showcase this one in my portfolio!
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April 27th, 2010
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce my latest wedding invitation creation. This was done for my cousin. I originally presented the idea of doing a simple Greek key design (since she is Greek) along the side in light blue. She then came back and told me she liked the Greek key, but was thinking green and maybe something with vines. I wasn’t sure how to marry these ideas, but this is what I came up with: little delicate leaves growing off the Greek key. It was fun to design this specific to my cousin’s personality and pay homage to her culture.
Tags: greek key, green, invite, leaves, vine, wedding, white
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