Thursday 29 May 2014

June Free Printable Calendar

Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014
Goodness gracious, I had to clear away the crickets before writing this post! It's been awfully quiet on the blog recently... May turned out to be a real roller coaster of a month and unfortunately blogging got a bit neglected, but at least the calendar's still here!
I've been wanting to play around with embroidery on paper for a while now and thought the calendar would be a fun place to give it a go. Here are some process shots...
Initial sketch for the Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014
Embroidered paper for the Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014
Embroidered paper for the Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014
Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014
What do you think? If you'd like to share pics of your calendar in use, on your fridge, in your office or workspace, or wherever it finds its way to, I'd love to see! You can share via twitter, facebook or instagram and use the hashtag #happinessis_calendars. 
Happiness is... June Free Printable Calendar 2014



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Thursday 15 May 2014

Graphic Design and Illustration for Social Good with Chineasy

Chineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustration
Chineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustration
This is such a great example of design and illustration being used for a creative social cause! Shaolan is an incredibly multi-talented lady who, together with Brave New World and illustrator Noma Bar, has created Chineasy to “bring down the great wall of Chinese language and allow Eastern and Western cultures to communicate freely”.
Chineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustrationChineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustration
“Chineasy’s goal is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognising characters through simple illustrations. The magical power of the Chineasy method is that by learning one small set of building blocks, students can build many new words, characters, and phrases. Master a few sets of building blocks and your learning will accelerate to a whole new level. With very little effort, learners will be able to read several hundred Chinese characters and phrases and gain a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural influences behind the vocabulary.”
Chineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustrationChineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustrationChineasy - the easy way to learn Chinese through graphic design and illustration
It's really fascinating when you start going through it, the images and individual building blocks of bigger words and phrases really paint a picture of the thinking behind the language and the culture, and there are helpful pronunciation soundbites to go with each word.
Check it out for yourself and maybe learn some Chinese!


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Wednesday 7 May 2014

Coveting Creative Workspaces

Happiness is Creative Workspaces
I've been feeling a bit like I need more studio space lately and so have been having lots of creative workspace envy. Here are some of the beautiful workspaces I've been coveting...
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
Happiness is Creative Workspaces
one // two // three // four // five // six // seven // eight
Check out more drool-worthy creative spaces on my Pinterest board.


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Tuesday 6 May 2014

New Stationery Products: Envelope Notebooks

Happiness is... handmade stationery products: envelope notebooks!
So I've been working on some new stationery products and here's one I'm pretty excited about! They were released a little while ago to the Lucky Packet subscribers, and now they're available for sale. So what are they? Hand made, patterned envelopes with four pages stitched inside. The patterns are prints of hand-painted watercolour illustrations and the pages are hand stitched into each one, ready for you to write a letter, draw some pictures, stick some stuff in and send it to a friend! Or how about creating a mini scrapbook of photos and special memories to send to someone special?
I think it's such a fun idea, and hope you do, too! They're available for sale now on my Hello Pretty store with free postage, or you can order them from me directly by dropping me a mail.
Here's some detail on what they look like. There are 6 patterns to choose from!
Happiness is... handmade stationery products: envelope notebooks!
Happiness is... handmade stationery products: envelope notebooks!
Happiness is... handmade stationery products: envelope notebooks and pretty hand painted patterns!


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Monday 5 May 2014

Monday Meow • 18

Monday Meow - a weird and wonderful collection of cat themed items
Happy Monday!
Today's Monday Meow is a guest curated post by the lovely peeps over at local online marketplace, Hello Pretty! All these items are available for sale, so click the links above to check them out.

Here's wishing you a fantastic week ahead!

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