New Collection - Garden Floral

Today I am sharing with you a sneak peek into a new collection - Garden Floral. You may recognise the first floral design as the pattern that filled the garden tools in my recent Spoonflower Garden Tools Contest entry. I created the design especially to fill the garden tools but loved it so much and saw potential in the motifs to create a whole collection. 

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Feature Friday - Natalie Alexander

Today I have a real treat for you! Our feature friday designer is Natalie Alexander.

Natalie Alexander is a graphic and surface designer and fellow ABSPD graduate. When I first saw Natalie's work I was instantly drawn to her gorgeous colour palettes, fun florals and delicious use of texture.

Natalie describes her style as contemporary with a raw element, she likes her designs to have a slightly unpolished appearance and really enjoys working with bold colour palettes.

The unpolished, raw feel to Natalie's designs is one of my favourite things about them, they feel so free and passionate but lighthearted and uplifting at the same time.

To find out more visit Natalie's website, or follow her on Twitter or Facebook

Images copyright Natalie Alexander 2013

Colour & Pattern Inspiration from Jnr Joules

I was browsing the Joules website and came across this lovely floral pattern on some of the Jnr Joules girlswear.

The print has lovely texture and even features colour of the year, Emerald!

Images sourced from joules.com · Top · Sweater  · Dress 

Collage image copyright Rosie Simons 2013

New collection - Ikat Roses

I've recently been working on a new collection 'Ikat Roses' and thought I would give you a sneak peek today!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Feature Friday - Elizabeth Olwen

Today our featured Friday designer is Elizabeth Olwen.

I took Module 3 of ABSPD with Elizabeth, I just adore her folksy florals and wonderful use of colour!

Elizabeth Olwen is a Toronto-based surface designer. Inspired by pastoral beauty, nature in its most playful forms, folklore, and romance, Elizabeth's work is driven by the desire to leave something beautiful behind with every step she takes.

Her obsession with patterns began as a child when she would become mesmerized by the orange floral drapes in her mother's kitchen. Surrounded by bold, unapologetic prints, patterns were something that she could lose herself in; a window to faraway places. Through the years, the love of patterns remained, and inspired her to start making her own.

Elizabeth loves old wallpapers and vintage fabrics, cannot be forced to choose a favourite colour, and is hopelessly devoted to travel.

As well as gorgeous flora and fauna designs, Elizabeth also creates fabulous geometrics like these below..

Elizabeth has been busy lately and some of her designs are now available as wallpapers through wallpapered.com

She also recently revealed her 'in bloom' collection is now available as a set of teNeues notecards!

This girl is gonna go far with her beautiful designs! Elizabeth is exhibiting at Surtex this May in Booth 752, so if you're heading to Surtex don't forget to go and check out her wonderful designs and meet the lovely girl herself!!

To find out more visit her website, follow her on twitter or like her on Facebook!

All images copyright Elizabeth Olwen 2013

New designs on Society6

I've been adding new designs to my Society6 shop. Below are some of the new patterns available.

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Buttercup China Competition

Another day.. another competition! This time I have submitted a design for the Buttercup China competition. The winner will have their design printed on Buttercup China mugs, so the brief was to create something that would sell well on mugs around the country. I designed a bright floral piece with coordinating purple handle.

If you like my design please give it a little like on Facebook here!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

west elm

I've discovered lots of fantastic places whilst here in NYC, one place I'd always heard people talk about but never visited was west elm. If you've never heard of it before west elm is a contemporary furniture and homewares retailer. They sell gorgeous furniture and accessories, I spent ages in the shop taking in all the different textures, patterns and prints!

Below are some pictures of a few things I picked up, some cute little candles, an owl candle and a decoupage glass tray. Everything is so well designed and there are so many wonderful colours and patterns!

I fell in love with these bright hand painted style patterns and was so pleased when I picked up the free paper in store to find a section all about the designer, Sarah Campbell.

Even their free newspaper is just beautiful! I would just love to work for west elm, creating patterns or working on graphic design, everything is just so gorgeous and wonderfully produced!

Do check out their website westelm.com, and for more you can follow @westelm on twitter, like west elm on facebook or for even more, and overwhelming amounts of gorgeous inspiration you can follow west elm on pinterest! Or better still visit one of their stores!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012 - Content copyright west elm