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Month: January 2012

  • Web tip :: a word on web fonts

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    I love web fonts, they have revolutionised what web designers can do with typography in designs. Cufón, Typekit and sIFR have all made our task a little easier and our designs a lot more interesting. Then there’s Google Webfonts who, at last count, have 436 fonts available for use. They’re easy to implement and your…

  • Flickr three :: #D1DA1B :: autumn approaching

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  • Akai Premium Theme from Crimson Pear

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    I’m so excited to share with you what I’ve been toiling away at for the last couple of weeks. This is my Akai (means red in Japanese) self-hosted WordPress blog theme that you can purchase over on my Crimson Pear site. This was such fun to create. I had the Indian inspired block prints and…

  • Happy Australia Day!

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    Yes it’s Australia Day! The F18 have already done their flyover and the cyclist has done his annual 50km coffee ride with some of his cycling buddies. The boys are chilling out with their projects, one which is us attempting to make lamingtons by following this recipe. So all in all a typical Australia Day…

  • Flickr three :: #920F2F :: veins

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  • Does ego = success?

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    In the last few weeks I have found myself saying, out loud I might add, that I wish I had a bigger ego. That’s not really what I mean but I’ve just noticed some people out there seem to gain success by nothing more than over self promotion. One of the things I love about…

  • A stuffed chair affair

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    I have an odd obsession with chairs and given the chance our house would be full of them. The cyclist is probably happy that I have not acted on that impulse. I pretty sure when I first laid my eyes on The Stamford chair from Squint Limited my first words were ‘Oh my!’. It’s amazing…

  • Flickr three :: #433B53 :: aubergine

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  • Trellis :: palette and pattern

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    This adorable picture called Crochet Flowers by Carina Envoldsen-Harris was the source of my palette inspiration today. They just reminded me of spring flowers climbing a trellis. Of course after yesterday’s post I had to make a trellis pattern or two of my own so here are my patterns: Thinking in Circles (top), which I…

  • Trellis patterns

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    I have such an eye for lattice/trellis patterns at the moment. I think in general I like patterns that make me look at the negative space as well. I’m very aware that all my selections today are cushions and this is because my vintage fabric cushion cover that I blogged about in January 2008, has…