Super excited to announce that you can now find creative monsoon on hard to find! All of our 11x14" and 10x8" nursery prints with FREE shipping in Australia. Hard to find has scoured Australia – and the wider world – for unique, exceptional products from independent craftspeople and manufacturers and creative monsoon is so pleased to be part of it.
Happy Australia Day! Thought I should share an update on a little project I started last year, a collection of Aussie birds and animal illustrations for the nursery or a kids bedroom.
To start with I do loads of quick sketches looking a photos to help determine what are the key shapes and positionings I want to go with. Add some colour with pen and then rework them on the computer.
I've got a long way to go before I've got a full set of Australian birds and animals, but so far I couldn't be happier with these guys. Prints are available from creative monsoon on etsy and down that little lane.
Going through my old journals and CDs today (kids, CDs are these silver round things we used to store stuff) I found the start of a very cool looking piece I did in 2004, a digital collage using Japanese obi fabric and my own hand drawn chrysanthemums. I decided to revive it and turn it into a little floral kaleidoscope, wash of colour, and ta da! Never throw stuff out! Love the way it really seems to draw you into the centre.
new work:digital mixed media collage print inspired by my time spent living in New Zealand, some of my favourite things - the tui bird, mountains, lakes and amazing night sky. over 30 different layers of texture and images have been put together to create this mountain and lake landscape. the mountain range was made up of recycled security envelope lining, then layers of photographs such as pacific island carving and tree bark, vintage and modern illustration and washes of watercolour added.
I've been working on something new for the past couple of weeks with kaleidoscopic photography and more silhouettes - this time bugs! Bugs and beetles creep me out, especially when they decided to run across your top at a dinner party like last week! But, they are pretty amazing when you take a closer look. So I thought I'd combine some of the kaleidoscope images of rocks, geodes and crystals I'd been putting together with some cut out shapes. Who knew bugs could be so pretty. Prints are available from my etsy and hard to find stores and I'm busy working on more creepy crawly bling bugs.
It's here - Pantone colour of the year for 2016 - and there are two! For the first time Pantone has selected two colours blended together, each a soft pastel - Rose Quartz pink and Serenity blue. According to its announcement the international color authority chose the two hues to represent society’s increasing acceptance of gender equality and fluidity. Whatever the reason we think they're really pretty! Can't wait to start designing with them. Read more on the Pantone website.
GET the look
There are plenty of ways to incorporate 2016s colours of rose quarts and serenity into your wedding, from actual rocks on your reception tables to pretty pink and blue bridesmaid dresses. Here are a few wedding stationery ideas from our current ranges - brought on trend for 2016 by simply selecting cherub and cornflower from i do it yourself'scolour palette options...
This months FREE download is now available from the i do it yourself website in our FREEBIE section. These cute DIY labels can be used for just about anything - favours, decorations, place settings, just get creative! In our version of 2016s hottest shades inspired by rose quartz and serenity.
HAIR and beauty
The ombre hair trend isn't showing any signs of slowing down and when you've got this gorgeousness going on you can see why. So how about incorporating pantones 2016 colours to your hair!? Daring, yes, but very pretty you have to admit.
