Spoonflower Fall Leaves Contest

I've entered this week's Spoonflower contest, Fall Leaves, below is my entry Autumn leaves, you can vote here.

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Pinspiration - Autumnal

Today I've got some lovely autumnal pins for our weekly Pinspiration post!

1. Glitter Leaves Garland // 2. Autumn Window Photo // 3. Apple Brownies Recipe
4. Leggings and Boots Outfit // 5. Photographic Landscape Portrait // 6. Six Felted Acorns

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New Collection - If you go down to the woods today

Today I'm giving you a little look at my new collection.. If you go down to the woods today was inspired by all the lovely natural things you notice in the autumn like mushrooms, fallen leaves, conkers, acorns and ferns.

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Sneak Peek - New Collection

Today I am giving you a sneak peek of some of the designs from my new collection - Woodland Wonders

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Patterned coat linings

This year I've noticed that a lot of companies have paid attention to the pattern on the lining of their coats, and I LOVE it! There are so many great patterns and surface pattern designers out there it seems a shame to have a boring pattern on the inside of a coat which is seen more often than most people think!

One place in particular I have noticed they have beautiful patterns inside their coats is Joules.

Images copyright Joules

Falling leaves

One of my favourite things when working on new designs that pop into my head is playing around with different colour palettes. I really enjoy working with colour, and as much as I love setting a colour palette and making it work across different designs, there's something beautifully organic about having a design idea pop into your head, making it but then feeling free to play around with different colour combinations to see what works best.

I have been working on this new design, inspired by falling leaves. It was lovely to play around with different colour combos, some of which I am sharing today! I love how a simple can design can have such a different feel using different colours, more energetic or relaxed, and more traditional or contemporary.

 Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Happy Halloween

A quick post to say Happy Halloween with this great image from Design Seeds! A lovely autumnal colour palette!

Image copyright Design Seeds

A quick trip to Cornwall..

Last week I went down to Cornwall for a quick break before returning to uni for what is going to be a crazy busy 3rd year. We have a holiday house in St Ives so it's almost like my second home, I have spent so much time there over the years with many happy memories!

We didn't take the camera out much as it was raining a lot of the time we were there but here are a few photos from the occassion we did actually take it out!

I just LOVE Cornwall in the Autumn! Rough seas, brisk winds, rain, snuggling up inside, costal walks.. just perfect.