Spoonflower - Holiday Napkins entry

This weeks theme is Holiday Napkin.....

Heres my Entry....

Dont forget to VOTE!!!

Also......

Spoonflower are trailing GIFTWRAP!!!!

Can anyone say Awesome? 

At $15 a roll, its quite pricey, but I'm sure going to buy some just to see the quality and realise a dream of having my designs on GiftWrap.

Until Next time.

SUNDAY BLOG: Etsy Finds

Hello All and welcome to my very first 'Etsy Finds' Blog post. 

Every Sunday I will post pretty things I find on Etsy.

I have an Etsy Store....

Its here..... 

But 'Etsy Finds' isn't about my little shop of lovelies.

No, its about the other little Gems hiding and lurking amongst all the other lovelies on there.

Here's what I'm loving this Sunday.....

MEL SMITH DESIGNS:

(Click images to take you to item)

NEXT.....

ROSIE SIMONS 

AND THEN THERE WAS....

RACHEL BENNETT DESIGNS

Some Excellent Products.....

YES?

If you would like to be featured next week on my new regular Feature, please link me to your Etsy store, or add me to your Circle  and next week I shall pick 3 more stores to feature on my blog. 

Until Next Time. 

Spoonflower Top 10

Hello again, 

Im happy to share that My 'love arrows' design made top 10 in this weeks Spoonflower competition. 

Here are the top 10 entries: 

http://www.spoonflower.com/contests/162

And my design......

Printed onto Fabric

Thank you to the 286 individuals that voted. 

The design is now available for sale via spoonflower, by the yard and as a fat quarter HERE. 

Until next time. 

I'm having a sale!!!

Hello all, 

Today I am sharing some items I have....

*whispers* 

FOR SALE!!!!! 

Not much, but im making way for a new collection of designs in preparation for the new year. 

Think of it as a christmas sale...

Before Christmas....

Heres what i have on offer today.....


FOR THE GENTS: 

FOR THE LADIES.....

For The Kiddies:

(Dinosaur design LOW on stock)

So...

What's the deal???

Any 4 cards from any of the three collections....

£3.00 + 50p Postage

If you order via Etsy here then you must buy in collections....

however......

order directly from me and pay via Paypal and you can select any 4 designs for just £3.00

These cards are A6 High Quality gloss cards, professionally printed and come with white envelope and are BLANK inside.

So what are you waiting for??? 

......

Until next time. 

Good News All Around - Spoonflower

Hello again....

Rolling on from my last blog post about Tigerprint top 25, MORE AMAZING NEWS:

I found out yesterday I made 13th place in Spoonflowers Tea Towel 2013 Competition....

Remember this design? 

321 votes...

186 entries...

Thanks guys. 

I'd also like to congratulate fellow ABSPD students Emily Truong and Dawn Clarkson for doing amazingly well also.

(apologies if I missed others who entered, I don't recognise some of the Spoonflower names). 

9th Place....

11th Place....

Next time we will make top 10 won't we Dawn?

Moving on...

Next....

The theme is Arrows....

did i nail it?

I think so... 

Please vote...

http://www.spoonflower.com/contests/161

Until next time. 

Tigerprint, Christmas Papers and ABSPD

Hi All,

its another one of them posts, where I share everything in one go, when really I should be sharing it bit by bit and making you all come back time after time.

Except.....

 I just don't have the time to blog constantly....

I have a house to run...

 3 children under my wings...

and I'm attempting (Slowly) to get my brand name off the ground.

So you'll just have to deal with one big blog post every other day.....

hope thats okay?

Heres what I've been up to:

TIGERPRINT TOP 25

This was an awesome achievement, I worked hard on this competition, and I cannot wait to get started on editing this design into a new collection. There were lots of amazing entries and the winner and runners up were very deserving of their titles. 

Free Scrapbook Papers:

My Mother-in-law shared some cards and gift boxes that she made using my latest collection of scrapbooking papers...

they are FREE...

Get them HERE

aren't they FAB? 

What else have i forgotten??? 

Oh I entered this weeks Spoonflower Competition...

The annual Tea Towel Calendar competition for 2013...

Don't forget to vote...

Here is my entry:

I Also have some other bits to share...

but I can't share them yet...

But I will...

Until next time. 

ABSPD FEATURED DESIGNER: Sonal Nathwani

Hello Friday

Today I get to feature a little something different. Todays featured designer is a Graduate of the ABSPD course, and I am happy to showcase her paintings, as well as some surface Pattern.

Sonal Nathwani's paintings are a delight for the eyes, just take a look for yourself:

Can you tell me a little bit about your background in Surface Pattern Design? 

I decided to leave my career in finance after my second son was born, in order to live “the creative life” and I can now happily say that I am a painter. As well as paintings on canvas, my home is full of objects which I have “hand-patterned”. I have a tendency to paint on any surface that I feel needs to be livened up. I have always loved pattern and over the last few years, my mixed media pieces, in particular, have increasingly included an element of pattern within them. I have been teaching myself and dabbling in pattern design on and off for a couple of years and have produced designs for a local design studio for sale in various trade shows.

What made you apply for the ABSPD course and what have you gained from it so far?

I applied for the course simply because I wanted to learn how to create designs professionally and I wanted to know the ins and outs of the surface pattern industry. The course has provided the foundation pattern design skills and knowledge and has given me the confidence to continue to design as I do.  I am really happy with what I have learnt so far and to have an insight into the commercial and professional aspects of surface pattern design.  

 Can you describe your style and what methods you use to create your designs? 

Aah, the question of style.....I am still a bit hesitant when it comes to describing my style. Generally, my designs use bold colour combinations and strong shapes. I am often inspired by ethnic

art and textiles, especially from Japan &  of course, India.  Flowers make me happy and you can see a lot of them in both my paintings and patterns. I use mainly hand drawn motifs as a starting point and then have fun with them using Illustrator.  At the moment I am exploring how to use motifs from my paintings directly in my pattern designs.

Where do you see your work progressing in the next few years, and what industry would you say you are aiming at? 

Right now my main aim is to develop a strong portfolio of designs which reflects my true personal aesthetic. I would love to see my paintings and patterns on stationary, cards or home furnishings.

This is just beautiful:

                       

All images provided by ©Sonal Nathwani 2012

Happy Friday All.