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Let the light in!

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Wow we’ve had sunshine this week! And what a difference it makes :) I’m feeling all spring like and cannot wait to get into some lighter, brighter clothes.

The mummy blogger has a fabulous competition running where one lucky blogger can win up to £200 worth of goodies from more »

Wow we’ve had sunshine this week! And what a difference it makes :) I’m feeling all spring like and cannot wait to get into some lighter, brighter clothes.

The mummy blogger has a fabulous competition running where one lucky blogger can win up to £200 worth of goodies from the White Company. To win you simply have to style your spring outfit, no problem I shout! I’ve styled Littlelish in some gorgeous white stretch jeans from £24 and a lovely petal pink sparkle jumper £28. I think you’ll agree this is a pretty adorable combo – sweet as pie!

I just love The White Company for their understated chic and beautiful muted shades. I want to be soft, feminine and light in the springtime so I think you will agree this striped linen sweater £60 and curved linen t-shirt £45 worn with a crisp pair of white cropped jeans £80 would be ideal. Fingers crossed for a win! I’ll keep you posted…

Tagged with: spring fashion • spring time whites • spring trends • the white company

Colourlish

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Mellow Yellow

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As a designer and lover of all things colourful I was really excited to hear about the new collaboration between Artbrand and Pantone – PANTONE UNIVERSE™ Art. We managed to sneak a peak at the trendiest, most colourful art in town as the kind people at Pantone Art allowed us to choose a more »

As a designer and lover of all things colourful I was really excited to hear about the new collaboration between Artbrand and Pantone – PANTONE UNIVERSE™ Art. We managed to sneak a peak at the trendiest, most colourful art in town as the kind people at Pantone Art allowed us to choose a colour for our walls. We were utterly spoilt for choice and spent a long time deliberating over which shade to go for but in the end opted for the mellow yellow. I’ve shown it here with a few of the yellow things in my house!

Yellow has to be my all time favourite colour :)

Yellow shines with optimism, enlightenment, and happiness. Shades of golden yellow carry the promise of a positive future. Yellow will advance from surrounding colors and instill optimism and energy, as well as spark creative thoughts. – Perfect I could do with some creative sparks right now! ;)

PANTONE UNIVERSE™ Art, is a new collection of classic canvas prints and limited edition artworks, launched by art publisher Artbrand, following an exclusive licensing deal with global colour authority Pantone.

The ready to hang and highly collectable prints are the new must-have item for the style conscious, whether intended for the home, office, retail space or even the hotel lobby.

The classic artwork canvas (25cm x 30cm) is available in a collection of 12 PANTONE^® Colours and with shades ranging from hot pink to cool blue and mellow yellow, there’s an on-trend hue to suit everyone’s interior design tastes.

Also set to cause a stir is the exclusive limited edition PANTONE UNIVERSE Art range. Available in a choice of four PANTONE Colours, the 150cm x 100cm sized silkscreen canvas prints are perfect for those seeking to add a touch of designer chic and make a statement. With just 300 of each colour available globally, these are iconic collector’s pieces and there is already a growing waiting list for these unique artworks.

Lisa Herbert, vice president of consumer licensing at Pantone, comments: “Colour is an integral part of everyday life; it’s on our walls, it’s what we wear, it influences our moods and emotions. By working with Artbrand, we’ve been able to delve further into the realm of colour and interior design to create an iconic collection of artwork that consumers can display proudly in their homes.”

Each artwork is silkscreen printed onto a stretched canvas and includes an individual registration number and certificate of authenticity. The classic artwork canvas retails at a price of £24.95 and the limited edition artwork is priced at £495.

We are thrilled with our canvas, the colour is vibrant and the quality of the print and canvas is superb. Quite tempting to make it a collection indeed… Which colour would you go for? view more colours at www.pantone-art.com

Tagged with: artbrand • colour art • pantone • pantone art • pantone colours • trendy art

Colourlish

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Photo source: Uri Kolker

Photo source: Uri Kolker

Tagged with: autumn • birds • colour • colourlish

Moodboard Monday – The colour Purple

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This weeks Monday Moodboard theme is “The colour purple“. Purple is such an Autumnal colour, I thought it would make a great Moodboard theme but actually personally speaking, I am not a huge fan. Many years ago it was my favourite colour but I think I may have over done it somewhat and these days more »

This weeks Monday Moodboard theme is “The colour purple“. Purple is such an Autumnal colour, I thought it would make a great Moodboard theme but actually personally speaking, I am not a huge fan. Many years ago it was my favourite colour but I think I may have over done it somewhat and these days I tend to avoid it…

So when it came to making a purple inspired moodboard I wanted to do something to reignite my love of purple and its many shades. I started off by looking for images that I could be inspired by and found this one. I loved the soft tones of purple, the peaceful, tranquil nature of the photograph. I found it inviting and warm despite the cool shades…

I decided to initially create a simple moodboard just using this one image as it set the mood perfectly. But what I also wanted to show you was how one moodboard, one simple image can inspire a whole interior. I went on to translate the colour palette and feelings evoked by this picture into an interior. The first thing you will often work with when translating an interior from a moodboard is colours. You will see I haven’t used all the colours from the moodboard in this particular interior but it can be really useful to have a palette of colours to work with so you know when adding items such as furniture and accessories, what will fit with your theme.

