Kaleidoscope

I have had this idea in the back of my mind for a while,
so I thought I'd whip something up while I was thinking of it.
I want to create a range of similar retro inspired patterns
that give a kaleidoscope effect.
This pattern is made up of only one shape,
but when repeated and layered becomes really effective.
I'm looking forward to playing around with this!!

and the winner is....

Sorry it took so long, I have finally drawn a winner

for my giveaway that ended on Friday. 

And the lucky winner is....

Jess is a graphic designer with a cute and creative blog called

Feast & Stitches. Take a look!

Thanks to everyone who entered, I really appreciate you 

taking an interest in my creative and artistic ventures :)

GIVE AWAY! Last Days!!

Hi guys, don't forget to comment on my give away post to have the chance to win one of my pieces. All of my followers are eligible to enter so get in before time runs out, I will be drawing the winner on Friday.
Thanks for all your lovely comments so far, I love hearing from everyone! Good Luck!

Kat Macleod

If you haven't already experienced the amazing work of Kat Macleod then you are missing out! Over the years I have admired her work through Michi Girl and her publications, 2 that I have are 'Like I give a Frock' and 'The Cocktail'. Both are full of her amazing illustrations. Her technique is unique to herself, often she uses sketchy pencil line work, water colour and collage of paper fabric and more.

You can find a detailed interview with her at The Design Files

and below is a video of her design process.
Hope this inspires you, it has certainly inspired ME!


Kat Macleod's Process from Jacky Winter on Vimeo.

Finders Keepers

What a beautiful weekend we just had here in Melbourne and what a great day it was for the first Melbourne Finders Keepers market. Held in a shed on South Warf in the Docklands, this market promotes and sells goods from a whole range of upcoming and well known artists, designers and creators.

Fineders Keepers market is held in both Sydney and Brisbane and you can find info for upcoming markets here http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/

Here are a couple of shots I took of the market and its surrounds.

I highly recommend getting to one of these markets if you can!

Maree

It has been a while since I have posted something brand new, so I did some doodle-ing tonight and turned them into this. The characters stem from some doodles I did a while back (you may need to check my older posts to see) and I drew a few other characters as well, so check up for future posts of my little doodle characters! I call her Maree after my mum. In the 80's and 90's she got a few crazy poodle perms that reminded me of this :)

GIVE AWAY! Celebrating 50 followers!

This week I reached a milestone of 50 followers. It has been really fun and inspiring being part of this huge blogging world. I love searching through the millions of blogs to find hidden gems.
So to thank everyone who have stopped by my blog and to show my appreciation I have decided to have a give away. You have the chance
to win a 15 x 15cm resin coated tile featuring one of the following designs Dauchshund, Maria do Carmo or Bird of paradise! The 3 designs have recently featured in an exhibition I have taken part in.
In order to take part you must be one of my followers (existing or new) and comment on this post letting me know which piece is your favorite.
I will be drawing the winner on Friday 15th October.
Good Luck to everyone :)

I'm Back

Well, it has been an exciting couple of weeks. Starting with our exhibition opening and now finding out which of my pieces have sold. Exhibition pack up is on thursday night and it will be sad to see it gone.
If you want to get down and have a look it's open until thursday.

You can find the info in my previous post. I will also be selling off the remaining pieces, so if anyone is interested feel free to contact me or I will put them in my etsy shop in the near future.

It's nearly here...

Sorry I haven't been around lately, I have been consumed with my artworks for an upcoming exhibition Paper, Paint & Pixels. Here is a sneak peak of some of my pieces. I have designed a series of collages and am displaying them on tiles coated in resin for a high gloss effect.
I hope you like them?!

The exhibition runs for 2 weeks (15th-30th Sep) at Hogan Gallery in Collingwood, Melbourne. Feel free to pop down to the opening and
take a look at some of the other great artwork from friends of mine Porntima, Jeesoo, Imogen, Belinda, Liz, Rachael and Lauren.
I'm really looking forward to showcasing my artworks.
Hope to see you there!

Squiggles

This is a card range I designed a while ago at work.
They are called Squiggles and were heaps of fun to create!

©Artwrap

fun at work

This is a card range I have designed at work, Artwrap.
Hope you like it :)

© Artwrap

New Branding Heat Pillows

It's been a while since I have posted about what VixenLily is really about, my favorite heat pillows.
I have finally got my branding up and running which includes my generic VixenLily tags, Heat pillow instruction tags and satin ribbon tags to sew into the side of products.
Although I am really happy with the fabrics I am using at the moment,
my next step is to design and have my own fabrics printed, I can't wait!
Now that everything is coming together I will try to set up an Etsy shop, soon....

new acquisitions

I couldn't resist buying these. The flowers are out of the garden, my mum has planted only Australian natives. I love them, the flowers are so unusual and pretty :)

life Instyle #2 my design!

I am really inspired after seeing all of the amazing products today at the life instyle fair. I was also lucky enough to have some of the products I have designed displayed. This pepperpot range is called 'Provincial' and consists of a large photo album, travel journal, luggage tag and passport holder. I hope you like it?!

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Life Instyle

This week I am really lucky to be going to the Melbourne Life Instyle trade show with work. After going for the first time last year I am really looking forward to seeing all of the new and amazing products and design out there. All of the stall holders are shown on the Life Instyle website. A few stall holders that caught my eye are pippijoe, made590 and homeandhumanfashion. I didn't have a chance to go through all of the stall holders online so take a look for yourself, there is going to be some fantastic stuff there. I can't wait!!