The economic downturn, the recession, job cuts… I really feel that I need to think and make things a little bit brighter but delicate, cheerful and playful to make me smile and enliven my days. This week, I’ve been inspired by:
Alexandrer Girard’s wonderful wooden dolls. I especially love the one with the pink dress, the red shoes and the black bow
Acrylic “diamonds” in bubble gum pink
Architectural geometric shapes
Colourful wooden toy puzzles from Naef
the colours and feel of pure wool felt (pic from FeltCraftStudio)
anything pop and bright, like this lulu guiness cluctch
The results: I've started on a new range of brighter and rounder change purses with brightly coloured kisslock frames and golden bow or acrylic stones. Below: coral and pink, coffee and taupe, red and fawn:
This week, I have been obsessing about … apples. Their shape and graphic green or red have provided countless visual opportunities. Added to that, they are omnipresent in everyday’s speech and idiomatic phrases: the Big Apple, a rotten apple, “ the apple of [someone]’s eye” , the forbidden fruit, to compare apples and oranges, an apple of discord and so forth! I found this gorgeous paper weight last Tuesday at the amazing Sunbury Antiques Market and my apple fixation was revived!
A while ago, I had not resisted this cute tape measure (which the leaf pulls out = very useful!) on ebay. I’m lusting about this red apple crystal paperweight by John Derian at Liberty: This golden apple from MaisysMarket
And this adorable brass apple box from greenhearts
This gorgeous apple brooch from KatcherrFancy reminds me that I once bought a big chunky silver apple brooch brooch on a trip to NYC, which I had found rather fitting at the time!
And I have to admit that I do like Alice Temperley apple bags:
Well, they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Now that spring’s upon us, I’m going to take the plunge and start blogging... I'll post once a week on Fridays. Whilst I’ll keep it fresh and snappy, it’s going to be varied and visual... A little bits on my visual obsessions and fashion thoughts, what inspires me and maybe some tutorials... See you tomorrow!
