I See Pattern…

…on Home Interiors!

Hi There,

Last week, I attended an event put on by FLOR in uptown Dallas featuring Textile Designer, Bonnee Sharp. Bonnee is the Founder and Owner of Studio Bon Textiles, a hand-printed fabric company based out of Dallas!

Above, is the first print of Bonnee’s I saw as I walked through the doors and it happens to be one of my favorites by Studio Bon Textiles. I have seen it pinned on Pinterest a ton! :)

Upon walking into FLOR, there was some info packets about the two companies to pick up aaaand these amazing free hand printed Studio Bon fabric swatches. I basically took a sample of every pattern they offered, after all guests took the ones they wanted, of course! :) All Studio Bon fabrics are hand-printed… in the USA, I might add! I just had to get my hands on them to literally feel and closely see all the perfect imperfections that happen with hand printing fabrics. SO cool! Thx Bonnee!

My good friend, Marguerite, came with me to the event! While I was snapping photos of all the beautiful pattern around me, she held my drink. She was my “assistant” for the evening! haha

PS-Do you like the chair we are sitting in??? There was a drawing to win that chair later in the night. Guess who won it? Not me, but Marguerite did! It was so coooooool to have a friend win that awesome Studio Bon printed arm chair. I am so excited for her. It was perfect timing, too, bc she is moving into a new apt at the end of the month! So she will now be able to decorate her new living room around that gorgeous pattern! YAY!

For those of you who have not heard of FLOR, they are a flooring company that specializes in helping you build your own custom designed rugs by choosing from a variety of patterned, textured and solid colored squares of FLOR carpets. Once you have chosen your carpets and design, it is assembled together on the bottom by removable adhesive stickers. Above are some of the samples they are offering this season. The concept of FLOR is so cool. It allows one to make a pattern out of pattern. Check out their website here for more info. There are so many options and examples on the website that will blow your mind! Endless design possibilities!

To the right are Sean and Kelcie, the Sales and Design Consultants for FLOR that put the event together. They love pattern so much that they even had pattern on the chocolates! LOVE.

Bonnee Sharp’s lovely Black and White dot print in the background (which btw is cleverly placed into Studio Bon’s logo as the “O” in “Bon”) plus FLOR’s patterned carpet squares equals a beautiful photograph. I love this one bc of the colors and bc houndstooth is one of my favorite patterns! It comes in classic black and white, as well. Yummy!

This is Bonnee. I loved hearing her speak about her company and take us thru her design journey that lead her to where she is now. Hearing another Designer’s story is always inspiring. As a Textile Designer, one of my struggles is staying focused on one idea. I have so many patterns already designed in my head and bc of that I cannot seem to get one of them done. I am basically all over the place at times with inspiration. I guess I just have too much. It becomes overwhelming. Bonnee reminded me that patterns or even a collection can simply come from one photo. She loves Photography as do I, and has loved it ever since she was a young girl and received her first Polaroid camera. Every pattern she has designed has come from something she saw and snapped a picture of. For me, hearing that helped me remember that it doesnt have to be more than just that. I mean that is, at the end of the day, what I started this blog for. :) Lately I have been getting caught up in whats trending in fashion, interiors, stationary, design books, what other designers are doing, pinterest, etc… SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED TO WALK OUTSIDE and find your own inspiration and stick with that. Thx Bonnie for reconfirming a process that I have forgotten!

The WINNER of the fab Studio Bon Textiles arm chair! I think it fits Marguerite quite nicely! What do you think?

Thx FLOR and Bonnee Sharp of Studio Bon Textiles for a lovely evening!

XOXO,

i see pattern…

…in carpets!

These patterns come from the floors of the magnificent Hilton In Houston, TX (the one by the Galleria Mall).  My fiance and I took a weekend trip a lil while back to visit his boss and some friends of ours.  As we walked from our room to where ever it was we were going, you know I was snapping shots of the carpets along the way!  And, btw, this is a good example of a good interior surface design warm color palette.  :)

I see pattern…

in hotel interiors!

These are some yummy patterns i saw while staying in the hilton by the casino in Baton Rouge, LA.  My husband played black jack, I slept in the lovely hilton.  haha

I took these pics with my iphone and instagram!  Follow me if you are on instagram.  My name is WBcatarella.  :)

I see pattern…

…on Missoni For Target Home Goods my mom managed to get her hands on.

What an epic launch that was, right!  I am aware that this post is soooo not “trending” anymore and that the Missoni For Target merch is not even remotely available to buy in present time.  Buuuut I have always loved the patterns that Missoni uses.  I die for zigzag prints!  :)  So, I wanted to share my story and photos that I have had stored away.  The whole Missoni For Target launch was just unbelievable.  As we all know, Target’s website shut down several times due to overcapacity and the fashionistas were camped out in long lines hours before the Target doors opened. If you didnt take off work to focus on this hunt, you just missed out on the zigzag.  At least that is how it was in Dallas.  Everything was gone by 9am.  I was so mad at myself for not realizing how fast this stuff would leave the stores.  I mean, I was actually depressed about it, I think.  :) Right as I decided to get over it and wash my hands of it, my mom calls me from a small town outside of Waco, TX and said there was still some Missoni For Target home goods there.  Basically, she bought whatever was left and then went to another store around that area and did the same thing.  Yes we were that crazy over Missoni For Target anything! Christmas time rolled around and guess what all my presents were? Yes Yes, I had a Missoni For Target Christmas.  These photos are some of my beloved items I didnt think I would own.  I am so grateful to now have a piece of the Missoni For Target phenomenon.  Missoni For Target, Please come baaaaaaack.  We want more!  :)

I see pattern…

…on pillows at Crate & Barrel!

Lets just start out by saying, I loooove Crate & Barrel! Who doesn’t right? My husband and I registered here when were engaged to be married!  I always had twinkles in my eyes and a smile on my face when I would see that black & white Crate & Barrel box arrive.  It was so fun.  Anywho… The oversized patterns and bright colors that Crate & Barrel uses on their Home products catches my eye every time. The bold prints make it so fun to browse and just hang out in the store.  On Friday nights in Dallas, people actually have date night in Crate & Barrel.  Its just a hip place to waste some time before dinner and what not.  Hanging out in Crate & Barrel is one of my favorite things to do.  Aaaaand it is my go to place to get Marimekko patterned items.  I purchased a lovely duvet cover for my bed along with matching pillow cases that is covered in a beautiful Marimekko print. As soon as i can get it on the bed I will post some up close shots of the hand drawn pattern.  Until then, you can click here to see which one I got! <3 YAY!  The images below are shots of some of the pillows that Crate & Barrel currently has in the store.  They are all just lovely!  Enjoy!

I see pattern…

…on long walks by the beach!

Hey everyone! Here are more patterns from my trip to Mexico. I totally brought tons of these patterns rocks home with me. They are just sooo fascinating! Enjoy!

Before I go. I just wanted to add that I will be at Printsource tomorrow!  I am not exhibiting, just there to learn and collect material for iseepattern! I cant wait! So stay tuned. There will be some Printsource coverage coming up on the blog! 

XOXO,

I see pattern…

…in historic homes in the French Quarter of New Orleans on carpet, rugs, furniture, etc

Loved this tour!  I hope you guys did too.  My heart will forever be with Louisiana no matter where I may be.  It was a good trip HOME!

XOXO,

Whitney

I see pattern…

…at the iconic IKEA!

Now that I am working from home, I needed a proper work space!  First things first, I needed a desk!  I no longer wanted to work from my dining room table and/or on my couch! Where else would I go for a desk but IKEA!!! Still working on getting my office in order, but as soon as I get it looking good and cute, I will post pics! Until then, I wanted to share some of the great patterns I saw while shopping at IKEA. There is so much pattern on all types of surfaces at IKEA! Enjoy! :)

The above image is what greeted me at the door! Immediately, I knew I was in for a pattern filled shopping experience!

EYE see pattern! This one may just be my favorite of the bunch! I love the colors and anything with an eye on it is kinda cool in my book! ;)

I had to include these bc I am just loving flamingo and pineapple art! These glasses belong in my cabinets! SUMMERTIME!!! Who’s ready?

Too bad I could only afford a desk for now bc this lil “Saved By The Bell” inspired piece should be in my office, as well!

Love this print for a boy’s room. The owl is now moving on to the male population! haha

I ended the day seeing these beautiful geometric patterned rugs! I love a nice two color geo patterned rug! There’s a place for these in everyone home! 

Stay tuned for my post of my office. I am loving having a work space at home! Yay for working for yourself! :)

XOXO,

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,