Thursday, 19 March 2009

Hand-lettering: what got me thinking...

I'm a bit of an obsessive when it comes to reading lots of design blogs to get my daily fix of loveliness and inspiration (as you can tell from my blogroll!). One of the things that I really connected with was a guest blog series on Design*Sponge by Sarah Millar. You can read the series here, here, here, here and here!
It was this series that got me thinking about hand lettering, and probably why I noticed the new packaging I posted about previously. That's what I love about the internet- you find all these strands to pull at, and they just keep pulling you through to more and more gorgeousness! There's too much to take in!
(PS. Sarah blogs at Oatmeal & Cinnamon, and links through to all sorts of hand-lettering loveliness!)

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Birthday Pressie for Sis!

I had a moment of creative inspiration at the weekend, and crafted something for my sister's birthday. She had requested a few bits and pieces of make-up for her present, but I wanted to give her something a bit more personal as well. So I decided to have a go at making a simple make-up roll for her to keep it in. I'm really pleased with the results- hope she likes it too!
Make-up roll for Naomi Make-up roll for Naomi

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Bigfish strikes again!

Popped into sainsbury's last night for a few bits, and spotted some very scrummy packaging design in the cake section (I wasn't buying for me btw, my Dad and Pauline are coming to stay today so I wanted to get a few traybakes in, in proper Norn' Irland style!).
Mr Bunbury's cakes do indeed look "sincerely delicious"; I think I was smitten again by the illustrated and hand-lettered style. I'm a sucker for great handwriting! And when I checked the small print, guess who had done the design.... Yep, that's right, Bigfish strikes again! The official website is still in the pipeline, but they've got a holding page up at the moment, with a cute little competition. Will keep an eye on this one!

Monday, 16 March 2009

Clipper Tea

One of the things that I discovered on my fab weekend away was that Clipper Tea have had a makeover. I'm loving their new packaging design, which taps into a trend for illustration and hand-lettering.
I did a bit of digging and the redesign was done by a company called bigfish, who also did the packaging design for Dorset Cereals and Belvoir Fruit Farms (whose cordials have more yummy hand-lettering on the labels). Fab!

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

London, baby!

the ladies!
I had the most amazing weekend in London with my ladies- Bea, Cathers, Rach and Shannon. We stayed in a hotel in Kensington and had a great time- good food, fabulous company and real quality time. I love this being my birthday year! I'm totally claiming my new decade! Photos of our trip can be found here.