Sneak Peek!

Here's a little sneak peek at my manufacturing process... lots more to be shared during module three of the #surfacepatternecourse (module 3 starts on Monday the 16th of April).
We are also thrilled to announce that we are running the course for a second series! Module 1 starts again on the 23rd of April. For more information you can visit the website here where you can also read our testimonials.


Happy Friday!

Antoinette Fleur

Oh how I wish my doodles looked like this! This is the stunning work of French illustrator Antoinette Fleur. Full of vibrant colours and dynamic scribbles, these illustrations posses an incredible energy that generate a fun personality and mood. I love them! For more of her work and to visit her shop, check out her website. See you next week, Love Moni!

Module 2 'Half Way There' (part 1)

Wow! We are on week 4 of of module 2 already can you believe it!? I just love the positivity, enthusiasm & dedication shown from our talented surface pattern e-course students. It has been such a pleasure & honour to work with them.

We asked the students to submit their favourite piece half way through the module & I'm delighted to showcase this stunning collection.

(We have a lot of beautiful submissions, I'll be splitting the showcase across a few posts)

Striking 'Berry Floral' from Abigail Sims

  Beautiful 'Bouquet' from Bonnie Christine

Contemporary 'Avant Garde' from Maike Thoma

Bold 'Art Deco' from Dee McConville

Detailed 'Twisted Vines' from Femi Ford

Quirky 'Outline Apples' from Lisa Budden

Beautiful 'Magnolia' from Anna Berger

Pretty & fresh 'Wild Daisy' from Katy Clemmans

Striking 'Whimsical Peacock' from Justine Aldersey-Williams

Unique 'Geo Floral' from Ange Yake

 50's feel 'Wandering the Wilderness' from Maraya Rodostianos

Retro, bold 'Digicutilol' from Lauren Britchford

We are thrilled to announce that we are running the e-course for a second series! For more information you can visit the website here. 


A big thank you to 'Kelly' my new creative assistant for helping to collate these images (she hasn't even officially started yet!) Thanks Kelly!

New IPhone Collection!

I'm super excited to announce that I've just launched a brand new IPhone collection in collaboration with the lovely Iconemesis. The new signature range is made up of some of my most popular designs. The cases are available in both the 3G & 4G products.

The designs are available to buy in the UK & have just gone online! I hope you like them!?
(*You can click on the design names to take you straight to the product)

Layered Shapes

Quirky Floral Stems

Shapes & Squares

Sketchy Stems

Wallpaper sneak peek!

My new signature wallpaper line is about to launch in Australia & New Zealand with the wonderful Wallpaper Republic & I'm so excited! I have recently collaborated with a large number of home decor companies & I cannot wait for everything to launch.

I'm too excited to concentrate! I just really hope everyone likes the new lines (I've been a work hermit for quite some time now, working busily away on all of the new licensed ranges, fingers crossed that the hard work pays off)

For now here's a little taster...'Textured Geo' design.

For those of you based in the UK I'm pleased to announce that I'll be launching a British wallpaper line in the next coming months too...

Donna Heart - Student work

I LOVE sharing all the beautiful creative work from the e-course students. It's really nice to see their lovely surface pattern creations in class along with see their other creations from their own artistic work also.

Today I'd like to showcase a selection of beautiful work from visual artist Donna Heart.

"The reason why I paint is because through painting I have discovered for myself the opportunity to explore my limitlessness and creative possibilities. I like to think that if I shine my light as I go along this journey, it may encourage others to look within themselves and unearth and dust off their own beautiful dreams and possibilities. As Katherine Centre puts it: you have to be brave with your life so others can be brave with theirs”

So I suppose that’s where my art and life collide. That in doing art, it both heals and directs me along my life’s journey.  It becomes a fuel that I must have in order to go forward and I love that it connects me to other people on a deeper soul-full level.

As journey’s go, there are always twists and unexpected turns in the road. One of those for me was discovering a hidden love for Surface Pattern and Design. I am at the absolute beginning of this creative journey but already I have been looking at how to fuse both my love for painting and the idea of surface pattern.

With this in mind, I recently came up with the idea of capturing a fond memory and fusing it with a repeat pattern to enter into a very prestigious state-wide art show.  The piece was titled “See I'm dog tree miss?” and I’m so excited that it was shortlisted to be a part of the exhibition which is The Mid West Art Prize. The piece is 1.2 x 1.2 meters in size and is acrylic on canvas. This painting has unlocked so many ideas to incorporate painting and pattern together which really excites me – so watch this space!".

'See I'm Dog Tree Miss?' (featured above)

'Run Little Dog' (featured above)

'Peacock Plant' (featured above)

'Waiting for the Perfect Moment' (featured above)

'It's a Big World Baby' (feature above)

Inspirational window displays...

Good morning everyone & happy Monday!

One of the many great things about living in Leeds... the beautifully designed shop windows! Every season there is new set of inspiring displays to gawp at & around Valentine's Day they were especially fantastic! A couple of them have a vintage vibe showing that vintage is still ruling the trends for 2012! And of course lots and lots of hearts were used, with beautiful reds and pinks to make them pop! My favourites include the Clark's, Thornton's and Clinton's displays, you can't go wrong with vintage bicycles, birdcages and typewriters. I also especially love the HUGE cupcake display in Louis Vuitton! Yum! Pictures were also taken from Debenhams, Diesel; FCUK, Dr Martens, River Island, Monsoon, Louis Vuitton, Thomas Sabo and Paperchase.

Enjoy! Kelly :)

Premier Vision & Indigo!

This week has been wonderful, I LOVE Paris! I feel truly blessed that I traveled to Paris for work!

I'll be sharing some trend snippets & show research on the blog over the next coming weeks. We are also thrilled to share an exclusive trend report with our e-course class.

The design world is fascinating, it's something I will never find boring! My life lately is super hectic, crazy & demanding...I wouldn't have it any other way, I love my job:)

*All images taken from the Premier Vision & Indigo websites.