Trend Research: COLOUR!

Recently we have been looking into trends & we were dazzled by the gorgeous colour we spotted around Leeds city centre! What colours have YOU been seeing out & about?

Peter Maturi

Harvey Nichols

Accessorize

Clarks

Wilkinson

Lisa Martin

Happy Monday!

Lisa Martin creates naive and beautiful children's illustration and design, focusing on creating 'a range of fun and interactive wallpapers and decals'. Lisa Martin is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, having recently graduated from Leeds College of Art with a BA (Hons) Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design.

'Lisa creates illustrations and surface pattern designs aimed towards the children's market. Inspired by all things bright and quirky, her work includes a range of whimsy characters and hand drawn textures.' 

You can see Lisa's portfolio on her website, follow her on Facebook or Twitter, or you can email her for freelance work at: hello@lisamartin-illustration.com

Colour around Leeds

Hey guys, Kelly again!

Hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday!

I'm sharing some more images from my comp shopping for Rachael last Friday, but this time the theme is colour. I noticed several types of colour palettes ranging from brights to pastels but the dominant trend is of course autumn, so several displays included browns, oranges and reds with motifs of birds and leaves. The following photos are taken from the window displays of Accessorise, BHS, Clinton's, Harvey Nichols, Monsoon, Mulberry, New Look, Paperchase and Ryman's.

Enjoy! Kelly :)

Type around Leeds

Hey folks!

Kelly Rachael's work placement here, and continuing on from the type theme from Monday, I am sharing some photos I took while comp shopping for Rachael last Friday. There are some really interesting window displays happening at the moment and a common trend of type has filtered down from fashion and interiors. The following images are taken within Leeds city centre from the displays at a new Costa, FCUK, H&M, Harvey Nichols, Levi's and Paperchase.

Enjoy! Kelly :)

Sunshine Bakery

Cupcakes!  Petite, pretty, colourful, sweet.  These little bits of joy have become a favourite within the pattern industry lately, we can see them in clothes, accessories, photographs, but if you think back, when was the last time you actually had one?  I don't know about you but I don't often eat cupcakes, they are lovely to look at but usually too big and extra sweet.
Well last week I came across to an absolutely lovely bakery that changed my mind.  Sunshine Bakery is located at Chapel Allerton in Leeds and headed by David Bennett.  It is a charming little place that resembles a French Patisserie with quirky non matching dinnerware and a soulful atmosphere.  Voted as the Best Cupcake in Britain, you won't be disappointed, it is a splendid place for a coffee and cake or lunch.  So add it to your to-do list and if you don't live around, an amazing cupcake will surely be the perfect excuse to visit. See you next week. Love Moni!

100% Handmade!

Happy Monday!

Hope everyone is well, sorry I haven't blogged myself for a while. I've been overloaded with freelance designs commissions so a bit overworked! It's all very exciting though & I'm very lucky to receive such great briefs. I will share more on the blog when I can (All a bit top secret for now)

I hope you have all been enjoying Moni's blog posts, I know I have:)

Today I just wanted to share with you this lovely flyer design that I received from the fab people behind Leedsvintagefashionfairs & the 100% Handmade events. The next fair is this Saturday!

It really is a lovely event & a great little day out.

Vintage Fair- Leeds Town Hall

So on Sunday morning, I went to the Leeds vintage fair held in the beautiful main hall of Leeds town hall. It was a great fair, a lot bigger than I expected & it was a lovely setting too. I went with the lovely Amy from landofthecuckoo (that's the blog she runs, I don't mean she's in cuckoo land!) & we had a lovely morning mooching around & finding bargains! I took lots of pics of the pretty ceiling in the main hall too. It was a great day out:)

For more information about future events you can visit the leedsvintagefashionfairs website.

Above is one of the pieces I bought on the day, a cute little shabby chic chair to use as a photo prop & as a decoration in my new studio
(It's actually a kid's chair, but I'm going to put a plant pot on it)