The Art and Business of surface pattern design e-course

Hi all! I thought I'd let the really creative among you know that there's this wonderful e-course running at the moment on the Do what you love website called The Art and Business of surface pattern design featuring Rachael Taylor- who I think is a wonderful designer and she's really lovely too! Module 1 is finished but you're not to late for 2 & 3 which I'm doing and I am so excited about it. It basically is a course about setting up your own brand and making it successful. I'm currently working on the Me-Me Lou brand and I am trying to make it successful so any tips or advice I welcome so I jumped at the chance to be a part of it. This course is a must for all you surface pattern designers. Rachael is one of the best out there and is an ideal as a teacher for this course. For more info please click on the link.

http://www.dowhatyouloveforlife.com/pattern

Christmas is just around the corner!!!

Ooooh it's almost here. I can't believe it. This year is going by so quickly. Are you all ready? I've got pretty much everything so I'm quite happy. I don't normally blog on a weekend but I've been asked to go and work freelance again up until christmas which is lovely so I've not got as much time as I would normally have to blog so i thought I'd post something quick while I have a chance. Below are some more christmas designs I've done for my agent again. Hope you like them-right I'm off to make some christmas biscuits with hubby Yummy!

ReetSweet

Today I thought I'd share a couple of snaps from my craft fair at Reetsweet that happened at the weekend. It was held at the Corn exchange in Leeds which is such a gorgeous building. The craft fair went well but despite it being christmas people are still scared to spend money on things they perhaps don't need. I myself am scared so I totally understand. I still had a great time and really enjoyed meeting other creatives and getting some really positive comments about my work. There are so many talented people out there. It's such a pleasure to be a part of it. When my website is finally ready (it's taking AGES) you will be able to buy my hand made products on it which I'm really excited about. Anyway hope you all have a fantastic day despite it being a bit grim out there :)

The corn exchanges BIG tree

The corn exchange Roof-Gorgeous!

My little stall!

I'm Back!

Hi everyone, well thats me officially back to blogging. My freelancing has finished (for now) so I'm back in my cosy office designing. I did a Christmas reetsweet at the weekend which was fun- I'll tell you more about that in tomorrows post. Now as you all know it's the season to be Jolly so I thought I'd share some Christmas designs that I have been working on for my agent with you. They are available to licence through my agent. If you're interested please email info@puredesigngroup.co.uk for more information.

Christmas Reetsweet this weekend

Hi guys, Just to let you know that I'll be exhibiting at Reetsweet this weekend. The Christmas Craft fair will be at the Leeds corn exchange Saturday and Sunday. If you want some different gifts for you friends and family pop down! I'll be selling Purses, Cards, magnets, keyrings, Totes and badges. Looking forward to seeing you there!

A mini break from blogging

Hi All, hope you're all well. Just to let you all know I'm having a little break from blogging. As some of you have probably noticed I haven't been as regular with my post and this is due to my work load at the moment. I've been freelancing in house everyday for the last month and will be possibly working there until Christmas. I am also doing lots of designs for my agent and am doing Reetsweet craft fair @Leeds corn exchange 3rd and 4th December so any free time I have I'm making products for that so I'm going to have a break from blogging for the next few weeks at least until I've done Reetsweet. I will squeeze in a post just before Reetsweet to give you all the info about that and show you any new products. See you soon :)!

One of my new designs!

My Fabric!

Morning! Today I thought I'd share with you a sneaky peak of my fabric designs. I'm going to use them to make my purses etc as although I love using other peoples fabric I think given the fact I am a surface pattern designer I should really be using fabrics designed by me! I've only had 3 fat quarters made but I'm sure I'll get a few purses out of them-Very exciting!