Featured on Pattern Booth blog

Image courtesy of Pattern Booth/Cara Holland

I was very happy to be featured on Pattern Booth this week. The Pattern Booth blog is the creation of Cara Holland, it's a brilliant new blog celebrating modern, abstract and fun patterns, and is full of great finds, inspiration and interviews. Take a look here. And you can see my feature here, thank you Cara.

New website!

www.zoeattwell.com

I'm very excited to announce that I've just finished designing my website which is live now.
Please come and visit and have a look around, I hope you like it! Click here to view.

A little Greek inspiration

I'm afraid I've neglected my blog somewhat over the last few weeks. I've just come back from a lovely holiday in Greece catching the last of the summer sun. Today I just thought I'd share a few of the things that caught my eye.

I love the unusual packaging of this chewing gum with its strong colours and geometric patterns.

And I really like the simplicity of the distressed metal bus stop with the cut-out bus detail, the subtle colours of the stone panels top right, and the shape and vivid red of this old fire hydrant.

I like the look of distressed paintwork and worn surfaces generally, and was drawn to the lovely textures and colours of this turquoise door and wooden panelling. And these colourful tables and chairs are just very cheerful and fun, I think they may inspire a future colour palette.
I hope you saw something you liked in my odd little selection of images!

Cushions for sale!

Stitched Up

A while ago I entered Ohh Deer's Pillow Fight competition, and these are the designs I submitted, above and below. For a limited time starting today my cushions will be available to buy from Ohh Deer's online shop! So, if you fancy adding a colourful, quirky cushion or two to your home click on these links. Click here to buy 'Stitched Up,' the design above. And here if you're interested in 'Stacks,' the design below. They will only be on sale for 3 weeks so hurry if you think you'd like one!
After this time Ohh Deer will be choosing 4 designs from the competition entries to add to their shop, and to sell through their stockists, including Tate Modern and the Millennium Gallery. Fingers crossed!

Stacks

Ooh dishy!

Plates designed by Kathie Winkle for J Broadhurst & Sons Ltd.

I visited Tent London at the weekend, it was very inspiring and full of great designs. If I had the money (and the space) I would have bought a few chairs, a couple of tables, a lamp and some cushions, and that's just for starters! But as that's not an option at the moment, I didn't. I did however buy these 2 lovely plates designed by Kathie Winkle. I love the hand-painted abstract design, and the muted colours. It's a bit funny to go to a show known for its cutting-edge contemporary design and come back with a couple of old plates but there you go, I'm going to enjoy looking at them and using them, probably mainly for cake :-)

Dream Designs

Image courtesy of Dawn Clarkson/Nice and Fancy

I have a really nice feature over on Dawn Clarkson's blog Nice and Fancy. Dawn has a great new regular feature called Dream Designs where she asks designers to choose a favourite pattern and their dream application for it. I chose my 'Retro Checks' design and you can read the post here. Be sure to check out the rest of Dawn's blog and her lovely designs. Thank you Dawn for the lovely feature!

Pattern Bloghop!

Today is the Passion 4 Pattern Bloghop! If you are already on the hop (so to speak) you will have joined me from Gill Eggleston's lovely new blog Pattern Addict. If you've only just found the hop you can pop over to Claire Smillie's blog to start from the beginning.

For today's hop I thought I'd share a collection of wrapping paper designs I've been working on. Although they were designed with gift wrap in mind, I think they'd make really nice designs for notebooks too.

I think this is my favourite, but I keep changing my mind...

And here I had fun wrapping up some presents. I think they're bright and cheerful, I'd like to receive some presents that looked like this, how about you? :-)
Well, that's all from me today, thanks for visiting! Now, be sure to hop along to Eva Marion Seyffarth's blog. Eva Marion is getting ready to exhibit at Indigo Paris with Believe Creative Studio and I'm sure has some great pattern inspiration to share with you!

Hoppity Hop

On Sunday I will be taking part in the 2nd Passion 4 Pattern Bloghop. If you're unsure what a bloghop is, well, it's a little like it sounds. Over 40 international Surface Pattern Designers will be showcasing their work. Starting at Claire Smillie's blog each post will have a link to the next designer, allowing you to easily hop from one to the other and see some lovely designs. Join us this sunday!

A tile or two

Today I thought I'd share some more lovely mosaic tiles that I saw during my recent trip to Barcelona. I took a lot of pictures of tiles... :-) These details are from the beautiful exterior of the Palau de la Música Catalana in the Old Town.

The Simple Things

Image courtesy of The Simple Things

I bought the first issue of The Simple Things magazine at the weekend. It's a magazine that, you guessed it, celebrates the simple things in life. It is beautifully designed and has the most gorgeous photography. This issue includes some lovely interiors, products for the home, and some very tasty looking recipes! It was a real pleasure sitting in the garden with a cup of coffee taking it all in. To find out more about the magazine and to visit their website click here