Featured 'On the Surface' Surtex newsletter

Some of my fabrics were featured on Surtex 'On the Surface' newsletter today in an article about Pink Light Design agency who represent my work. I think Surtex will be really exciting this year for Pink Light Design as it has lots of new fresh artists.

Pink Pink Pink yeah!

Happy Friday to everyone, I am looking forward to weekend with friends and family.

So my obsession with pink flowers continues..! Here is the start of a new textile design which will hopefully be used as wallpaper or bedding. 

Happy Colours (and defaults)

Today I thought I'd share with you a sample from part of a new textile design Im working on. Its so lovely to work with bright palettes when the world around you seems so grey! By that I mean Greece. 

Living in Greece has never been easy but for the majority its about to get a whole lot harder with the impending default on its debt. Things are so expensive here already especially when you compare to the UK it makes you wonder how much more expensive they will get. 

Also you have to consider this is a country where the average wage is about 800 Euros a month. People are starting to get very angry with the government so who knows what the next couple of months will bring. Luckily I work for foreign companies so my job is safe but I have lots of friends who really don't know what they will do if they lose there jobs. Lets all try and support Greece in this difficult time.

Sorry about the lack of blog posts lately. I've been super busy designing plus I've had loads of problems with my internet (comes with the territory living in Greece!) I've been working on a bunch of floral repeats at the mo, I've posted a little peak of a sample above.

A friend recently introduced me to pinterest.com. Its an application where you can create your own mood boards. For example you can make a mood board of different textile or of some books you want to read. I guess it's a way of organizing your creative thoughts. I'm quite new to it but i'll let you know how it goes.

Funky Fabrics

Its amazing the range of textile prints available online. On Etsy they have a brilliant shop called Sew Materialistic it sales all sorts of fabrics featuring quirky designs. Its a nice idea if you want to make some cushions yourself rather than buying straight off the high street. I'm thinking of getting some kiddie fabrics to make some scatter cushions for my little girls room, the only problem is I can't actually sew! Here is the link to the shop,

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SewMaterialisticShop

and here are some of the cool fabrics you can find on the site..

This one is by Riley Blake called funnily enough 'Umbrellas'
http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/

This next one is called The Hedgehog group by Michael Miller. I love it as hedgehogs aren't something that you often see in design.
http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/MMF/Home.cfm?Gid=1219

The last one is called Lime Bite Me by Fabric Duo,