Country Living Christmas Fair London

I decided to take a trip to London to check out the country living Christmas fair. It was probably one of the best shows i have been to, full of lovely decorations, ceramics, gifts, stationary and even cakes and bread!
While being inspired a did a little Christmas shopping to!

 

  

 All the inspirational things! 

 

Designers i saw at the show i loved the most :)

Designer/illustrator, creates a range of greetings cards/gift wrap to home decor enjoy!

http://rs.madeinpixieland.co.uk/

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Poppy Children Simple Designs For Children & Adults

http://www.poppychildren.co.uk

Autumn/winter collection 2012

Inside their look book 2012

screen printed dresses, just adorable

Story time books included with product what a nice idea.

Country Living Decor

The use of colour is so important yet inspirational for any interior, was having peek on the country living homepage at how easy it is to transform any room with the use of lovely colours using stenciling imagery.

creating your own work space added with your favorite colours and all your lovely inspiration around you...

simple and sweet ceramics using favorite paints and stencils.....

More snaps of inspiration & things i love

cute dolly i saw in the potteries museum stoke.

Love cuckoo clocks!

cute dolls house

Live Brief With Hallmark Cards

The brief i was given was open, i decided to focus on new baby girl. To get inspired i decided to go to a few shows such as Harrogate Home & Gift Fair, Autumn Fair International at the NEC, Birmingham and Top Drawer London.
All were full of lovely ideas and creations! Perfect for my inspiration.
I then put together my mood board, reflecting my colour palette, target market, pattern and techniques i wanted to explore.


My mood board....

Looking at cute animals, toys and story books i decided to focus my drawings on a 'story card' idea. Playing around with mixed media

Paintings with textured papers and gauche......

Design layouts......

Final Card and matching bunting for presentation to Hallmark,

The Stitched Surface

Project inspired by fifties femininity, looking at lace mixed with sprigs of flowers and polka dots. Just loved this project. These are just a few pages of my sketchbook just to set the mood..... Enjoy!

Full of inspirational images buttons and bows!

I took a visit to the Betty Smither's Design collection to look at detail in 50's garments

sketches of flowers then starting to layer stitch on top of different fabrics which worked really well for me.

Started to use procion dyes then adding embroidery over the top of flower to create a textured piece.For my final piece i create a sample made from linen with flowers and hand made buttons which could be used as for a handbag.

My final sample

 
At the end of the project i had some good news that my work had been chosen to be exhibited at Shugborough hall & estate.
Work displayed at Shugborough,

Just To Say Thankyou

These are just some thankyou cards i creating on Photoshop just to say a little thankyou to everybody for all my lovely presents :)