current observations

Category: inspiration

  • Inspired by :: clouds

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    When you live in a country with little rain, there is a lot of cloud watching that happens. The BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) is my most visited website and it’s used to work out what I’m going to wear, whether or not I hang the washing outside and if I water the plants. You see…

  • Thinking about :: Sweden

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    I have been thinking about Sweden a lot lately. This is mostly due to a decision we’ve made to return to Denmark next year and finish our holiday. As some of you who read this often, our visit in 2011 was cut short with the sudden passing of my mother. To be honest I have…

  • Thinking about :: watercolour in web design

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    My work as both User Experience Consultant and theme developer allows me to keep track of trends in web design. I guess I’m fortunate to see what’s going on in corporate sites and also in independent and niche sites. I’ve been really enjoying the watercolour trend that has been around for quite a while now.…

  • Thinking about :: summer

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    I know it’s strange to be thinking about summer since autumn has arrived and also seeing as I’m not a big fan of summer. Before I dropped out of the class this week (the same one that had me on a treasure hunt) I had made a start on the next workshop. We had to…

  • A stitch in time :: Dandelyne Etsy Store

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    When I first saw Dandelyne’s miniature wearable embroidery I was really smitten. I already had stitching on the brain having just hung a very large cross stitch that my mother made and promising myself that this is the year to finish the companion piece. Then I found these little treasures. She’s a woman after my…

  • Loving :: heart motifs

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    To quote the Billy Bragg song – ‘Valentines Day is Over’ – and in our house it’s never been treated as something to celebrate. I’m not complaining because I think the whole day is a little trite and for some downright depressing and besides I have a husband that likes to randomly give gifts, which…

  • Inspired by :: Indian block prints

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    Has anyone ever asked you the question – what do you like? Do you find that difficult to answer or define? Working with the lovely Marg over at Red Moon Creative, she posed this exact question to me when she started on a redesign of my logo. That she could make sense of my rambling,…

  • Thinking about :: the beach

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    Tomorrow is Australia Day and for reasons unknown I always imagine myself lying on a beach somewhere on Australia Day. This is absurd because I don’t live close to a beach and I’m against tanning so it must have something to do with my heritage. We will, however, be sitting on a beach next week…

  • Inspired by :: Lupen Grainne fruit images

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    I hate summer! No really, my philosophy is the world works better when it’s colder and the colder the better. I never feel comfortable in summer and it’s unfortunate that I happen to live in one of the hotter countries on earth. I do however, love summer fruit, well anytime of the year fruit really…

  • Pantone Colour of the Year :: I totally called it!

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    I have remained somewhat silent since Pantone announced their Colour of the Year for 2013 – Emerald Green but can I just say – I totally saw this coming! The image above was put together for a guest post for my good friend Brandi over at Brandi Girl Blog. Brandi asked me to write about…