Welcome to my blog! I am an artist and fashion designer residing in Vancouver, BC. This is an inspiration blog where I post my inspirations in fashion, art and also my personal work. I am hoping to submit some tutorials soon and contributors are always welcome.
I saw this picture in a magazine awhile ago which showed a beautiful model in a spanish inspired outfit. Sadly, I don’t have the magazine anymore and was unable to find the original picture again. Being very inspired at the time though i painted it in acrylic for my art class at fashion school. It was one of my first completed acrylics so I am still pretty proud of it.
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This was a present for my mom. Made from a vintage indian brocade in a brilliant, bronzed ochre. the flowers and peacock were of my own design which I embroidered and detailed with beads. The back is a applique patchwork of stenciled peacock feathers in gold fabric paint. I created a padded lining which I made from zig zagging a quiting stitch over a cotton padding sandwiched between a lovely green brocade. More detailed shots coming soon.
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I have been working steadily on several different projects lately and haven’t had much time for my blog. I wanted to share a little bit of yumminess though with some pictures of Matcha Cupcakes I made this Christmas. Made by adding matcha powder to vanilla cupcake recipe. The topping is a no fat, vanilla matcha marshmallow topping you make by adding hot melted icing sugar into beaten egg whites, vanilla extract and more matcha powder . It’s actually quite delicious. The cupcakes were put into fancy asian tea cups and sprinkled with chocolate.. mmm.. cupcakes *drool*
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For Christmas this year I decided to make some special gifts for my family. For my sister I designed and constructed this apron for a fancy tea party. Included in the gift were a collection of teas, a cupcake recipe book, the cutest marshmallow strawberries from Harrods and a single serving tea strainer shaped like a teapot. The apron itself was inspired by the packaging of the cupcake book. I just loved the pink stripes with contrasting turquoise ribbon. I put a lot of effort into the detailing with hand sewn and cut scalloped edging, decorative stitches on the pink and turquoise ribbon and a miniature embroidered cupcake with bead sprinkles on the pocket. Here are the pictures as modeled on a very sad and wonky dress form.
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Hi everyone! I am back in London after my trip home to visit family in Canada. My husband and I spent Christmas in Kitimat, BC which was amazing. Even though I am not a fan of the cold weather, especially the rather chilly -20 C Kitimat winter, I couldn’t help but have fun skiing, tabogganing and snow shoeing. My husband Hans built an impressive igloo which later got into the local newspaper. I set up a little ice shelf inside where we placed lit candles. It was incredibly beautiful and peaceful inside.
Click here for more pictures of the igloo.
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Yaxin, or Man Arenas, Is Spanish comic book artist/graphic designer who freelances from Europe. His beautiful watercolour and digital images are beautifully inspiring to me. He is a talented artist I check on frequently and has published a graphic novel with French publisher Soleil. I am a huge fan of French graphic novels.. They really do make the best! Check out his blog here.
I love this unfinished watercolour he did too.
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Oregan artist, Christine, is the talent behind Du Buh Du Dolls. She creates the most beautiful hand-made and painted dolls in a variety of personalities each with classic joints for moveable arms and legs. The dolls have delicate fashionable clothing and their own personal accesories such as animal masks or miniature painted self portraits. Notable creations include her Louise Brooks doll, her Mexican day of the dead dolls and the beautifully photographed Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in a floating hot air baloon. Check out her site here!
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Recent graduate of Central St. Martins, has created the most amazing paper masks and accessories. Take a look at his designs.
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I came across my new favourite artist. I don’t know much about her other then her name is Adolie, she does brilliantly cute artwork and she is presently lives in France. Check out her blog and website. She has tonnes of adorable products that would make great gifts for Christmas.
I just love the moodiness of the black and white charcoal look. Her published style looks like this though. Very nice!
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Finally affordable Hermes bags! These ultra cute paper bags are available via free PDF download from Hermes website. There are a total of 8 designs to choose from including a blank bag with stitches, which would be perfect if you wanted to add your own design touches. Assembly is required and comes with easy to follow instructions.
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