Smock-tastic!

Well, after a hectic Monday morning at work, I've been looking at making a new collection.
Inspiration would be coming from Wildflowers, not only are they colourful, but you can get great shapes from them too.
I love applying crafts to designs and one in particular is smocking. So, this afternoon I've been doing a few samples of smocking techniques. It takes a while to do, but it looks quite effective.


Flower Smocking



Honeycomb Smocking

Etsy is taking over my life!

I'm loving etsy.com at the moment. I've create an etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/Chaan its a good way to judge how people perceive your collections, and whether your going down the right route or not.
I Love looking around all the handmade and creative things people have made, its a good source of inspiration too.
My favourite shop at the moment, on the website is Scout & Catalogue. The dyeing techniques on the scarves evoke exactly the feelings their meant to when you read the designers story.

And so it begins....

Well, I've been debating whether to start a blog for a while now. I'm an avid reader of only one blog, Ricky Gervais. I can't help but have a look at what he's been doing to annoy Karl Pilkington recently. I don't do twitter and i'm only on facebook to nosey into other peoples updates!
I'm not too sure what exactly i'm going to be talking about, but its going to have some fashion talk, and bits and bobs about my life as an independent designer/maker.
But not right now as i'm going to trawl the tinternet for some cake making stuff! - oh yeah, I also bake : )