Moorfield School Art Project

A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Moorfield School in Ilkley about a project the Year 1 class were working on involving learning about printing and painting with fruits. In May, I skyped the children from my studio to their classroom and I answered some questions they had about my work and what it was like to be an artist! They had some great questions prepared and I loved chatting to so many aspiring artists and designers.

I then set them a competition and I wanted to share the winners work on my blog and social media! The class created some absolutely fantastic work and it was so difficult to choose but I have included my favourite three pieces of work below! Congratulations to the whole class on what looked like a very fun project and some great artwork.

Mollie Makes Handmade Awards

Last month I was lucky enough to be shortlisted for the Mollie Makes Handmade Awards 2015. I was invited to a day in London (back to London already haha) to present my business idea to a panel of judges! Naturally, I was quite terrified as I hasn't had much of a chance to prepare due to moving from London to Edinburgh the week before!

The day itself was so much fun- loads of activities and talks to go to. My favourites including a talk from the team at Pinterest with lots of tips for great boards and how to use Pinterest for your business. The was some great crafting to be done too and a pretty great lunch to boot! As always at these kinds of events the absolute highlight was meeting so many fantastic, talented people to spend such a lovely sunny day with. 

I love this picture blogger Xanthe Berkley took of my fabrics- It's inspired me to take some new photos of my own!

(photo above from Mollie Makes blog)

And....... I was lucky enough to win the Start Up Award category! I was so happy to win an award and some fantastic prizes including a stand at the Crafty Fox craft fair this Autumn. It was so great to get some positive feedback on my products especially as I am so new to setting up my business and to meet to many great, inspirational creatives. 

Better late than never - May Moodboard!

Links Below (Clockwise from top)

1. Ombre dyed bag from Toast

2 & 3. Beautiful fruit styling by Clare Nicholson

4. A pretty summer bouquet

5. Lovely window display by Seasalt

6. Origami Lampshade

7. Yellow is the best colour

News!

It is almost the end of May and I still haven't posted my May inspirations board yet which is ridiculous but I have a good reason! My lovely fella and I are moving to Scotland at the end of the month for an adventure. We have been thinking about the move out of London for a little while and had a couple of opportunities come our way so are going for it! We have a lovely little flat in Morningside, Edinburgh and we are so excited to explore our new area and make our flat cosy. I lived in Edinburgh six years ago now and it feels like a good time to go back for a little while to explore a new(ish) city and focus on my business. I have a fantastic studio space at Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts (now Process Studios) with a huge fabric printing table and lots of space to experiment.

So hopefully come June this blog should be a place full of new designs, inspirations and Edinburgh antics. I will also be sharing what I have been getting up to over the last year whilst at my in-house design job. And now, I must pack...

Anthropologie Tropical Fruit Journals

I should probably wait until these lovely journals are properly online before I share, but I'm too excited! Here is a photo of my collaboration with Anthropologie - three patterned journals. I have been waiting for these beauties to be released since last summer and I am so glad they are finally here. I spotted this picture on Pinterest and I can't actually find them for sale online yet - but I will keep you updated, and I should receive my artist samples of them soon - they are currently in the post from the U.S! I am so happy to have had the opportunity to work with Anthropologie; ever since I was a student slaving away over my screen printed fabrics and day-long drawings, they have been a client I have always aspired to work with. I'll let you know when they are on sale!

Tropical Fruit Journals- Anthropologie

Candid Fabric and Lazy Sundays

Happy Sunday! Today has been lazy in all senses of the word. I have been list making, watching trashy TV shows for hours on end and finishing off making my best friends wedding invitations (I will share them here soon) which has been so lovely! 

I wanted to start documenting a few projects I have been working on over the past few years and chat about some of the fantastic companies I have had the opportunity to work with. These images above were taken by the lovely folk over at Candid Fabric as part of one of their collections and have been styled in such a lovely way! 

I hope you all enjoyed a lazy Sunday too...

Monthly Moodboards- April

Links Below (Clockwise from top)

1. A beautiful sketchbook

2. These grapefruit, rhubarb and thyme cocktails look amazing!

3. A lovely spring arrangement

4. Edible flower decorated cake!

5. Some mark-making goodness plus amazing colour

6. Handprinted fabrics

7. Hanging plant illustration