2010

photo by Mariela Paz Izurieta


Wishing you all a wonderful new year and decade! I look forward to seeing what amazing things the new year has ahead.

I'm not really into new year resolutions, but a few things I'd like to do are:
- Have some camera fun, I just got a new DSLR, and I have a holga sitting on my shelf waiting to have a play.
- More designs for etsy, including some gocco printed stuff.
- More art!! And maybe even some exhibitions, who knows.

With Kid gloves

I love these cute embroidered napkins from With Kid Gloves. Designs available as napkins, coasters, dish towels and pillows.

Christmas 09

I decorated an old bird cage, and put tea lights inside, this was christmas eve night, with all the candles lit.

The table decorations.

The tree! You can also see the pretty bunting I made hanging up behind the tree.

merry christmas

photo by nephele

Wishing you all a wonderful, fun and relaxing holiday :)
If you get a chance, check out my little illustration for the forth thread advent blog here.

My year

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What a year it has been, I jam packed an awful lot in, and did a lot to get myself involved in the art and design scene. This little summary hopefully sums up the most significant parts of my year. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of my year, and inspired me along in my journey.
I look forward to what 2010 has in store.

How do you store your fabric?

image from polanoid

I have heaps of fabric, and lots of small scrappy pieces and I need to find a good way to store it all, considering I don't have a lot of space, and it needs to be kept air tight, as our house has high moisture levels. So how do you store your fabric? any suggestions?

tempted to make...

This just looks scrumptious! recipe from sweet paul
I am tempted to make this as a little pre- Christmas treat, yum :)

Christmas decoration inspiration

Buntings from Lobster and Swan



Table styling by Sweet Paul found via Style files


Image by Tine k via Style files


Image from VT Wonen



Images from Decor8

A little collection of some of the best Christmas decoration inspiration I have seen this year.

Balloons

I love the balloons in these wedding photos by Jessica Claire, what a beautiful idea. Would be a fun idea to use for a party .. hmm.. maybe a tea party, who wants to have a fun tea party with balloons, pretty tea cups and candles, now that would be fun :)

The amazing independent artist community.

The support and encouragement of the independent artist community never ceases to amaze me.
I got this gorgeous letter and original artwork form Chrissy Lau on Saturday. Which was a wonderful surprise, as I wasn't expecting Saturday mail.

And I have been greatly encouraged by the support regarding this matter. It is good to know there is such a strong , friendly community, working together. you guys are awesome!

Christmas baking

At last the Christmas baking has begun :)

My wall

I find renting very limiting, as I can't punch holes in the wall and blue tack pictures all over my wall. But with some clever ingenuity I have managed to rig these few things up on my wall. In the left corner you can see some of the bunting I made :)

Recommended reading

photo by Emillie

A few new blogs I have discovered, that I recommend subscribing too;

• Ok Great, an art and design blog, with a variety of great inspiration.
• The next page, a collection of inspiration diaries, from the girl behind Daydream lily.
• Typojungle, some really awesome typography.

Forth Thread now for sale

The much anticipated Forth Thread zine, that I have been working on with Stuart Smythe, is now available for purchase!
It is an A5 zine, full colour, 48 pages full of great art, and each zine is individually numbered, as there are a limited number.
Featuring art and interviews from Neil Krug, David Thompson, Kareem Rizk, Betca, and many more.
It'll make a great little Christmas gift for any art/design lover.

Show reel 2009

Show Reel 2009 from Tabitha Patterson on Vimeo.

I created a short show reel of the video work I have done this year, and a little from last year. Enjoy!

Jessica Hische Teaches you Type

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rather nice break down, of how to design type by typographer
Jessica Hische. She creates some amazing typography, and if
you havn't seen it before check outher daily drop cap blog, for some rather lust-worthy drop caps.

End of year exhibition

Well tonight was my end of year exhibition, at Tafe. It's weird to think its all over now. I took a few photos before the crowds poured in (there were so many people there, it was amazing). The top picture is of me with some of the girls from my class (you might noticed, I have dyed my hair red!!) . The middle picture is my banner, which I was exhibiting on the night. And the last shot is of some pretty decals on the windows, which I thought were quite cute. There was some amazing work on display, very inspiring.
Also amazingly enough, the Forth Thread zine showed up in the nick of time and we were able to give a stack away for free.

Christmas tree 09

This year for our Christmas tree, we wanted to have a stick tree again like last year, but this time we wanted a more natural looking one, rather than white. Not sure how we would go about creating such a tree, one day my mum discovered willow branches at the supermarket of all place, which happened to be the perfect thing. More pics on flickr.

Forth Thread Issue One

You may recall, I am part of a design collaboration called 'Forth Thread', a website and zine
dedicated to showcasing established and up and coming talent.

The much anticipated moment, is soon upon us. We are nervously waiting and praying
the zines come from the printer today (as promised). Because after several months of hard work, lots of emails and late nights on msn, the Forth Thread zine is finally here! Featuring some amazing talent from around the world.
And tonight, at our end of year Tafe Exhibition we will be giving away 400 signed copies!!!
After tonight, we will start selling them, so don't fret if you miss out. There is plenty to go around.