Burda Style

As if I don't have enough networking sites that I follow or participate in, I decided to add one more: BurdaStyle Not that I'm big on sewing yet but it's inspirational to browse through the projects and I hope to find a few projects there that I want to tackle sometime.

We had a party in our street last night and I found out that the new neighbor across the street is a designer for a chain of stores in Belgium. She offered to help me with any sewing project that I'm working on. She also has a bunch of patterns that I can have a browse through which I find really rad! How cool is that? Yeah! :)

And while adding my first sewing project to BurdaStyle, I searched for a picture for the pattern that I used and found out that you can actually buy it on Etsy.

Random inspiration

Quite often, I'm overwhelmed by the source of inspiration that the internet can be. When I find sites that I love, I drop 'em in a folder called 'inspiration' and every now and then, I go and browse that folder. Here are a few artists that I find really cool!

Mitsuru Koga via Crescendo

Kate Mac Dowell via EvaForeva

Marc Johns post-it note drawings via Twitter

Wall paper love

I love wall paper books.Can't have enough of themBeautiful colors

Amazing textures

Flowers

Trees

Plants

I'm up to something with these...

Jip, I love wall paper books.

And you?

Lark books

I got invited by Lark books to submit three images for an upcoming publication tentatively titled 'Design Inspiration Guide: Animals' due for release in spring of 2011.
Still far way from now but I'm excited about it. *jumps giddily up and down*
These are the images that I chose to submit:

InvincibleCuteOh Deer!

I know that the invincible one is a fable animal but still, it's an animal! ;)
I hope that my raw digital material will suit their high standards...

Inspiration + experiment = creation

Last week, I was reading one of my favorite blogs 'The red thread' by Lisa Tilse. I love to visit it because it's an amazing source of inspiration, it bursts of creativity & it has this whimsical twist that I love! Last monday I bumped into this post that inspired me to make this...

a paper boat
a fabric boat drenched in clay slib

a kiln fired ceramic boatDo you think I will need to take up origami soon? :)

Happy sunday everyone!
I'll be at a craftfair today and hope I can show you some pictures tommorrow! :)
And I'll draw a winner for the give-away when I get back from the fair so you can still enter here...

Crochet inspiration

Since lack of time is keeping me from crocheting lately, I would love to share some crochet inspiration I found on Flickr & Etsy.

I have been intrigued by all forms of crochet that are related to coral reef and shapes.
The dream to crochet them myself and transform them into porcelain clay still plays around in my head so I would love you to meet these fantastic artists:

The work of Gooseflesh is the most amazing I've seen around, ever! It's so detailed and it's amazing and inspiring. Helle leaves me often in awe with her photostream & I think she is one of my favorite contacts on Flickr. My heart jumps when I see she has posted new work! :)
This corkscrew crochet is made by Quoin. If you haven't already added her to your Flickr contacts, I think you should! She has a very colorful photostream & does lovely work.
If you click on this picture below, it will bring you to a you tube video she made where she shows you how to crochet these corkscrews! I can't wait to try it! :)
When I found the work of Sophie Buckleberry a few months ago, I immediately added her to my contacts. Unfortunately she doesn't update her Flickr stream regularly but I still think that her crochet work is an inspiration.
OK, these amugurumi creatures are not exactly coral reef looking but I believe they do live in the deep blue sea. Melissa Sue makes the most amazing crochet creatures & I love 'em to pieces!
She has a wonderful shop on Etsy & her Amugurumi portfolio is great fun to look at.
Aren't these artists not just super?