Peachy triangles & other fabric treats

Fabric swatches came in the mail today!

Triangles

The hold (created with Colourlovers seamless software)

Trideco (created with Colourlovers seamless software)

Puddles and rain

Pencil wave (created with Colourlovers seamless software

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Bold solid colour and geometric shapes are the inspiration for a lot of my spoonflower creations lately... as you can see. What's also nice is that this spoonflower x colourlovers connection makes printing designs you make on colourlovers very easy.  These pictures aren't the greatest but you get the idea. Overall im happy... i'm especially stoked about how Trideco turned out because its my fave.

Spoonflower: mooberri

Colourlovers: mooberri

xo.

Things im loving lately

Things i'm loving lately >>> Animal print, toast and shades of mustand, fresh salsa & vintage steamer trunks not designed by Louis Vuitton.

twenty eleven

2011... so many changes and challenges. I lost a job, volunteered at a social enterprise, fell in love with textile recycling, continued long distance love, finished grad school and strengthened my sense of self. It was all about resilience and refining for me.

So what does 2012 have in store? Well first things first, I need a job and although i am excited (perhaps naively so) about the prospect of a working somewhere that i'm just ecstatic about there this one little obstacle i have to overcome: The cover letter -_- They are just the absolute worst. I spent all day looking at cover letters. Some of that resilience is gonna come handy while i continue.

Happy New Year. Thank God. Be resilient. Do better.

Life as i know it

 




Things I love right now
Snow on sunny, breezeless days
Graduation (and therefore, the ability to sleep again.)
Ridiculously long socks
Christmas eve dinner with friends (New tradition at my place!
Simple homemade goodies like tree for book lovers and these citrus coasters
Holiday parties and dressing to the nines
Reusing/drawing on kraft envelopes
A♥
Instagram (Have i not yet gushed enough over this app?)

I really am blessed and thankful to God that i get to be the happy over even the little things so i'm not gonna whine about thing i don't love. Happy Holidays.

Print > digital

For the past couple of weeks I've pretty much been eating, breathing and sleeping my MBA program. It been consuming... but last Friday I had a moment to breath. It's funny that despite practically living in my library I've never taken the time to find art or design related books. How crazy is that? Especially for someone who is a designer.

That being said, Friday I made these sweet finds. I always told myself that once I was done with this program it would be eons before I set foot here again but maybe this has changed that. I absolutely relished the break from the world of the super practical and case write-ups. I totally indulged in being super feely while i fawned over these two books. Time flew by and I didn't miss being glued to my computer for the brief time I went scouring for art relief. Sometimes you just need to disconnect, you know? Print > digital. Always.

What's your city?

I've been on this what's your city kick for a while. Although i do like living in Ottawa for so many reasons i've always felt like its only a temporary home ( much like most other places i've ever lived). Some days i chalk it up to being a third culture kid but on other days i know its more than that. It's like i'm waiting for it to blow my mind. It's like having a crush on someone as opposed to being madly retarded-ly in love them (to the point of nausea).

I want to be madly in love with my city. Most days i just like it and then there are days like today. Today i visited the peace tower. I'd been promised a great view and i think it delivered. Scenery, architecture and art speak to me. I marvel at the details of intricately designed structures and although i couldn't give you a full rant about architecture I love it in my own way.

In some ways, this place still gives me what I need to be continually intrigued by it.

Fabric, c'est chic.

Lastest spoonflower swatches: Athena et les fleurs







Athena {B&W} & Les Fleurs {Colour}
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"Athena" was designed using colourlovers software and "Les fleurs" was created with illustrator . It's neat how much you can do on colour lovers these days. It's especially cool that you can send your creations from colourlovers straight to your spoonflower account. I'm quite pleased with the ease of the process and how these turned out.

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Balloon

 

The Gatineau hot air balloon festival started yesterday and i can see it from my window.

Frolick

Days of sun - Frolicking, volunteering and living.

summer eleven

Summer is coming to an end and as i start to look back I feel as though i've done so much and at the same time i haven't done enough. I need more time to bike, run, camp... i swear this list could be endless. It's almost like the summer makes you feel like you're in vacation mode even when you're sweating it out at work from 9-5 (or whenever it is that you work). ugh, I'm already irritated by the though of Winter... and you're not even here yet. Here's to living the rest of the summer to the fullest.