I also wanted to show you how you can recreate the mood of the board in the interior. By using warm wooden pieces and soft texture like the velvet chairs and cushions you can create an inviting, welcoming space. Balancing the cool shades but still with an overall feeling of warmth (just like in the image) this would make a lovely peaceful space to read in. I absolutely need a room like this in my life, a tranquil, soothing place to escape to! What about you?

Would you like to link up a moodboard to Moodboard Monday? Great! Check below for more details about linking up. Can’t wait to see your boards too :)

Moodboard Monday is a fortnightly feature where we create a moodboard inspired by a certain theme. The linky is also run by Jen over at LoveChicLiving. But that’s not all…. Moodboard Monday is also open to you!

Create your own Moodboard by either following the theme this week or using your own ideas. The Linky will be open for 2 weeks.
You can create your Moodboard any way you like, with an actual magazine collage scanned in or photographed or using the computer ie. photoshop, picmonkey, olioboard or Polyvore. You could even use a selection of photos/images in your blog post separately to create your Moodboard.
You may want to focus on interiors one week and fashion the next, you may want to use your own photography or images – anything goes, feel free!
If you would like some ideas about how to create your moodboards check out my tutorial on How to create the perfect moodboard.
Post your Moodboard on your own blog and then link up below.
You can also link up at the LoveChicLiving Moodboard Monday feature too.
Grab the Moodboard Monday button from the sidebar and include it in your blogpost.
Comment on others that have linked up and share some Moodboard Monday love!

Tagged with: moodboard interior • moodboard monday • purple • purple interior design

Fairy party invitations

· 2 Comments · In Colour lish, Design, Family, Happiness, Inspiration, Love, Mini style, My life, Style

It is party planning time! There is only one theme Littlelish wants for her birthday party and that is fairies… so fairies it is! First step in the party planning was to make an invitation. Every birthday I have designed my own invite for her, last year I made a very lovely collage invitation with all Littlelish’s favourite things at the time (dandelions, rabbits, the beach, shells) which we have now framed. So this year I wanted to create my own fairy inspired invite.

Image taken from Blackie’s Children’s Annual

I have a vintage children’s book (picked up from a charity shop) with the most lovely illustration in, a girl playing with fairies who are throwing blossom at her from the tree. I’ve long admired it and done nothing with it because I cannot bear to rip it out of the book. I scanned it in and changed the colours from black and white to something a little more girly. I don’t really want to have an entirely pink party so we are having a rainbow coloured theme with a good helping of pink for my Littlelish. I cleaned up the image as it was vintage and a little ‘scratchy’, changed the blossom to rainbow colours and added some rainbow stripes to the back of the invite with all the details on (you can see a sliver of it at the side).

So now all the little fairy friends have been invited and I have the party colours and theme to go forward with the party planning. Fun!

What do you think of my invite? Would you like me to make an original invite for your little ones birthday party or even for your own? Drop me an email and we can discuss creative ideas!

Tagged with: fairy party invite • fairy party planning • rainbow party • vintage fairy illustration

Feeling moody! How to create the perfect moodboard

· 27 Comments · In Colour lish, Craft tutorials, Design, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, Style

I have loved creating moodboards ever since I was a child, sticking and cutting in her first scrapbook. Fast forward 20 years to when I was studying styling and you can imagine I was in sheer heaven, moodboard heaven! For 3 years I spent every evening knee deep in the most gorgeous fashion, interior and trend magazines (some which cost a pretty penny too!) Brimming with the most inspiring photography and design I was forever saving special images for the day I could use them (and when that day rolls around it is soooo satisfying, believe me).

But what are moodboards? A moodboard is a collection of inspiring images that portray a certain feeling or atmosphere to the viewer.

Why use a moodboard? Moodboards are really handy things. They are fun to make but also serve a great purpose in all manner of creative projects.

For work I use them in various ways. When I am working on a brand identity they help visualise the message we are trying to get across. A brand is all about how the core message you are trying to portray is translated into the images and text you use for your company. A moodboard can visualise this message and assist in the process. I also use them when creating a styling concept, this could be for an event, an interior or to demonstrate a trend.

At home I use mood boards when I want to create a new look for my interior. For example when I started thinking about Littlelish’s nursery the first thing I did was turn to my magazines to make an inspirational moodboard.

Moodboards help to cement your ideas, they are reference point when choosing for example fabrics or colours for a room or designing a logo for a company. They are also inspirational, when you start out on a creative journey you might think you have a firm idea of what you want in mind but by creating a moodboard you actually go through a creative process. You are inspired by images you might not have thought of using and arrive new and original ideas, creating something far more interesting than what you had originally planned.

