About Me and Design Rocks!

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Hello and welcome. Here's a bit about me: I've spent my childhood and a lot of my life traveling. Places, colour and pattern are my biggest inspiration. I've surfed & lived in a tent in Cornwall. Sketched my way round Morocco. Designed from an antique textile archive in Manhattan (dream job!). Styled and written for an interiors magazine on the sleepy island of Malta. Now I live in Manchester, UK, where I run Design Rocks greetings cards. Whilst in Manhattan I amassed a large collection of vintage textiles. These were used as inspiration for my first card range, Vintage Rocks! We sell wholesale so if you'd like a brochure visit the website or get in touch. Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

City Art Gallery



Just a quick not to say I went to see the Da Vinci drawings at the City Art Gallery this morning and they're well worth a look. Shoot me for saying I didn't 'get' the smushy smudgy ones but the others were just incredible!!

There's a really beautiful exhibition next door by Paul Morrison for all you nature lovers. He does these amazing bold graphic botanical paintings. Unfortunately the gallery was closed due to a high level of hobnobbing this lunchtime so I'll have to go back. How annoying is it to close of galleries for private functions grrrr.
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Green Walk Art Festival


This weekend is the Green Walk Arts Festival in Whalley Range. It's a lovely little street with a green, all the residents open their homes to artists and you can go and have a nose and buy some crafty stuff.

I'll be holding a stall there, and I'm selling my cards for only £1 each, as well as lots of new stationary and notepads.

It's off Wood Rd in Whalley Range and it's on from 12pm to 6pm on the Saturday and Sunday with tea and cakes on the green.
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NEWS NEWS NEWS

Blimey, it's only been a couple of days and I've had a call from a New York studio that wants to represent me for pattern design. Sounds wicked but alas these things take an AGE to earn anything from, so I'm not jumping for joy yet.

I've also been doing some really cute promotional mini jam pots with a label that tells you about the 'Sticky Jam Soul Nights' on Thursdays at Jam Street in Whalley Range, just down t'road.

I've been doing their branding revamp which is a lovely brief. Get yourselves down there for the vintage clothing sale on the last sunday of the month. Gorgeous cakes and tea and I've brought a lovely frock every time!
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Monday, 27 April 2009

Inspired by the rain!



You can stay under my umberella..ella..ella eh.. eh.

Thank God it rained today - totally inspired by the downpour. Here's my new umbrella design as a result!
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rainy monday morning


Remember people, there's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.

Brolly yourself up right nice and enjoy the rain! I like nothing more than a slosh in a big puddle.
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