NEW DESIGNS

Finally! It's taken a while to actually find the time to sit down and make a new post and it's great to be back. I have been working on some new ideas and thought of you all - my blog friends - whose opinions about these designs I would fully appreciate and value as part of my research.

Here is the first.

'Candy Stripes and Ice Cream Raspberry Ripple by The Sea'

A little idea that floated around in my thoughts as I strolled past the Ice Cream shop in Aldeburgh.

I love experimenting with lettering and playing around with scale until something interesting turns up.

Years ago, having worked in Graphics, before the age of the computer where every single letter and variation was drawn and redrawn by hand, the fact that I can move these letters around on the screen, reshaping, resizing and colouring in seconds is still, to me, a miracle and always will be. It means I can have fun and concentrate on a pattern.

This little design is being printed for me as a small card by dstudio onto their recycled card. I also have a badge design to go with it at a later date.

The tumbling sharpeners.

The sharpener drawing is one which I drew for my Paper Dress which you can read about over on my other Blog ha-pea handmade. The idea behind this is to have it printed onto a card which can then be coloured with some space to draw more sharpeners. I've added some text so as to hint at the idea. There is also a matching badge which is being printed by Big Dog Badges.

Perhaps these would be good for party bags.

The typeface bird. An idea I have had in my mind for a while now. I hoped to paint this with watercolour but it didn't quite work out, I think I just need more practice. I did manage to use the pencil in photoshop and draw some of the features to add a bit of character. I am going to work on this idea and make the centre of the bird resemble a ball of string by taking a photo of my crocheted shredded paper and string which might be fun. At the moment this design is being produced as a card.

I love this repeat pattern which is also taken from my Paper Dress drawing. This is also a small card with a couple of badges to make a set. I am hoping this will appeal to anyone who loves design and something a bit different.

I found a heart. I put a post on ukhandmade about this. It's from one of my photos of an old fashioned bin that I put into photoshop and while I was trying out colours a heart appeared. It was in fact and quite unromantically the black bin liner. For this card I also attempted to draw some flowers in photoshop to add a bit of interest and them some words. I felt that adding the words made the whole idea more people friendly, there is something gentle about it like a passing unexpected smile when out walking.

Well I hope you've enjoyed having a browse through my latest designs for Adele Design.

If you have the time it would be great to have your opinions and maybe thoughts about what you would like to see the designs made up into.

THANKS

Adele