wallpaper: louise body’s new glasshouse collection

I am really inspired by this wallpaper I spotted in Ideal Home magazine this month – a new collection from Louise Body, using traditional vases/plants as horizontal motifs. I love it because it features both florals and everyday objects, which creates a very strong and decorative design.

Louise Body wallpaper

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children’s wallpaper design: vintage car

Taking inspiration from magazines such as Ideal Home, Living Etc, and Junior, I have designed a vintage car wallpaper for children (most probably a boy), using a pastel colour palette. Trying to get inspiration from as many sources as possible lately and aiming to pick up ideas from anywhere I go. I have so many old magazines so it’s well worth flicking through them now and again to find anything that may spark a design!

rachel rosie west

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tractor & fence

Seeing as I am always designing animals I thought it was about time I created a possible environment for them to be placed in! So here is a little go at a tractor and fence combination.

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westie dog pattern

A simple repeat pattern of westie dogs! Would look lovely on a stationery set or anything else paper-based.

rachel rosie west : westie dog

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woodland creatures: notebook mock-ups

Two new designs, featured on notebooks…an idea? Possibly A5 with lovely thick FSC-approved plain cream paper pages.

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work in progress: male gift wrap

I don’t know about anyone else but I really do think it’s difficult to find a nice gift wrap for males!! They are often just a plain blue ground with happy birthday text, or perhaps footballs, beer patterns, etc. Glick’s selection is a safe and affordable choice, but nothing too out of the ordinary…

I had a go at a mixed collaged of random shapes and put it into repeat, featuring the complimentary colours of blue and orange. I’m still not one-hundred percent sure but think it’s a start…

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