friday afternoon giggle ...

I just found this t-shirt and it made me giggle - some people are very clever with words ...

... I'm sure the people at Abercrombie & Fitch aren't impressed, but that just makes it more amusing to me!

It's been a huge week for me - thanks for all of your kind comments and support. Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

shop now open!

Phew! It's finally happened ... I have an etsy shop, and I'm open for business!

(image sourced from www.smallcompanybigimage.com)

Click here to for a browse around my new store.

More colourways to be listed over the next day or two.

FREE POSTAGE for all Australian orders during December.

Enjoy!

my creative space ...

... is completely surrounded by enemy forces ...

... OK, not really enemies ... more like everything out of Little Misters room! We've (finally) had carpet laid in the bedrooms and family room this week - it's so wonderful to have carpet again after 2 years!! The other good news is that it means we're nearly at the end of our renovations - a few more dabs of paint and a bit of landscaping and we're clear!  So that's it here - I hope you've enjoyed my designs this week, and stay tuned for the final post later today.

In other creativity - like my new header? It is the work of the most talented and lovely Kellie at 74 Lime Lane - thankyou so much Kellie! Kellie has a truly beautiful blog and is now selling her photographs - check out her new store here (and don't for get to enter her giveaway).

For a peek at far more organised and productive creative spaces, visit Kootoyoo.

a design a day ... four

This it is .. the last design for this week. Previously unseen, this design is a hybrid (and a happy "mistake") - arty artichokes, or ARTichokes as I like to call it ...

 

Thanks for the support this week - I've had fun sharing my designs, and I hope you've enjoyed looking too! If you are at all interested in buying a tea towel with one of my designs, I will post shop details shortly.

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!

a design a day ... two

Welcome back to my journey of designs this week ... today is all about artichokes!

Part of my motivation for creating designs for homewares was to deck out my newly renovated kitchen with things I liked. I'm lucky enough to live within walking distance of a lovely fresh food market (Camberwell) and am constantly inspired by the seasons. A couple of months ago, I was hugely inspired by fresh Victorian artichokes ...

Some drawing and playing on the computer followed ...

Until I ended up with this ...

 

... another tea towel design is born! I really enjoyed creating the colours for this print too - I chose a dark green and a burnt orange.

Thanks to all those who left such encourgaing comments yesterday - it really made my day! Hope to see you here again tomorrow for the next instalment!