Sunday at the Seaside

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. We took off and went to Brighton for the day! It was so good to get away and spend time strolling in the beach, which I took the opportunity to take a few pictures for my inspiration board. I wish I lived by the sea sometimes...

Home Products Photo Shoot -Part 2

As I mentioned in my last post I'm working on my new website and catalogue which has inspired me to take new images of my products. A new project that I've been enjoying tremendously as interiors and styling has always been one of my interests!

So much time, thought and work goes into taking an image that sometimes when flicking through the lovely images in interior magazines I have taken for granted.

So having just had a little taster I'm willing to learn and pursue this new venture even if it is for fun- so watch this space :-)

Home Photo Shoot - Part 1

Today being such a lovely sunny day it inspired me to take photos of my products for the new website and catalogue.

I used corners of our home as a canvas to promote the new cushion and print collection aiming to create a lifestyle image...

It became quite a full on day ( more than I envisaged) and a little bit exhausting towards the end, but I thoroughly enjoyed it !

Now I have to go back and work through some more editing; above is a little sneak preview of what I have done so far...

The Selby- New Images

I'm finally back from the city with a great need to rest, so I'll explain more about the exhibition next week.

In the meantime I thought I'd share with you some fabulous new images from The Selby. For those that have not visited The Selby yet, you might spend a good few hours having a peak at the most amazing houses, so a warning there- it can be seriously addictive!

There's a book now you can buy from here. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

gerald decock - hairdresser and visual artist at his home - new york city - july 12 2010

albert maysles - filmmaker; and gillian walker - therapist at their home - harlem - sept 22nd 2010

lyndsay caleo - goldsmith and interior designer; and fitzhugh karol - woodworker and interior designer at their home - brooklyn - june 9th 2010

lucy chadwick - gallery director, duffy - hairdresser with emma - ballerina at their home - london - june 7 2009

Houzz Home Feature

This morning as I was checking my inbox I was pleasantly surprised to see my home has been featured in Houzz home page as part of this week's ideabooks !!!

Houzz is an excellent site for those that have a love of home decor and would love to get inspired by other peoples homes all over the world suiting all styles. You can see more here.

Thank you also to Susan for taking the time to write about me. You can see Susans lovely Blog here.

Full of inspiration

Having been staring at a blank canvas for some weeks, I am happy to say that having now returned from my trip, I'm full of inspiration, colours, and ideas...

Inspirational music

As a new week commences and it is the start of ideas, design and production for all of us working away from our studio, I thought I'd highly recommend the latest cd from BajoFondo Tango Club for those that need music to help with the creative mood to flow and flourish as I do...
A great team of excellent musicians from Argentina and Uruguay playing electronic contemporary Tango music with the obvious genres of Murga and Millonga coming through.
Bajofondo is for those passionate about music, Tango, Latin and those willing to try something new and different, Give it a try you might like it!
Any music recommendations welcome too as I am always looking for new music to listen too...

Something from the weekend...

Well now that summer has come to an end, weekends at home with cups of tea and finding time to be creative seem very appeailing, hence this painting that I procuded over this weekend.You can also see it here in Artfair 365.I thought the tittle "Letting Go " was just how I felt as I was painting and feeling an inner freedom..Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed painting it, and highly recomend it.Now back with a new week and see what October brings.