New fabrics old design.
Strawberry Field print is back and even better as craft panels.
I uploaded it all into BlueBerry Ash store today. Go and have a look at these newly hand printed precious. What do you think? Did I put my silk screen to a good use? What would you create using these? Let me know your thoughts and you might get a little surprise in your mail box (already sent) đ
Have you heard of the Tickle The Imagination online mag? Well, if not, then you definitely should check it out. Itâs an Australian online magazine run by Tanya Collier, with beautifully styled photos, great ideas for parties, home decor and tutorials. The name speaks for itself, total inspiration.
I am so glad that I contributed my share. Tanya did a great job of presenting Skazka fabrics. Donât you agree?
Wow! I have been jumping up and down. Still canât believe it! My textiles are in Home Beautiful magazine September issue! Thank you to Stephanie and John for such a gorgeous styling and photography work.
I bought two copies, one for me, one for my mum, but thinking of getting more for the rest of the family đ
Love the scissors idea.
Tribal blanket was used as a tablecloth, how cool is that?
Here are the products that are in the Home Beautiful magazine.
ORIENTAL SWIRLS cushion cover in Classy Blue
I had an awesome weekend! Why? Because it was my birthday!
It all started from Friday night when my dear in-laws arrived with a gorgeous bouquet of Australian native plants. I love these flowers, all uniqueness in one bunch.
Saturday was full of surprises. From the best present ever, to absolutely delicious Fish & Chips for lunch in The Boat House. Â All was perfect.
BTW if you have never been at The Boat House in Palm Beach, then add this place to your visit list, itâs awesome. Check these plants at the entrance!
Next day was quieter, touched by sweet little treasures. Like these fresh lemons and gorgeous camellias from the in-laws garden, they were so kind to share them with me. Â Their garden is just bursting with winter harvest at the moment.
Thank you my lovely family for creating such a wonderful birthday for me. I am still in my weekend mood, but reality is calling me back.
BlueBerry Ash SALE has started today. It will go on till the 30th of July. With a new discount to be announced every day during the 7 day sale. Todayâs deal is 20% off on all Oriental Swirls and Sea Bouquet fabrics! The special will run for today only! From 9 am Monday 23.07.12 to 8 am Tuesday 24.07.12 by EST! Go to the BlueBerry Ash store and click the SALE category to receive the discount!
On Monday I printed Skazka and Tropinka fabrics in new colours Olive and Earthy Orange. As I didnât have much time during the day yesterday, today was dedicated to picture taking and uploading new colourways in my store.
Yesterday I have hosted a giveaway on my Facebook page with great prizes to be won!
The idea is to reach 250 likes on the BlueBerry Ash facebook page, so as soon as a total of followers will hit 250 I will announce three winners. Â When I checked last time it was nearly 200! As the numbers quickly climbing up I didnât want you, my blog readers, to miss the opportunity of winning my creations đ
If youâre interested please come and play along! All you need to do is comment below the giveaway post here!
Heavy rain woke me up this morning. I think it was trying to spoil my day đ But itâs not that easy when I have new fabrics to work with that just arrived.
On the weekend I have been making market bags, using some fabric leftovers that may not have printed well. I managed to turn scraps into two perfectly scruffy bags, hand printed, handmade and a bit of hand stitched. I donât know why, but I got attached to them quite a bit, itâs kind of silly, but I hope they will be found by someone special who will love them to bits đ Meanwhile they will be in my shops here and here waiting for that special to come along…
This is my first time joining Our Creative Spaces this year and I am very excited to share what I am up to creatively.
Just recently I have started experimenting with abstract printing on fine fibers, very interesting process. Â I like to observe and analyse how fibers absorb ink or not :). What is the amount of ink needed to print on finer fabrics or how thick or thin inks need to be? Which squeegee creates better result than other? What colours overlaps well etc…All have to be recorded in a journal for a further experimentation. I think itâs my favourite part in the design development, slowly working towards great results, making mistakes, learning, perfecting.
See other creative spaces here.
Continuing art lessons with Eeli... her next lesson is called Cut and clue paper collage. Eeli recomends: “Cut pieces of colored papers in various shapes, round, square and triangular. Before gluing pieces on paper, play with them and try a variety of compositions, try to find compositions where color and shape fit better together.” I have been thinking on how I can implement my craft into her lessons. Cut the fabric scraps? but guess what, I hardly have any leftovers, as I donât like wastage and tend to print very precisely đ An idea came to my mind when I was experimenting with silk/cotton fabric painting and holding masking tape in my hands. Instead of cutting fabrics I thought why not divide! I stuck masking tape on fabric in no particular order creating something abstract and geometric and used textile inks that I had left over to fill out the created shapes. Well I love the sudden results not particulaly how it looks, but of possibilities that I can see were created with this technique.
Whatever I have made will use it as a scarf for the new autumn season đ
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