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Day 1 :: Kissen Studio
Yellow Paper Airplane Origami Silk and Linen Pillow – 18 Inches by Kissen Studio
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An eye for :: orange & pink
Ever since Miss Brandi released her week 26 colour palette (#1) I have had an eye for orange and pink. I cannot seem to get away from it and when doing some research for uni this week I had to incorporate these colours into an assignment. To satisfy my current obsession I put together a…
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Inspired by :: small prints
I’m really taken with small print fabrics at the moment and am quietly considering developing my own collection of prints. I’ve been doodling a lot. I have a theory that sometimes you are drawn to things because they ‘fix’ areas of your life. My work life has been hectic and stressful and a couple of…
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Taking stock :: #1
The idea for this post comes from the lovely Pip over at Meet me at Mikes. Actually I don’t know Pip at all but anyone who creates such gorgeous blankets and also wears clogs has to be lovely in my books. I saw her taking stock post last week and thought it would be a…
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Working on :: new patterns
Wow I’ve been busy – which explains why it’s taken so long between posts on this blog. I’m sure my blog was starting to feel neglected. Work and Uni have both been particularly demanding but I have had one win. I convinced my subject lecturer to let me create a surface pattern design collection for…
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Grief lives in the details
When you talk to people who have lost someone close they eventually arrive at the point where it becomes the little things that make you miss them most. Last week saw the coming and going of what would have been my mother’s 82nd birthday. It was a day of reflection and another day that I…
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Working on :: trend research
For those that know me well, you will understandably be surprised to hear I’ve been engaged lately in trend research. I have never been a dedicated follower of fashion and I oscillate between one of two camps; 1 – that the item I love and cannot live without is also so far out of my…
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Thinking about :: colour contrast
I’ve been doing a lot of research this week. I’ve been seeing what trends are emerging in the web world as well as researching colour trends (more on that next week). In my extensive browsing I noticed a trend that is worrying and I wanted to share with you today some tricks for ensuring your…
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Feeling cross
No I’m not really feeling cross, just a play on words (get it?). There were others on my list – star crossed, double cross, cross over, cross out, OK I’ll stop now. It’s an awesome word if you think about it, so many uses. I’ve been noticing crosses in everything lately, even the latest Country…
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Working with :: style tiles
I was introduced to Style Tiles a few months ago by a colleague. As it says on their website, they’re good when ‘a moodboard is too vague and a comp is too literal’. He was proposing their use as a way to cut down the time it takes to produce full designs, when sometimes in…