Category: design
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Mariners stars (and not the baseball team)
So here’s what I find myself doing when I can’t get to sleep! I’m still stuck on stars this week and I’m fond of the mariner’s star (compass) especially in quilts. This is my latest Adobe Ideas scribble and although I’m not sure about the colour scheme I think the star has potential. I’ll see…
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Seeing blues :: design scribbles
I took my desktop wallpaper image and ran it though Adobe Ideas to produce this swatch. The red, by the way, is part of the logo but I kept it in there. I do like the combination with the red, it brings to mind Ralph Lauren ads – I’m not sure why that is. Since…
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Creating my own kind of vintage :: first take
I took this image from a fabric for sale at Retro Age Vintage Fabrics and saved it to my iPad. One of my favourite tools on the iPad is Adobe Ideas – it’s incredibly fun to draw with (whilst standing in the kitchen waiting for lentils to cook) and better still it’s free. I love…
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Unleashing the inner font nerd – 300th post
Firstly… drum-roll please… this is my 300th post! Can you believe it? I really can’t. What started as an exercise to find my groove and document what’s inspiring me has turned into a truly enjoyable part of my week. Thank you to all those lovely people who leave comments (you know who you are), they…
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Two Nice Pears :: Help Me Choose
Hi friends! So once again I’m calling on your help with something I’m working on. Remember how I said I was getting serious about my web work? Well I’ve just registered my business name – Crimson Pear – and now I’m trying to create a logo. I always thought that a pear would look nice…
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Setting the Mood
It’s been a while since I have played with the Mijn Moodboard and it’s still a fun time waster. It’s also still in Dutch but it’s not too difficult to work out how to create your own moody compositions. Added features now are the ability to upload your own pictures for your moodboard and to…