Working from home

Now that more of us are working from home, we realise how important it is for our office environments to feel pleasing and inviting. I've been working on some home office artworks recently, drawing from the things I love and the colours that make me smile.

 Every day items have been lovingly rendered and placed in a geometric layout.

I love the yellow and grey colour palette of this print and decided to add touches of teal.

My home office is like a haven which I disappear into every day to create designs on the computer and sew items for my shop. I love to have plants around me and love a feature wall like this one in a deep blue. If only my office was this tidy!

All artwork is hand drawn digitally on the computer and then printed onto a lovely thick watercolour paper. It comes unframed and is sent in a hard-backed A4 envelope.

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Fabric Friday

 Check out this trio of sweeties from Cheeky Leopard! I love the modern stylised floral fabric and the juicy colour combination of yellow, grey and white. I had just enough fabric to make a trio of matching items. You can choose from a cosmetic bag, a glasses case or a card case and each one has a pretty grey and white cotton polka dot lining. Mix and match to make a winning ensemble!

The cosmetic bag could also be used as a handbag organiser or gadget pouch for storing chargers.

The glasses case is softly padded and big enough to fit a pair of statement sunnies.

This cotton card case can be used for storing business cards, credit cards or travel cards.

A pocket full of sunshine!

The English summer time really leaves a lot to be desired and even though we know the summer here is unpredictable, we still get upset when the weather doesn't behave. Last weekend poured with rain and right now I am looking out of my studio window at a rather grey sky.

One way to deal with the summer time blues is to create your own little pocket full of sunshine and this can be achieved with these fab items from Cheeky Leopard! I chose a fabric which has a triangle design on the outside, grey and white with just a hint of yellow. But open up your item and, hey presto, you have your own pocket full of sunshine!

Use this pouch to store cosmetics or as a pencil case for all your favourite stationery items.

Check out that vibrant lining! It picks out the hint of yellow from the outside fabric.

 The glasses case is large enough to fit a pair of statement sunglasses.

  The coin purse is cute as a button and can be used for coins or as a case for storing headphones.

You can find all these items at Cheeky Leopard.

Print & Pattern mention!

 I am an avid follower of the fab Print & Pattern blog and am often inspired by what is featured.
I was chuffed to see that yesterday, there were some designs of mine on there! The blog post featured a shop called Plush Addict. They have a wonderful selection, including fabrics by Makower UK, who I design for. This group is called Modern Folkloric and was inspired by the prints and embroideries of Eastern Europe. You can find the complete group on the Makower website.

To see more examples of my work, you can visit my website here.

PS You can also see my Cheeky Leopard advert on the Print & Pattern blog, about halfway down on the left side.

Dries Van Noten Fall 2014

What a stunner! Dries Van Noten's Fall 2014 collection is right up my street with vibrant purples and yellows mixed with black and grey, using florals and geometrics as dramatic patterns and a clashing of colours that works amazingly well.

Moods and appetites

My yellow and grey clutch bag was recently featured in this beautiful 'Washes of Ink' mood board by Ante Meridiem, a family-run design studio in New York City.

You can find the mood board here, and you can find out more about their design studio here.

Colour combo

I recently created a grey and yellow-inspired treasury on Etsy. Her are some of my faves.

Rabbit Tshirt by Seal Maiden.

Chevron mouse pad by Laa 766.

African bracelet by The Glossy Queen.

Geometric necklace by Pergamondo.

Yellow Heart Art

I recently came across this lovely shop on Etsy that sells fun prints for your home. The shop is run by Leonora Jennifer and was set up in an effort to "stop suffering from the white wall blues". She is a graphic designer, photographer and fine artist and creates beautifully simple graphic pieces that would look lovely on any wall. I particularly love the yellow and grey colour palette of these pieces.

You can see more of her work here.