Kickstarter Project Launch - 2014 Calendars

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!

I applied to start a Kickstarter Project a few days ago, and it has been approved and ready for backing. 

Now don't panic, if you are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, have a look here and take a peek at what it is all about. Alternatively, have a read below:

So in a nutshell...

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

The basic principle of kickstarter, is that you pledge an amount to back me in my project. 

Lets say for example you wanted to offer £10 of your own money, to help me produce a range of 2014 Calendars....

What do you get out of it?? 

Well, that depends, as there are various lovely rewards for helping me (see my project page for more details).

A sample of the A4 wall calendar - Pledge £7 to receive one of these.

Here is an example: 
 For £10, you would be rewarded with a Desktop Calendar download, perfect for using as a background, or printing out and hanging on your wall, and an A3 Family Planner, which will be printed and delivered to your door
 by September 2013. 

So you win too.

A2 double-sided Wall Planner - Pledge £5 to receive one of these

The idea is,  you help me, and you shall be rewarded. 

Now, here is the catch... I have a specific amount in mind to produce these calendars.... £750 to be exact, and if I don't raise all the funds by the deadline (1st August, Midnight), then I don't receive ANY of the money, and my dreams of releasing a range of 2014 calendars will go POOF! 

Samples of Slimline Wall Calendar - Pledge £7 to receive one of these

So no pressure to help me.....

On the plus side, if you do kindly pledge an amount

 (even £1 is awesome btw), you don't pay a thing, until after the deadline, when (if successful) you will receive an invoice with 2 week to pay up. Then I get paid... and BAM!!!

We have some fabulous Calendars. 

Sample of Family Planner with space for 5 people + additional section for Birthdays and Appts.
Pledge £10 to receive one of these

So What do you say, Fancy helping a girl out???

PLEDGE NOW

and if you can't help... Please do spread the word.

Pin-Hop Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to my little slice of design paradise. 

You are probably here as a result of the Pin-hop over on pinterest, and you liked the design I pinned over there. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

The Pin-hop Story: 

This January a group of designers got together and created a pattern design blog hop, which turned out a great success!  But, looking through more than 50 separate designers blogs took ages!

So, after that weekend they started a serious discussion: How to keep the idea and creative input of a blog hop, but make it easier to pick and mix and find just your favorites? The answer was, of course, Pinterest!

Where else can the visitor get a quick overlook and  pick out exactly want they want to see, without going through every link in a chain? And all designs are clickable, taking the visitor directly to the designers blog, to see the whole portfolio. On pinterest you can also make comments, share, like, and save to your own favorites. Perfect for all visual artists!

 Below you will find more designs I created using this 2013-2014 trend board as a source of inspiration. 

I stuck with the colours provided as they go against the 'norm' of what I usually like to use, and really wanted to push my boundaries of colour. 

©JLWIllustration 2013

©JLWIllustration 2013

©JLW Illustration 2013  

If you click on any of the designs above, they will take you to my 'Find New Designers' board, which showcases more of my work.

But remember, you need to head back over to Pinterest and check out what other amazing talent is on offer too. 

While you are here, why not check out what the fabulous Wini Dougall's has to offer on her website? 

Comments and feedback is greatly appreciated, or even just a hello, to let me know you popped by. 

Have fun with the Hop. 

Jennie 

COMING SOON!!!!! Pin Hop!

                                                                   The Pin hop story

This January a group of designers got together and created a pattern design blog hop, which turned out a great success!  But looking through more than 50 separate designers blogs took ages!

So, after that weekend they started a serious discussion: How to keep the idea and creative input of a blog hop, but make it easier to pick and mix and find just your favorites? The answer was, of course, Pinterest!

Where else can the visitor get a quick overlook and  pick out exactly want they want to see, without going through every link in a chain? And all designs are clickable, taking the visitor directly to the designers blog, to see the whole portfolio. On pinterest you can also make comments, share, like, and save to your own favorites. Perfect for all visual artists!

So here it is, the first ever Pattern design Pin hop!

On saturday, June 15, close to 50 designers will be presenting brand new designs via a special Pinhop board located on the Find New Designers pinterest site.

There will be full collections presented by those designers own web sites or blogs but the main design you can pin to your own board.

They will pin their best interpretations of 4 different themes from an A/W 13-14 brief (by Patternbank.com) to this unique board!

This board is hosted by Find New Designers, a fast growing directory of independent professional print and pattern designers

This pin hop is organized by Tina Olsson, who sells her design under the name FYLLAYTA

Hope to see you on the PIN HOP THIS Saturday June 15th!!!!

Thanks to Tigerprint for this little feature on todays blog: