Friday, March 7, 2014

The Art of Felting

Like many designers I feel the need to constantly be creating and experimenting and simply doing something. 

Thus, a recent week of sun and fun led me to a new adventure, felting!

As many of you may have noticed the past few holiday seasons, felt ornaments have been a huge presence in decor shops for trimming your trees- snow men, deer, and snowflakes to name of few are widely available. While I too jumped on the band wagon and added several to my Christmas Tree, my thought was how to enjoy felted items year round...?

Which led me to making this adorable little pup that wound up becoming the thank you gift to a dear friend of mine for being my dog sitter back in KY while I was soaking up the sun.  


But then I started getting even more ideas running through my head. This was a pretty straightforward project, but what about something a little more complex? Maybe animals with human like qualities, like those great paintings of regal animals dressed in uniforms for battle or monarchs wearing crowns...

 I have another week of fun in the sun quickly approaching, I'm sure you will see something 'felty' come from it!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

A Chic Retreat...

Recently I have been commissioned by a young entrepreneur couple to create the interior of a new salon that would build off the wife's (a clothing stylists) brand and give her the opportunity to add a new element for her clients, that of hair... 

This is our style board for the space.  The project has a quick turn around time so look back soon for finished images of this chic retreat...