Friday 20 June 2014

the colour of summer

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I just love these lighter summer evenings. I seem to have a lot more motivation and energy to take photos, finish projects, go for a run and having dinner outside surrounded by our pots of herbs and flowers makes me so happy.

I hope everyone is having a lovely week and enjoying the weather. 

I've been gathering together inspiration for some new designs, which are now scattered across my work desk. I just love the lilac flower hair garland and I'm always inspired by the work of Alphonse Mucha

Where do you get your inspiration from?

Take care x


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Thursday 12 June 2014

pretty projects

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A few pretty projects I've been working on lately, which are all looking very summery and fresh.

Some vintage lace brooches that I'm just starting to stitch beads and pearls on to. I love making these, each one is always different depending on what beads and vintage bits I have at the time. 

A vintage plate full of mother of pearl buttons which are looking lovely on my work desk at the moment.

A new batch of handmade business cards. I need to get some others printed too, but I like the fact that these ones are handmade using snippets of fabrics that I've been working with.

When ever I go to London I always visit Liberty, it's compulsory! I spend ages in the haberdashery department looking through patterns and fabrics. I came home with a pattern for this lovely blouse and some Liberty cotton fabric. I can't wait to get started. I might practice on some old cotton first, just in case it all goes wrong.

Finally one of my favourite things about selling my work online is making pretty packages to send them in. 
Here are a couple of my vintage lace brooches wrapped up in pink tissue paper and tied with silver string. 

I hope your week is going well. What have you been up to lately?


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Tuesday 3 June 2014

matisse cut-outs

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I wanted to visit Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs exhibition at the Tate Modern as soon as I heard about it.

One of my all time favourite exhibitions was back in 2005, Henri Matisse 'His art & his textiles' So I was pretty excited about this exhibition.

It certainly didn't disappoint. The exhibition was amazing, there were over 120 collages on display throughout the 14 rooms. It was wonderful to see these familiar images in the flesh; the brush marks, the tiny pin holes, the torn edges, but what strikes you most is the pure colour and vibrancy of his work, just stunning.

'it's no longer the brush that slips and slides over the canvas, it is the scissors that cut into the paper and into the colour'

There are also some wonderful films of Matisse cutting out coloured shapes and directing his assistant on the final composition. 

I can really recommend a visit, the exhibition continues until 7th September 2014. 

Thanks to the Tate Modern for my ticket.


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