I see pattern…

…at PrintsourceNY Part 2!

Hi Hi Hi,

I have been a teeny tiny bit busy this week. My goal was to be finished posting my Printsource Pics by now, buuuut that didnt go according to plan. Oh well! Here are 3 more pattern filled booths I was able to take pictures of at Printsource. Enjoy! :)

Mark Cesarik Art/Design

How cute is that dog print??

This is Mark. He has a penguin in his logo!

As I chatted with Mark for a little while as I photographed his booth, we got to talking about the design and textile world and other random life things.

Like, when mentioning I liked his logo, he told me he thought about getting a tattoo of it on his back. Which I think would be awesome, but his friends talked him out of it due to the fact that they couldnt decide if getting a permanent tattoo of one’s business logo was too cheesy. But I think, why not?! At least at the beach he’d always be advertising his business! :) What do yall think? hehe

While talking, I also learned that, Mark does a lot of fabric printing. Him and his wife started a shop on Spoonflower called Sewbettie. Also, he is a Designer for Free Spirit Fabrics, as well.  Check out his blog for all the details on his fabrics. And, to check out more of his work, you can go to his website at markces.com.

Anywho, Mark was a cool pattern friend to meet. I really enjoyed looking thru his prints and talking with him! 

Next up, Avi Iny Designs from Isreal.

Funny little story here… I was trying to get a quick picture session in with a booth before I had a trend seminar to attend. When I introduced myself to this Designer, his assistant said she just tweeted me! I had been tweeting about Printsource while I was there and she saw and invited me to come meet them. I didnt know at the time. I guess I was just supposed to meet them. haha

Avi Iny Designs mainly deals with women’s and men’s wear, lingerie, sleepwear, and swimwear as you can see from my pictures of their booth walls. They didnt want me taking close ups of their patterns but I got to shoot the patterned figures that decorated their booth. So that works for meeee! :) 

Lastly, I met Antoinette et Freddy, a Textile Deisgn studio from Paris, France. Again, I was limited in what I could take pictures of. They said no closeups and I said no problem. :) Antoinette et Freddy has been exhibiting at Printsource for years. They had some great stuff!

I hope you enjoyed these Printsourcers! One more post on my Printsource experience coming up soon! Stay tuned!

XOXO,

HI Everyone,

How have you all been? I am so sorry for the lack of posting here! I have been juggling a million things lately! :) As I mentioned a couple posts back, I signed up for an online  Textile Design course called “The Sellable Sketch” taught by Michelle over at PATTERN OBSERVER! The class was amazing and I highly recommend you take it! I am really happy with the collection I got out of the class. I would share it, but I kinda want to sell it, if you know what i mean! haha But I will share my sketches that I did for the collection.  Guess what my trend was? Graphic Florals! :) Enjoy!

Something else that has kept me away from I See Pattern is hosting a friend’s baby shower at my house. My friend’s sister, another good friend of ours, and myself spent a ton of time planning, cutting, glueing, decorating and baking!  We even made a photo booth!!! A classmate of mine from Graphic Design at LSU helped us out with the super cute designs for the invites and all the decor. If you like the theme you can buy the printables on her etsy shop here. The whale theme was a hit. We had a WHALEY good time planning the party. Here are some photos from the day!

The first picture is from my friend’s Etsy Shop called Urban Formality.

P.S. Cookies were done by Christie McCabe in Dallas. Her blog is called Daily Dose of Sweet. She does a fabulous job. I personally like her work bc she always puts some sort of pattern on her cookies.  YAY pattern!  :)  Love the nautical rugby stripes! Those tasted the best!  HAHA

XOXO,

Whitney

I see pattern…

…on vacation!

My husband and I have been chillin under palm trees this past week on vacation in Mexico. We stayed at the fabulous El Durado Seaside Suites Resort and Spa (a sister resort to the one we got married at which is called AZUL Beach). We had an amazingly relaxing week away! During our stay, I took about a million palm tree pics! Natural pattern is one of my favorite things to shoot for inspiration. I love the patterns I see in tropical palm leaves the most! The iconic palm image is always relevant for summertime trends on just about any surface. I hope you get some inspiration from these shots like I have. Enjoy and stay posted! I have more Mexico posts to come! Viva La Mexico!

XOXO,

I see pattern…

…at Printsource Part 3.

Last post on Printsource :( *tear. But this is a good one. There’s a lot of MAGENTA and I loooooove MAGENTA! hehe

First up is Carly Lawrence from Atlanta, GA. She likes pANK! How cute is this booth?!?! Swans, Feathers, Roses, and Fun Geos OH MY!

I really enjoyed meeting Carly and seeing her work. This was her first time showing at Printsource. She walked Printsource in April to get a feel of it all and then signed up to exhibit in July. You can read all about her first Printsource experience on her blog www.carlylawrence.com. I totally could relate to her and her work. I just love graphic and bold prints like these. And in my opinion, you just cant go wrong with fucsia! A girl who sees pink the same way I do is a friend of mine! Carly’s prints are super cute and funky and I think she may just have a nice little career ahead of her! :)

I think the rose pattern entitled “Priscilla” looks like a pattern for Betsey Johnson! What do you think? I told Carly that and she said she was partly channeling Betsey when designing this one! Betsey, if you are reading this… haha

I collected a ton of business cards, but I have to say Carly’s was one of my favorites. Can you tell her background is in Graphic Design like me? I can spot them a mile away! haha

You can find Carly on Twitter and at her blog. Thanks Carly!

Lastly, I met the guys behind Consortium, a Surface Design Studio in Laguna Beach started by two Brits. Already I’m intrigued! I absolutely loved their booth presentation. Pattern covering every inch of the wall space? Best idea ever! You really couldn’t miss Consortium’s booth! And the work was bright, vibrant and just plain fun to top that off! Being that the studio is based out of Laguna Beach, they get tons of business from surf, skate, ski and swimwear companies. As I looked thru their prints, I invisioned some of them on board shorts or ski gear! They had a ton of prints to look thru and all of them were eye catching. These guys were super cool and extremely down to earth. Read their Mission Statement on their website here and you will see just how cool and down to earth they are! And funny! :) 

I went straight to this print to see it up close. I usually like more vector based iconic prints the most, but for some reason I had to see this one upclose first. The colors are gorge.

The shark print on the left was another fave! My shark loving hip 11 yr old cousin would love some swim trunks with this pattern on them. And his 13 yr old sister would love a booksack or notebook with the peace sign pattern on it! SOLD! Maybe I should be a buyer. haha

More sharks! They had a whole collection of shark inspired patterns that were amazing! I wish I could have shared them all. :)

Thanks, Consortium for letting me share your booth and work!

I hope yall enjoyed all the posts I did on Printsource. It was quite a learning experience for me and extremely inspiring! I hope I was able to inspire you, as well! 

XOXO,

More from my trip to Urban Outfitters last week! Tribal never dies at UO! haha If you shop at Urban, YOU love tribal prints.  And some brightly colored Ikat patterns.  Loving Ikat right now!!!  Enjoy!

Start with a shoe pattern, end with a shoe pattern! haha

XOXO,

Whitney

I see pattern…

at PRINTSOURCE in ny!

Hiiii,

As you may know, I was lucky enuf to get to attend the textile show described as “The Premier Market of Surface and Textile Design in the USA” called Printsource New York. This is a show I have been dying to go to for years. I dream of having a booth one day with my own patterns and designs. Until then, I went to collect content for I See Pattern and to attend the trend seminars for work at Pacific Legwear. The inspiration was endless and the seminars were full of trend forecasting information. All in all, the trip was successful! This will be one of 3 posts from the show. I, also, have a post dedicated to pattern i saw on the streets of NY. So stay tuned!

