Dissertation meeting at Uni

Well that kind of helped- gave me a bit of a panic at first but now I found that my idea is alright I can move forwards and start developing it further; into 6000 words- ah the joys of Uni...

some of my notes 17/04/12

PaperSalad- week 18

Back in after the Easter break and no sign of a pigeon :P
I worked through a load of orders, made up sample packs of the new wedding range and notebook set for the twelve agents. I cleared up round the studio, sorting out cards and boxes and refilling the card spinner. And also started hand-finishing the new Christmas range; making up sample sets for the agents after Karen had amended the position of where the stars would go on the designs.
 I've started work on a new brief which originally was going to be a "birds & cages" theme but has now just changed to birds as I've been drawing real species which I would like to stick with and leave the cage theme for later where I want to combine them with more elaborate and made up bird imagery.

Swan line drawing

Created in WA- Easter Market

Had a stall at another WA event today which I've been working on design ideas and items in my spare time over the past two months. I was able to launch my "British" jubilee designs and actually sold some as well. I had a corner stall so was able to have pretty much my whole stock on display and got compliments from customers about the presentation of it :)

My "British" & "Voyager" themed cards

PaperSalad- week 17

Emma's was on holiday for the week so it's mainly been a week of packing up cards, finishing off orders and getting cards ready for the PaperChase orders ready to be picked next week.
Started hand-finishing some of the new wedding range and making up sample sets of the notebook designs for the agents.
 I finished my "British" card designs off and continued creating my own textured backgrounds using dyes and inks; combining colour tones to create an added depth and shadow to them.

On Friday we had a bit of a problem with a pigeon in the studio; which had apparently flown in on a girl in the unit next door whilst she was on the loo- we had wondered what all the screams were about...

London trip

I went down to London for a weekend break but took photos of buildings and London's landmarks which I can use for inspiration for my "British" theme.
Taking my camera on trips is something I always do as my photos are usually the inspiration & starting point for the majority of my design work.

Tower Bridge 31/03/12

Big Ben & Westminster 01/04/12

St Paul's 01/04/12

glass building front 01/04/12

Structural 01/04/12

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PaperSalad- week 16

Worked on a few orders this week; hand-finishing cards as well as starting to pick the upcoming PaperChase order; which is similar to the Waitrose only not quite as manic- PaperChase usually order large quantities of a card as they send them to the stores themselves.
PaperSalad have a stall at "The Teenage Market" on the 1st April so I packed up a few cards and notebooks for them to take.
I finished my "Voyager" brief for tableware, which I also did some card designs with. I started incorporating my "British" theme into cards for the Jubilee which I hope to launch at an upcoming Created in WA event next week. I decided to test the market so to speak by showing my designs to a range of people and asking which designs they preferred to get the best success out of the final cards.

Sewing for pleasure & Hobbycraft show

Another yearly craft show I go to; this one is a really good show for a bit of everything, it has papercrafts for my card crafting, jewellery supplies as well as stitch equipment etc- this is where I really stock up for Uni withs threads and fabric etc.
I got some ribbons for one of my Loie&Co projects and some different colours of inks & dyes.