Initial Research

Initial research is essential to a good start when designing anything! This is why I am doing some mood boards which I will post up once completed. I have been asked to design some bespoke fabric for use on Roller Blinds. I decided that it would be more beneficial for myself, if the client sent me some initial images of the type of thing they are after, so I made a mood board of the images that were sent through to me. 

I was quite surprised when I saw them trickling in as they are very different in almost every way possible! I have a hard task ahead of me, but it hasn't put me off at all. A challenge is always good!

So I thought about how to deal with this in a more direct approach. I have decided to narrow down the thought process of the initial interests and I have made some mood boards inspired by the above images which I will post soon. Stay tuned to see the outcomes.

Please note that the images in this post are not my own, they are for research purpose only. Please do not use any imagery.

Painterly Florals

Not so long ago I posted a photo of a quick painting I did of some florals from my sketchbook and I just thought I'd show you what I did with it. Here is one of the final designs.

Please do not copy any artworks! Copyrighted by Leanne Carpentier.

Colour Inspiration

Recently my family have been busy renovating the family home and it's nearing that time once again...the time for decorating!

I was asked if I could help out, so I created some colour inspiration mood boards. I was given some little details to think about, which were charcoal grey slate floor tiles and a white ceiling and skirting boards. So with this in mind I thought I'd put a few boards together with some alternative colours that they might not have thought of before. Take a look and let me know what you think.

As you can see, we quite like the colour grey but mum didn't know what to put with it, I would recommend these colours for a bit of brightness and warmth. 

Please note All Images are not mine! They are images I've researched from the Internet. Please Do not copy without permission from the original source first.

Painting Florals

I hardly ever do any painting, to be honest I'm not very good at it, that's probably why I don't do it, but for some reason I felt like painting today, so I gave it a go. This is what I did...

It was actually quite therapeutic, maybe I should do some random paintings more often! Even if it is only something quick like the one above. 

Please Note all work on this blog is copyrighted to myself, Leanne Carpentier, unless stated otherwise. Please do not copy! Thank you. 

Valentines Day

It's that time of the Year again, Some people love it and Some hate it...It's Valentines Day!

I have seen a lot of nice cards around for Valentines day this year, so here is a little round up of the ones that caught my eye...

Starting with Etsy first...

Hand Drawn Screen Printed Card by 55His From Etsy

These Hand drawn and Painted cards made me chuckle, they're by 'Your Mum Rang' from Etsy

I really like this card, It's quite Rob Ryan-Esq. This design is by Folk Art Papercuts from Etsy

The High street stores also had a few nice cards...

The Above 4 Cards are a selection from Tesco

I love this 'Nelly the Elephant' Bag from Paperchase, It's Adorable.

 I also liked this Heart shaped box also from Paperchase

Although I did see quite a lot of nice ones in the shops, I decided to make mine (of course). My boyfriend and I said we weren't going to do cards this year but I thought I should do one just in case ;) Here it is, Quite simple really.

My Card design with the gift wrap I designed for work. Card copyrighted to Leanne Carpentier and wrap copyrighted to Swan Mill Paper Co and Primark, Please Do Not Copy!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!

Primark SS13

The new Wrapping Paper range is out in Primark now for Spring Summer 2013 and one of my designs was chosen. 

Primark wanted a hearts wrap this year and I came up with quite a few options but thought simplicity would be better. I thought the design below was quite good for Primark as it suits a range of ages. I also like the fact that you can see a chevron pattern in between the hearts making a chevron stripe, followed by an almost diamond shape stripe and so on and It's out just in time for Valentines Day!!
What do you think?

 

Primark have also changed the look of their packaging labels, I quite like the cool new font as Packaging.

I also have some cards in store at the moment too. These 3 pack cards are images which are from other artists/photographers, so are NOT my images, but the cards were put together by me (Text, Colours, Mounts, Add ons). I love the shoe pack, I think its a really nice pack for women of all ages. My Fave is the shoe! (Of course)

Please Note all Designs are Copyrighted to Primark and SwanMill Paper Co. Please do not Copy! 

Press - Ideal Home's, The Complete Guide to Christmas 2012

This came as quite a surprise to me, but I was looking through some Christmas Magazines this year and I came across one promoting B&Q's Christmas range. As I flicked through a little more I noticed that the Owl Christmas wrapping paper I designed for work was featured. How exciting!! Take a look at some of the pages...

(Please do not copy this image and use this as a form to enter the competition as It will be void!)

Please Note that these images are copyrighted to Ideal Home Magazine, Designs are copyrighted to SwanMill Paper Co and Should not be copied or used in anyway! Thanks.

Cheap As Chips

Just a quick post, I came across some more of my cracker designs just before Christmas on the Cheap As Chips website. I designed these crackers in work about March last year, so completely forgot that they decided to run them into production.

Please Note all designs and Packaging are copyrightes to SwanMill Paper co. Please do not copy!





Birthdays

So yesterday was my 25th Birthday. I used to get a little bit of Anxiety before a birthday, as the thought of getting older troubled me! I'm getting used to it now though the older I'm getting.

Design Copyright to Leanne Carpentier. Please do not use!

 

The reason why I'm posting today is so that I can share my birthday present with you. My wonderful boyfriend bought this Handmade screen print for me from Bold & Noble, You can find more prints by these here.

I saw this print earlier in the year and fell in love with it, It's so clever, plus I'm not the greatest at Geography and thought It would help me a little. The fact that it is screen printed by hand just makes it twice as good!

 

I also wanted to share with you my cupcakes below that were made by Tabitha Martinson. How cute are these?!

A little Toadstool

Flower cupcake

 

 And also my workmate and fellow blogger Louise Rowley, made these for me. I love these!! Check out Louise's blog here.

Percy Pig Cupcakes

Big Percy Pig Cake

 

Thank you to my friends and family who sent me cards, texts, emails and to Tabitha and Louise for making me some lovely (and Yummy!) cakes!

 



Biscuiteers

When I was in London, in November, for a weekend with my mum, we had a stroll around Notting Hill, and to my surprise we stumbled across the Biscuiteers shop. Now I didn't know they had a shop, so I was so excited when I went in to have a look. (I think the lady serving thought I was a little weird!) But I just wanted to find out more. They have now been open for about 3 months and here are some of the biscuits I bought whilst I was there...

These photos were taken into Instagram and a filter was used, I can't remember which one though, sorry!

 

My mum bought me this biscuit (below) for my birthday.

I've always known the Biscuiteers to be a brand rather than a cafe/shop. Here are some images of the type of things they do on cards...

A selection of Biscuit cards

'Girls will be girls' and 'The whole Caboodle' Greeting Card Sets

Images courtesy of Biscuiteers website

 

To take a look at some of the other biscuits on offer click here.