DENY Designs / / New Woven Duvets!

Brand new woven duvet covers have arrived at DENY Designs & they make our designs look even more colourful & gorgeous! They are also currently offering 30% off all duvets if you use discount code: getwoven30

You can shop our duvet collection here as well as loads of other fun products including throw pillows, jewellery boxes, clocks, outdoor throw pillows, shower curtains & more!

'Orange Contemporary' duvet

'Floral Umbrella's' duvet

'Wheel of Wonder Turquoise' duvet

'Wheel of Wonder' duvet

'Shapes & Squares Green' duvet

Email: rachael@rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk or kelly@rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk

Website: www.rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk

Shop: www.rachaeltaylordesigns.co.uk/shop

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Twitter: @rachael_taylor_ @RTShopOfficial @KellyC_Design

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Gift Guide / / Bookmarks

What do you buy for the person who already has everything? Well, I can think of a thing or two...

Welcome to the weekly gift-guide: I am delighted to be sharing with you unique, inspiring & significant gift ideas on Rachael's blog. This week I bring you lovely bookmark ideas. I hope these gift ideas inspire you. Enjoy, Hannah.

 Cute button flower bookmark by Paperchase.

 Magnetic bookmark with a beautiful flower print by John Lewis.

 Carefully engraved leaves & ferns bookmark by Miltercraft via Etsy.

 Quirky owl bookmark design by mixed media artist June Pfaff Daley via Etsy.

 Silver love heart bookmark by Ava Mae Designs via notonthehighstreet.

Photography bookmarks printed on recycled paper by Julianna Grove via notonthehighstreet.

MOYO / / 1 Million Readers!

We are so excited to share the news that our free design magazine MOYO has been viewed by over 1 MILLION people! As we are busy working behind the scenes on our anniversary issue (due out in late August), we just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has helped make MOYO - the world's first magazine dedicated to surface pattern design - such a roaring success! We look forward to bringing you more inspiration, business advice and opportunities to showcase your design work over the coming months. In the meantime, if you have missed any of our previous issues, check them out here:

 

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3: The Fabric Issue!

Issue 4: The Paper Issue!

If you are interested in ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’ we are thrilled to announce we are running a new series (starting on August 19th 2013) Register here. Also, don’t miss out on our next run of Module 2 ‘Creating Your Professional identity’ which is running 19th August 2013! Brought to you by Rachael Taylor and Beth Kempton.

Rachael on Twitter: @rachtdesign Beth on Twitter: @DoWhatYouLoveXx

You can also read some magic words from some our past students who have gone on to achieve some amazing things!

Artist Review / / Este MacLeod

I am thrilled to be able to share some inspirational art and design with you every Tuesday morning as Rachael's 'Art and Creative Writer'. This week, we're featuring the gorgeous paintings of Este MacLeod.

Este is a British painter and applied artist living in Berkshire. Her paintings often explore simplified, domestic still lives which are subtly distorted into a flattened perspective. She uses complimentary colours, layered paint and a variety of scraping techniques to add texture to her work.

As an Arts Council England advisor, Este promotes art in the community in addition to exhibiting and accepting commissions. You can see more of her work on her website. P.S. many thanks also go to Carolyn Gavin (one of my favourite 'pinners') for alerting me to Este's work through Pinterest. More next week! Justine x

ABPSD Alumni // Emma Hawman!

The lovely Emma Hawman is founder & designer of Emma Frances Designs! Emma has always loved drawing from a very young age & having graduated from the University of Leeds in Textile Design she went on to graduate from ABSPD! According to Emma "this only cemented my love for patterns which has made me into the surface pattern designer I an today!" Having grown up in North Yorkshire, she takes her inspiration from the countryside & even lives on a farm with "an abundance of fields to explore". She is currently working on her brand & designs, & has even designed a floral influenced, licensed range of designs for Keka! She also recently won the Quincy Kepler Lampshade competition with her wonderfully pink 'Windswept' design!

Emma's Keka case collection!

'Autumn Leaves'

'Love Confetti'

'Vibrant Circles'

First reveal of the Quincy competition winners!

Emma's 'Windswept' design for Quincy!

If you are interested in ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’ we are thrilled to announce we are running a new series (starting on August 19th 2013) Register here. Also, don’t miss out on our next run of Module 2 ‘Creating Your Professional identity’ which is running 19th August 2013! Module 1: Designing your way Module 2: Creating your professional identity Module 3: Monetising your designs pattern@dowhatyouloveforlife.com. Brought to you by Rachael Taylor and Beth Kempton.

 Rachael on Twitter: @rachtdesign Beth on Twitter: @DoWhatYouLoveXx

You can also read some magic words from some our past students who have gone on to achieve some amazing things!

Module 2 Showcase - Part 4

We are really pleased to showcase these beautiful collections from our very talented Module 2 students of ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’! (from our Jan 2013 class).

 

"Sunset Floral" by Anna Measures

"Flower Fun" by Traci Bixby

Joanne Cocker

"Feathered Wave" by Kate Marston

"Blue Eleeys" by Katrina Griffis

Gillian Arnold

 

Sally Pickles

 If you are interested in ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’ we are thrilled to announce we are running a new series (starting on August 19th 2013) Register here. Also, don’t miss out on our next run of Module 2 ‘Creating Your Professional identity’ which is running 19th August 2013! Module 1: Designing your way Module 2: Creating your professional identity Module 3: Monetising your designs pattern@dowhatyouloveforlife.com. Brought to you by Rachael Taylor and Beth Kempton.

 Rachael on Twitter: @rachtdesign Beth on Twitter: @DoWhatYouLoveXx

You can also read some magic words from some our past students who have gone on to achieve some amazing things!

Module 2 Showcase - Part 1

 We are really pleased to showcase these beautiful collections from our very talented Module 2 students of ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’! (from our Jan 2013 class). For the next week we will be showcasing our fantastic students & the work they have created over the 5 weeks in class. We are always so proud of our students & all their hard work and achievements.

Apologies we scheduled this post as part 1, but we have been experiencing publishing issues!

"Ever Emerald Collection" Deb Dewhirst

"Emerald Copse" by Victoria Price.

Astrid Wallace

"My Garden" by Sue Tomlinson

"Fun Fans" by Kay Supan

"Slip into the deep" by Anne Waters

"Summer Buntings" by Sonia Atwal - (Apple Kaur Designs)

"Emerald Floral" by Sandra Glennie

  If you are interested in ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’ we are thrilled to announce we are running a new series (starting on August 19th 2013) Register here. Also, don’t miss out on our next run of Module 2 ‘Creating Your Professional identity’ which is running 19th August 2013! Module 1: Designing your way Module 2: Creating your professional identity Module 3: Monetising your designs pattern@dowhatyouloveforlife.com. Brought to you by Rachael Taylor and Beth Kempton.

 Rachael on Twitter: @rachtdesign Beth on Twitter: @DoWhatYouLoveXx

You can also read some magic words from some our past students who have gone on to achieve some amazing things!

Interiors roundup: Belle Papier

I am so excited to be sharing gorgeous interiors with you. As Rachael Taylor’s new Interiors roundup editor, I will be posting every Thursday afternoon with my weekly update of all things Interiors. This week, we have some absolutely stunning hand-made pieces by Belle Papier.

I have been following Belle Papier's posts on Facebook for a few months now, I simply couldn't wait to share her work with you! I don't know about you, but I want one of these for every room in my house! She even does commission pieces, so the possibilities are endless! Enjoy the sparkle, and pop over to Belle Papier's Facebook page here for even more fabulous designs! Enjoy your day, Emily x