Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Butterflies Invite

Whilst working on some more card designs for class, this being one of them, I thought about turning it into an invitation. I would hope for this to have matching brown paper gift bags with the butterfly motif on or tied up with ribbon and a butterfly (not a real one) thread through the ribbon as a name tag. May need to work on the arrangement of the butterflies so they appear more scattered...what you think? Each butterfly is filled with the patterns I have created the last few months.

Saturday, 6 March 2010

You can...illustrations




It's been a while since my last post. Living in a city that never sleeps, I have discovered neither do I! Overwhelmed by what there is to do, you lie there thinking about all the things you need to do or want to do so you don't miss out. I have come to realise it is absolutely impossible to do it all...in this concrete jungle... A city that offers so much inspiration you are left wide awake with the sights and sounds that fly around your mind - and that is just from stepping out for an hour or so. Where there were days I may not have achieved what I had hoped for the day, I instead wandered and discovered new sights, new sounds, new smells and just enjoyed being apart of it all and living with it. Each day has brought some excitement no matter how small; I have not grown tired of seeing the empire state on my door step, or the smoke from the drains, or walking onto Times square, or the smell of hot dogs & pretzels on the corner... This city has made me feel at home, for that I have fallen in love with it just that little bit more. The dream became a reality, one where expectations had to be let go and where they once were had been replaced with situations and opportunities that went way beyond what I could have imagined. This city has allowed me to discover more about myself, challenge myself and live for myself. I love you New York...thank you, you have allowed me to discover a freedom I never deemed possible.

The above designs are a new style I'm playing around with at the moment...thought they would make nice cards - for Birthdays or just little note cards...

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Swans Image now online


I received some great news this week. The image I had entered for the photography competition for Tigerprint that had won is now in print! It is available to buy online from Marks & Spencers...I am so excited! Here is the link if you want to go check it out (or purchase one of course!) http://www.marksandspencerpersonalised.com/Cards/Preview/24076 or http://www.marksandspencerpersonalised.com/Cards/Preview/24153

Tigerprint Surface Pattern Comp





Entered these designs into the Tigerprint Surface Pattern Comp, I had actually been working on these before the competition came up, so was quite a nice coincidence.

Monday, 18 January 2010

Pretty Flowers in a row


Experimented with some watercolours, using my finger tips! I quite liked the idea they looked like berries, still being the winter season and all thought it was quite apt!




Continuing on with the floral theme here, I've taken the flowers a little further and created Birthday card, wrapping paper and a note card...need to work on the wrapping paper as I would love for the flowers to be more integrated.

Still working on more...on a roll now...!

Sunday, 17 January 2010

Flowers Flowers everywhere (& a tree swing)




Have been trying to come up with some new ideas this weekend...here are the experiments so far...these were taken from sketches and doodles I had drawn in my sketch book a few months ago. Thought these would make nice note cards and perhaps matching wrapping paper...

Friday, 15 January 2010

Tigerprint Beautiful Traditional Card





The designs above are the entries for the Tigerprint Beautiful Traditional Card competition - felt they would work on cards for Birthdays, Mother's Day, Thank You or blank. In order of appearance the ladies are entitled - 'Suzanne', 'Rebecca', 'Mia' & 'Anastasia' (after the special ladies in my life - friend, sister, niece & lil mum).

Well, the New Year has begun and am already feeling inspired. Have this weekend planned to throw out at least 4 designs...bit behind on my ideal to complete a design a week; second week into the new year already and have just mainly played around rather than complete. Oops. Still enjoying being in the States, next stop after Kansas it is back to NYC for 6 weeks. Have had amazing experiences along the way and some simple encounters that have brought about some amazing opportunities...the journey continues and I'm hopeful for more amazing times ahead. Let's go...