happy days + lovely pics

Nothing makes me happier as a designer and a business owner, than to see my products being enjoyed. It's even better when I get to see lovely pics like these ...

Pic by Cathie

Pic by Deanne
Note ~ Deanne bought a misprinted market bag in the Yardage Design mid-year sale last year
(just explaining the print imperfections!)

Tram Roll Menu Market Bags are now back in the shop after selling out before Christmas.

Have a great day!

my tea towels are well travelled

I love finding out where Yardage Design homewares and fabric end up. This black vintage tram roll menu tea towel now lives with Valerie in France ...

Valerie has a lovely blog, where you can also find some delicious filling ideas for croque monsieur (toasted sandwiches) - as pictured above (from Valerie's blog). Thanks for the lovely post, Valerie!

Have a lovely Friday!

P.S. I've been sharing some links to my new favourite blogs on the Yardage Design facebook page every evening - do drop in for a visit some time!

placemats

Getting ready for a dinner party tonight ... massively behind schedule, but I always get there in the end! Here's an "arty" shot of one of the placemats I printed for tonight - black mini tram roll menu on natural linen placemat (from Freedom Furniture).

Have a Great Thursday!

stocking up

I've been busy printing over the last week - replenishing sold out items for stockists and the shop. The full range of rainbow vintage tram roll menu tea towels are now back in the shop (the duck egg blue ones sold out in just a few days last time, so get in while they last!)  ...

Also, the bits'n'pieces fabric packs have been very popular and sold out earlier in the week. Last night I raided the remnant basket and made some more - they are only available in the shop here.

Hope your days is a good one!

for shop handmade ...

A selection of handprinted tea towels, including a special red tram roll print onto natural linen - available only from Shop Handmade in Canberra. I'm posting a box of these off today, so they should be in store soon!

playing catchup

Hello! It's been a while between decent blog posts, so I thought I should catch you up on some news. First off, I was lucky enough to be accepted to be a stallholder at the Melbourne Finders Keepers Market! It's on the weekend of 9-10 October. Check out the list of other stallholders - it's going to be a treasure trove! Christmas shopping ... check!

I can't wait - I am madly preparing a whole lot of new products including a new fabric design. More on that in a couple of weeks. Speaking of fabric, Annabel from Earthgirl Fabrics sent me this pic of a Kristen Doran sling bag pattern made with my Agapanthus fabric (purple on white linen) ... love it! I have added it to the "Things people have made with Yardage Design fabric" page too, here.

My Black Vintage Tram Roll Menu Tea Towel was featured on a lovely Etsy Treasury this week - loving the monochrome theme ... here. Have a lovely weekend!

vintage hanger

Another Friday find at the Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza ... a lovely vintage wooden hanger ...

I've been looking for something like this for a while - something with a bit of character - they are perfect for hanging tea towels for photographing ...

Have a good Tuesday!

this morning ...

I'm printing black tram roll tea towels and fiddling with the camera on the tripod again (not great results on an overcast day, but getting the hang of it) ...

I just love lifting the screen and seeing a perfect print - it makes my day every time!
In other news, you can now buy Yardage Design homewares at State of Green which is an amazing online store specialising in designer lifestyle products that are sensitive to the environment. You can also read a short interview with me on the State of Green blog here.
Hope you're having a good Frydee!

friday in the studio

Lots of printing going on here in gloomy, wet Melbourne today. A new colour way for the vintage tram roll menu tea towel (will be in the shop next week) ...

... and a hallway full of bunting panels (sorry about the gloomy light - please send sunshine from your place if you can spare it!) ...

Have a lovely weekend where-ever you are!

P.S. How cool is the new and improved preview function for new posts - much better!

friday in the studio

It's all systems go here - printing madly so that I will have some nice things for the Melbourne Stitches & Craft Show which is only about two and half weeks away - yikes! Today was all about red ... with the occasional dash of blue ...

The red is 100% linen and the blue is 100% hemp - beautiful! What do you think of the new colours?
Have a great weekend!

a design a day ... three

Hello again ... welcome to the third instalment of a design a day. One more sleep until the final design and then details of where you can buy!

Today's design draws on my love of vintage typography - inspired by old bus/train/tram rolls like this one from years ago ...

(photo courtesy of: benrincebobsherhair.blogspot.com)

It's not an orginal design idea, but I wanted to add my spin to it ... and make it more "foodie" oriented. After a bit of experimenting with words and styles, I came up with this ...

... which I then turned into a double ended tea towel, so it sits nicely over any rail ...

 

Thanks for visiting, and see you tomorrow for the finale!

does this design work?

... for a tea towel, apron, whatever!

Tram/train/bus rolls are not a new idea, but I liked it with a foodie reference for the kitchen. I'm also thinking of other colours besides black. Does it work for you? Thanks in advance for your thoughts - every one helps.