Final Vintage Cushions

Here are my final vintage themed cushions. All of these pictures are my own!

ROSA & CLARA DESIGNS

Browsing the internet for last minute research for my sketchbook i came across rosa & clara designs on notonthehighstreet.

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/partners/rosaandclaradesigns/products

Inspired by an eclectic mix of flea markets, architecture and mid-century design, Rosa & Clara Designs has created a range of quirky, British-made homewares and paper goods. A new business based in South London, Rosa & Clara Designs was launched by Jessica Hayman after her daughters (Rosa and Clara, that is) inspired her to leave behind her life as a lawyer and pursue her dream of immersing herself in a world of pattern and design.

Each of Jessica's designs begins life as one of her hand drawn illustrations. The lampshades, lavender birds, lavender butterflies and Christmas decorations are handmade by Jessica. The paper goods are printed on to FSC certified paper and card. As a firm believer in supporting British industry, Jessica uses only British suppliers and manufacturers. Even the lavender she uses hails from Yorkshire.

  

The design has a striped background of white, pale green and pale blue, with vintage French perfume bottles and toothpaste. 

Anthropolgie Perfume

http://www.anthropologie.eu/anthro/product/gifts-birthday/7550462990009.jsp?color=102

While i was browsing the gift section on the anthropolgie website, these bottles of perfume caught my eye. 

I do buy a lot of perfume but i would probably buy one of these purely because of the nice packaging designs! They have really nice colours and prints and they are a bit more unique and quirky than your normal perfume packaging.

I think the packaging on a product makes a huge difference when a selling a product. 

I also think these would make great gifts!

Mothers Day at M&S

http://printpattern.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/mothers-day-2014-marks-spencer-pt2.html

I really like this mothers day card from Marks and Spencers. I'm not too sure if the design is a print or whether the intricate detail has actually been hand embroidered but either way i think it is a great effect.

Soft poetry

This theme has a modern poetic atmosphere, flowers and nature are taken as inspiration and seen through a soft focus lens or a diluted wash of watercolour. New applications of photographic prints are applied to textiles and ceramics and embellished with embroidery, over-prints or layered with poetic phrases and poems. Colours are soft and delicate with charcoal black and slightly stronger yellow and fuchsia introducing contrast.

Looking at the gift section of this trend:

I really like these landscape cushions they have really a really soft colour scheme which gives off a calming feel.

 

 

http://www.wgsn.com/content/report/Design_Direction/HBL/Seasonal_Gifting/mothers_day/2016/2016_mothersday/photographic_mother.html

House of Fraser

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Here a few photos of House of Fraser's window display from their Darlington store. 

I love the selection of products and the arrangement of their display they have made for Mothers Day. 

The banners with large floral prints hanging behind the display is what attracted me to the window. 

Alexia Claire

'Leeds based Alexia Swirkowski who designs under the name Alexia Claire has a brand new Kickstarter project currently running to launch her new woodland animals illustrated gift wrap. Backers can choose from a variety of rewards such as; gift wrap sets, gift tags, matching greetings cards and downloadable card designs. There is even a reward in which you can request to receive an original illustration from Alexia of an animal of your choice. Alexia is passionate about creating popular surface designs for stationery and has recently won the Filofax Cover Story competition, which will see two of her winning designs on Filofax products in shops in Spring this year. She hopes to introduce many more stationery lines throughout this year. Find out more on kickstarter here.'

 

 

http://printpattern.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/kickstarter-alexia-claire.html

I found this post on printpattern.blogspot.co.uk. 

I love how the designer has mixed woodland animals with bold block colours. Love the colour scheme, especially the duck egg blue frogs. I think the design has a childlike feel but it would also be suitable for young adults.

buttercups and clover

'A scrumptious range combining beautiful hand stitched flowers, vintage papers, fabrics, patterned ribbons and braids.  Cute stitched birds & dogs bring life to the designs and individual paper letters give a hand crafted look.

Shaped buttons, embroidered daisies and sparkly gems are used to hand finish the cards.'

I love this range. I found the range cards in paperchase whilst researching for my shop report. I love the mixture of prints creating a collage effect. I also like buttons used to embellish, the odd letters and the quirky little illustrations. 

Some of my favourite designs are below.

All images are from 

http://www.cinnamonaitch.co.uk/card-ranges/buttercups-and-clover

https://www.facebook.com/CinnamonAitch

Tamar Mogendorff

Recognized for her original stitch creations, Tamar Mogendorff is an artist and designer residing in Brooklyn, New York. Tamar’s one-of-a-kind "soft sculptures" have inspired fantasy narratives for children and an aesthetic appreciation for adults.

"Using thousand and thousand of fabrics and threads to create her ideas in her Brooklyn workshop, Tamar Mogendorff's world is populated with swans, bears and mushrooms carefully made by her fairy fingers. The originality of her creations is in the choice and assembly of the fabrics from gaudy to the precious, the subtle or solid."

I first found Tamar Mogendorff's work at college whilst researching artists for a project which was 'natural ornamentation'. 

Own picture - Page from past sketchbook with different techniques and Tamar Mogendorff artist research

I love the printed fabrics used on these bird houses and how she has used sequins to embellish the birds, i feel it gives them another decorative element.

   

All pictures are from http://www.tamarmogendorff.com/

Scout & Co

http://scoutandcokids.com/

Scout & Co is a kids lifestyle boutique. Stocking a variety of clothes, accessories, decor, toys and gifts from a range of different brands. The items are unique and a lot different from what you would find on the high street. 

Ferm Living

 

This baby mobile from Ferm living has cute little illustrations of animals, bows, clouds, a plane and a kite.

 I really like the contemporary feel of this mobile. 

I feel that the colour scheme used gives the mobile a more sophisticated look, rather than just going with pink and blue for girls and boys.

Petites Pattes

 

These little sock gift sets from Petites Pattes are so cute and quirky. I think It looks like the faces have been embroidered onto the socks but it is just part of the design.

I found a small article in Mollie Makes issue 36 on Scout & Co and then went to the website to check it out.