Colour of the Week - June Bud

This week's colour of the week is.. June Bud!

I'm not always a fan of green.. but I do really love yellowy/lime greens like this one, and it makes me look forward to spring and summer in the dark days of winter.. well white days of winter like today!

Below are some colour palettes using June Bud, I hope they inspire you! 

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

Dreaming of colour..

The ground has been covered in snow here for almost a week now, and it's funny how quickly you get used to everything being white and there being a distinct lack of colour. Don't get me wrong, snow is amazingly beautiful, especially when the light shines on it and it sparkles like crystals, but now it's turning to brown slush and I am really looking forward to spring and colour starting to arrive in my life.

For now my colour 'hit', as it were, and inspiration come from Pinterest, where I found this lovely image I used to create this colour palette/mini mood board for inspiration!

Fruit image source: http://www.youaremyfave.com/2012/11/16/julep-a-modern-cornucopia-are-my-fave/

Washi tape download: http://www.puglypixel.com/2011/02/17/free-clip-art-tape-strips-patterns/

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2013

New Boys Designs

I recently worked on a brief to design for boys. This is not something I normally work on and when I started the brief I thought I would really struggle. However once I had decided on a theme and a colour palette the design started to flow and I am SO pleased with how it turned out!

I am going to develop the collection further adding new placement and repeat prints using the same motifs and colour palette. Who knows where Tom will go next!

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Spoonflower introduce Wallpaper printing

Yesterday the exciting news broke that Spoonflower are now offering custom printed wallpaper and decals as well as the amazing custom printed fabric service they already provide.

I jumped straight on to the website to experience this great new service. It was like it was perfectly planned after my post yesterday where I said I could see my new design as wallpaper! So I uploaded the tile and huzzah there appeared my tile repeated and mocked up on a room setup!

And now because I promised I'd share more.. here is my new design 'Scribble flower' in green! I really love how versatile the design is, it works well at different scales and in different colours. A large scale is great for wallpaper but the design also works well at a smaller scale for example on an iPhone case (coming soon!)

Images copyright Rosie Simons 2012

Don't forget to go and check out the Spoonflower website to learn all about their new services!

Preparing for the holiday season

The holiday season is a very busy time for sellers on Etsy so I am starting to prepare myself and my shop(s) for the busy period and using this quiet summer period to add lots of exciting new products, both gifty and holiday season related, and hopefully open a new shop!

My current Etsy shop, iheartrosie, sells fabric items. Braided fabric bracelets, fabric hearts keyrings and other fabric items, such as fabric christmas trees and stars. There are also super cute friendship bracelets! Many items that would make great gifts this holiday season! (I'm cringing a little bit saying that in July, but there we go!)

I'm currently working on new bracelet colours and styles, and special holiday items, plush fabric christmas trees, stars and hearts, plush fabric christmas tree garlands and other nice things!

Here's a sneak peek of some of the fabrics I'm using for the christmas collection!

I've also been working on items for a new paper based shop where I hope to sell my own designs as prints and greetings cards. It's starting to come together so I will be able to share that with you soon!

Here's a little sneak peek of some of the things I've been working on! Let me know what you think!

All images copyright Rosie Simons

Inspiration

A few weeks ago I visited Gardener's World Live, I am a massive fan of flowers and floral designs, so it was a great chance for me to not only get some lovely plants for my home and garden but also get lots of inspiration for my work.

The colours, textures, natural patterns and shapes I saw were unbelievable!

I took so many photos, but I have shared a few of my photos below.

 

 

 

All images copyright Rosie Simons