The first company that was nice enuf to allow me to take some pictures of their booth and prints is PatternPeople. This is a Surface Design Studio that is based in Portland, Oregon. I have been following this company for a while. In the last 3 or so years, I have watched this company grow into the successful studio that it is today. PatternPeople has  really made a name for themselves in the Textile world. Check out their website here. And follow them on twitter and facebook. They are always posting great things about fashion and pattern!

This is Bekah. She is the Sales Agent that was representing PatternPeople at PrintSource. Very nice and cool girl. :)

Thanks PatternPeople!

The second company I wanted to share with yall is Tana Bana Design Services. Tana Bana is a full service Textile Design Studio in the suburbs of New York City, in Morristown, New Jersey. This company has many beautiful prints for womenswear to offer. Check them out here!

I hope you enjoyed these companies. It was really challenging to get booths to agree to me taking pictures of their work, which I totally understand. I got a lot of “NO WAYs” so I am thankful to the companies that were open to sharing. I know I love to learn by seeing and hearing about what goes on in the inside of a company. And for those of you who are looking to work for a Textile Studio, here are two great ones to look into! I will be covering 4 other companies. So, I’ll see ya sooner than later!

XOXO,

I see pattern…

at Urban Outfitters!

Loving this whimsical iconic beach themed trend that is popping up in stores.  Here are some of the cute patterns I saw when visiting one of my favorite stores to browse patterns at, UO!

i see pattern…

in my new favorite fashion blog!

I found this fashion blogger on www.weardrobe.com.  I fell IN LOVE with the creative outfits she puts together.  They are inspiring.  Each one is like an art piece.  Her Blog is called DIRTY.HAIR.HALO.  Click here to see what it’s all about.  I gush over it everyday!  Lots of pattern and prints!!!!!!!!!!!  :) <3

As I have said before… I LOVE BIRD PATTERNS!  :)

Been into Puh puh paisley lately aaaand blues and purples!  I think this blazer rocks!

HIP

I see pattern…

in designer clothing!

D&G. omg. I <3 your FW 11/12 line!  I looooove typography and i loooove pattern and i looooove fashion and I looooove runway shows.  So this post makes me smile!  :)  How cool and hip are these text patterns?  ALL IMAGES are screenshots from the D&G website.  Click here to see more of this Typographic collection! 

Well Merry Christmas!!!

I had so many patterned gift wrapping ideas for this season and well… ya know how it goes! Oh the holidaze… Oh life…

Since I ended up not DIYing any of my gifts this Christmas, I wanted to share last years’ that, well, never made it to the blog either… Okay, next year I will get it together! ;)

As most of you know, I had my very first born November 27th of 2013.  So this time last year, from Thanksgiving to New Years, I was like, “WHAAAAA?!?” Somehow in between back to back feedings and sporadic crying fits (and when I say “crying fits,” I’m not talking about the baby- new moms cry A LOT too, ya know - haha)… Thru all that craziness, I managed to pull off some pretty cute DIYed presents if I must say!  hehe

My apologies for the poor images.  I may have had a baby literally attached to me while taking these pictures, if you know what I mean… :)

Things You’ll Need

1. Good ole brown packing paper you can get from just about anywhere.  I get mine from either Lowes or Target.

2.  Any patterned paper.  You can find holiday patterned paper at any craft store!  Or you can design something yourself like I did for this wrap job.  I printed my patterns out on cardstock so I wouldnt have to tape the shapes completely down to the brown paper. 

3.  Yarn or any ribbon.  I used red yarn for these.

4.  Mini Candy Canes

5.  And tape, duh… ;)

That’s it!  It was really easy!

PS - I originally REEEEEAAAALLLLLLLYYY REALLY wanted to get these patterns I designed printed on actual wrapping paper to wrap my gifts with…  And, well, I did, buuuuut the print job was terrible.  If you know a good place/website to get your own designs printed on wrapping paper, please comment!

Happy Holidays everyone!  LOVE!

XOXO,