Saturday, 18 May 2013

Business Cards


I received my new business cards from Moo this week and I'm pretty happy with them. I went with 6 different designs in the end, of my wallpaper and fabric patterns and one of a photoshoot of my wallpapers. I chose their 100% recycled 'green' business cards, so they are a nice heavy, matte paper.




I like the handy little business card box that they send you, too.


I'm also really happy to be on the front of the Creative Futures 2013 brochure (along with Tabitha Cottrell's colourful hedgehog), celebrating Bath Spa's creative talent.



Only two more days until my final hand-in so I'm off back to work now! 
X

Monday, 13 May 2013

Deadline Week


This week is a strange one. It means lots of mounting, printing, sticking, and organising. And a thousand and one to-do lists.


I was really happy today to receive my brand new business cards from Moo. I love their packaging and fun branding almost as much as their business cards. I got my six designs printed onto 100% recycled paper, which I will show you in a post soon - so stay tuned! 


Working from home without my studio buddies can be pretty lonely, but my depleted cactus family are still here, staring out the window. We're all hoping for sunnier weather for after the deadline.



Only 6 days to go until I'm basically done with BA degree work forever! Eeps!
xo

Friday, 10 May 2013

Interview



Thanks Hannah Byatt for this interview! Have a fab weekend y'all. 
x

{Image from Lynne of Papermash blog}

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Goodbye Studio



Yesterday we cleared everything from our studios in order to make way for our degree show spaces. It's all becoming so real! I was quite sad to say goodbye to the colourful studios in which I've been working for the past three years (remember what it used to look like?). But I'm excited to start painting my exhibition space and start putting my work up. The deadline is in 12 days time! 


My bedroom is therefore currently full of art supplies and piles of fabric and tiles that need to be sorted. In preparation for the degree show we have all taken different roles. Mine is helping sort out the website and social media. So here's the Twitter for the Bath School of Art and Design Textile degree show - follow us! 

In other news, I was thrilled to discover at about 11pm last night that I have been placed at #20 of the Telegraph's Top 50 interior design websites! (Thanks Stacey for the heads up!).

xo

Monday, 29 April 2013

Weekend
















1. The set of Matilda the musical, on West End
2. A fox running along my street
3. My Mum's snazzy new trousers
4. Beautiful cakes in the window of BB Bakery
5. Wahaca for a Mexican, tapas-style lunch
6. I love all the patterns on the walls
7. Wahaca
8. My hibicus mojito
9. More cocktails
10. Stumbling across the rehearsals of the Olivier Awards, listening to Wicked the musical
11. Complimentary macarons
12. Raspberry and caramel
13. A runaway canary
14. Homemade Devil's food birthday cake
15. (A Jane Asher recipe)

As it was my boyfriend's birthday this weekend, I spend a couple of days in London. My Mum and I shopped until we dropped (I literally did) on Saturday for my graduation dress! I eventually settled on a lovely floaty orange number, perfect for the summer. On Saturday night Alex and I saw Matilda at the West End, which was so much fun. I can't believe how talented the children are! 

Sunday consisted of a relaxed birthday lunch at Wahaca, a new London restaurant which I really recommend. We filled our table with delicious mini quesadillas, tosados, tacos, and mojitos of course. For dessert we shared churros with chocolate, and the most divine salted caramel ice cream. I baked devil's food cake for the first time, which managed to be amazingly chocolatey but surprisingly light. Yum! 

I'm ready for the final push to finish this project, which is why I haven't had the time to blog much lately. But I have plenty of posts planned for after my deadline on the 20th May! 
What did you get up to this weekend?
xo

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Final Project Sneak Peek

Hello lovelies, I hope your week is going well! 
I am not posting much of my project up here until after the degree show, but here are a few photos that I took tonight just before I left uni. 

My little cactus family have made their way to the window to soak up the Spring sun rays... 

...along with some sunny colours ready to be screen printed onto fabric.


Some very close up photos of my fabric designs!



And a bit of a scary timetable, beginning to plan each day for the next 4 weeks left of my degree! (Don't worry, there is a party section at the bottom).

xo

Friday, 12 April 2013

PlayBlocks Animation


I've been meaning to share this fun print by the London-based artist Francesca Iannaccone (of the blog Mrs Eliot Books) for a while. For a start, it's a lovely colourful geometric print inspired by a Shapemaker toy. But what I really love is that she's introduced the print using a quirky little animation and a bit of jazz - what a great idea! 


Check out more of her gorgeous work on her Etsy and Blog. 





I hope you all have a relaxing weekend xo