Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ideas Ideas Ideas


So I have passed my business course! YAY! Which means my preparations are now going to go into overdrive and a new fabric design is currently under way.

Its a design of a box thorn from Inverleigh, Victoria, a place where Mark spent many of his childhood years.

Ideas for my website are underway. Mark and I are designing it ourselves and I will be keeping it very minimal and clean looking. I have been taking lots of photos of little bits and pieces that I want shown throughout my website. Dont want to say much more.... might spoil the surprise. ;)

I have recently been inspired by Susan Cianciolo, her ideas are awesome and I love the way she has laid out her website. Check it out on http://www.susancianciolo.com/. She is a fashion designer and loves promoting the idea of handmade.

This is a picture from her main page. I am in love with lines, scribble, rough edges, something that shows back to the basics and raw materials.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Autumn Cherry Prints




Check out my new Autumn Cherry print that I have designed recently. I have been inspired by my cherry tree in our garden and how beautiful the size of the leaves are and how they change to a beautiful red colour in Autumn. The colours the print is available in are Solid Black and Cherry Red.

Here are a couple of pictures I have taken and you can find my listings on etsy at http://www.bluegingerdesigns.etsy.com/

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Practising Colour Schemes

Today has been a pretty eventful day with its ups and downs. Learnt a few new secret trade tricks and jumped into a few flops. Never mind.

The good thing is though, I printed my first run on my 100% hemp basecloth and it looks even better then what I first expected. Bonus. Will have to stick up a few new images to show them off.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Bracelet Creations


Just spent my last hour making myself a little something. I have had these coral beads for years and thought they might come in handy, so I finally set some time aside to make a bracelet for my new outfit I will be wearing to a wedding on Saturday.


Yay, I love weddings!

Inspirations




Just bought myself the new Mixtape mag Issue 10! Great inspiration! Been reading it inside and out. So many cool contacts and things to buy....

I will have to get on top of adding my favourites as contacts to help me build up my network base. I love the artwork Living Creatively used on their ad. I am so inspired by deciduous tree forms.