current observations

Category: patterns

  • Colour Challenge from Brandi Girl Blog

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    My good friend and fellow colour lover, Brandi from Brandi Girl Blog, has issued a colour challenge so of course I jumped at the chance to take part. The rules are: head over to Brandi’s blog and choose from one of 1 of 6 her gorgeous colour palettes. I’m going with #4 above. Then go…

  • New pattern :: sunshine rain

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    I finally finished up my little rain cloud pattern. I had a bit of a problem with the dashed lines behind the clouds so I had to make a deviation, which I like better. I’ve added this pattern to Spoonflower and once I have received my sample swatch it will be for sale on the…

  • Palette and patterns :: fruit

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    Did you know that iStockphoto release a free vector and image each week? Neither did I until I paid attention to the email in my inbox and now I watch out for them. This pomegranate came free a couple of weeks ago and fitted with my current fruit obsession. Something I haven’t done in a…

  • My pod prints and photos that suck

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    I promised I would share these with you and I’m starting to think you’ll be sorry you asked to see them because my photos suck really badly. Oh my – this was the best of a very bad bunch so it will be back to the camera for me if for no other reason that…

  • Inspired by :: August Empress watercolour patterns

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    Remember I said I would share some talent that makes use of watercolour and hand drawn graphics? I wanted to take some time out today to share with you the gorgeous watercolour patterns available for download from August Empress, the blog of the super talented Jo. These are just a small selection that Jo has…

  • My guest post on Brandi Girl Blog

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    Do you want to know how I made this? Step on over to Brandi Girl Blog where I’m guest posting today on how to create a pattern template using ColourLovers Seamless Lite. Enjoy!

  • First pass with my vintage design

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    The one thing that has pretty much eluded me with designing is how to create a complex repeating pattern. Not that this attempt is complex but I wanted a brick pattern a per my scribbles. I found a great tutorial on creating a repeating hexagon pattern and applied the technique to this. What you’re looking…