How to make a beautiful moodboard

Start with thinking about keywords around what you are creating, narrow it down to 5 and choose carefully making sure none of them overlap or are different words for the same idea. (ie key words for my blog are stylish, fun, heart warming and happy)
Look for images that evoke the feeling of these words in you, they can be literal or not but be selective! The images can be interior, fashion, lifestyle or just beautiful photography. If you are looking at a brand you can also think about the type of person who would be buying ie. your target market and find a good image to represent them.
Now you need to spread all these images out all over the floor or a large desk if you have one. Mine is always the floor as my desk is never large enough! Weed out any you don’t think are right and try and make a cohesive collection, look for instance at colour/shape/graphic themes – find the linking thread/s.
Less is in this case also very often more. Choose larger images. A few stronger, big images will always look better than a collection of small fiddly images.
Sometimes as little as 2 images will work as a perfect moodboard
Check back over your original words, are your images saying what you want them to say?
Once you have chosen your final images you need to place them together – this can be a bit of a puzzle. Play around with it until you get something you are happy with. Sometimes you will have to add one of the images you put aside or take out an image to get it right. If you have any smaller images you can cut around the detail (sometimes it looks cool to have a graphicy cut out border) and place it over the base images but do this carefully otherwise it won’t look good. Sometimes I do this to cover places where more photos join if it adds anything. If an image does not add anything or is similar to another image weed it out, you don’t need it!
Images cut out with a ‘graphic’ white border
Once you are happy with your final moodboard it is time to stick it down. I normally use foam board to stick it onto as this is very durable and thick and if you can, use spray mount to stick it down as glue often shows through and doesn’t stick it well enough. If you are using a really strong permanent spray mount make sure you get it in the right place first time or you will not be able to get it back up again! Watch out as this is really sticky stuff and seems to fly everywhere, it is ideal if you can spray inside a cardboard box or something to contain the glue.

And there you have your finished moodboard to gaze at and inspire you. Keep referring to it along your creative process and be reminded of what you are trying to achieve.

Do you create moodboards? Have any top tips to share? Let me know by leaving me a comment….

Watch this space for a tutorial on how to create the perfect colour chart to match your board.

Tagged with: branding • fashion • interiors • moodboard • styling

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Next Mummy Stylist

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Earlier this evening I stumbled across a competition to WIN £500 to spend in Next hosted by www.allbabyadvice-blog.com. All you had to do to enter was style your own childrenswear or maternity outfit. Those of you who know me a little will know that I let out a little yelp of joy on reading this…. and those who know me extremely well will not be surprised to know I dived straight in and am now up at 2:26am sharing the results of my findings with you. It was not very difficult to choose an outfit because I absolutely adore the clothes from Next for children. I love the quality, the fact that they are always bang on trend but also that they are made with children in mind, they are comfy and durable. So I set to work scouring the website.

I chose to focus the mood of my outfit around a recent instagram I took of Littlelish. You can often find us outside whether in the woods or at the park. This particular day the sun had made an appearance and we went to the park. Littlelish had a lot of fun scooting around the empty swimming pool on her new scooter and I snapped this shot. I love the unusual mix of clashing colours and the tire tracks that you can see on the floor. With this as a starting point I could recreate an awesome outfit inspired by the colour clashes that are a current trend. The mood is fun, playful and vibrant.

I chose clothes that I would genuinely buy for Littlelish for every day wear. We like clothes that she can run about in as we get up to all kinds of fun and mischief.

Vest top £6 – I love the clashing colour stripes of pink and purple two of Littlelish’s favourite colours. The cute yellow trim just finishes it off. This is the kind of vest that would get worn with everything!

Tshirt £6 .50 – Littlelish is a huge animal lover so anything with a little creature on is a big hit in our house. I adore the coral colour of this tshirt and the quirky westies add a humourous touch which I like, especially with the addition of the blue bow.

Skinny jeans £9 – The pop of these blue skinny jeans makes the whole outfit as far as I’m concerned. They are fantastic. These come in several different colours and I want them all (in my size too!)

Hoodie £6 – I added a hoodie because well we all know what this summer has been like brrrr…. This hoody looks like the perfect snuggly sweatshirt to keep warm in and it is pink! What more could you ask for?

Trainers £12 – Littlelish lives in her trainers but mummy is rather fussy about which ones she likes ;) Luckily I found this great pair which we will be purchasing! Once again the unusual colour combination does it for me. I love the fact that the straps have 2 different colours and the variety of colours in the flowers means they go with lots of things which is always good.

Bag £5.50 – This was another little quirky addition that made me smile. I love silly monsters and this one doesn’t disappoint. It is a perfect bag for swimming or carrying around that extra hoodie when the sun is shining.

So there you have it my entry to the competition. A very cool, fun, wearable take on colour clashing. What is great is that all these pieces can also be easily combined with more basic items to add a touch of colour to an outfit and brighten up your day. If you like what I have created please show me some love (and let me know that staying up until 2am was worth it! ooops – night!)

Lish xxx