MiragePaperCo's Designer Blog

nyc

this is my last posting for a bit. i'll be back Friday 23rd. off to new york.

beautiful kit

lily received this gorgeous Russian inspired kit which includes 4 lined drawings, great markers with brushes for tips + a cute little booklet. The illustrator Aurelia Fronty hails from France + so does the kit. Hooray!
no real website to speak of.

are Matrushka dolls still so popular in terms of imagery? i wonder... anyway they are lovely.

new birds

i'm working on a big project, it's a bit frustrating 'cause i can't really put any of it up.
but couldn't resist these, for now.

our new totes

arrived from the screenprinters Friday. they are our giveaways at the Stationery Show. i'm reallly happy with the way they turned out.
time is running away with me again... only 4 more days till i leave for NYC...AAAAAHHHH!!!

mama's day

to all the mama's of the world... Have a happy mama's day on Sunday!
here is my mama on the left with her lifelong friend Merle on the right, dressed as Gypsy's! pic taken probably about 1950, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, SA.

+ a bunch of flowers for you all from Lily!

tag along

i'm tagging along after Helen from Orange you lucky
instead of trying to rack my brain for things about me, i put up the 1st of my movie lists:)
i LOVE MOVIES!
Especially Indian, French, Italian, Spanish etc... here is a list of SOME of my favourites which will hopefully give you a small insight into what i like visually, creatively + musically. a lot of them have fabulous music scores.
check some of them out if you have a chance, a lot will not be available at ya ol' conventional video store.

Director Peter Greenaway
1. Prospero's books
2. The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover + others

Another Canadian director i like is Denys Arcand who did
3. Jesus of Montreal and others

4. C.R.A.Z.Y - loved this one....
5. Delicatessen
6. Withnail and I
7. Before night falls - director Julian Schnabel, actor Xavier Bardem.
8. Water - deepa mehta... ONE OF MY FAVES!
9. Monsoon wedding...
10. The Party
11. The Darjeeling Limited.... craven
12. Napolean Dynamite
13. Arsenic and old Lace
14. Nacho Libre... hilarious + brilliant music
15. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Terry Gilliam ...www.terrygilliam.com
16. Il Postino
17. Mediterraneo
18. The Virgin Suicides
19. the hairdresser's husband
20. Unbearable Lightness of being ....
21. Wah wah - with Richard E. Grant. same actor in Withnail and I. this one is about this life growing up in Swaziland.
22. the diving bell and the butterfly - meant to be great....haven't seen it yet

New workbooks

we are introducing a lot of new product at the New York Stationery Show.
here is a brief selection of 2 NEW workbook sets: seedlings + daisies...

i will post more leading up to the show.
btw: our booth number at the Stationery Show is 4127
we will also be taking part in the Poppytalk Paper Pops! (A Papergoods & Affordable Art Market & Showcase) which runs from May 12 - Jun 06, 2008!

more details to follow soon.

wine bottles

i was fooling about, of which i really shouldn't, created these wine bottles. i would LOVE to design fun stuff like this. i'm also bidding on a pair of shoes on ebay....sssssshhhhhh!
you'd think i had nothing better to do!
i'm like this though, when i have so much on my plate, i just kinda skirt the issue until i absolutely HAVE to do it + its a major deadline. working under pressure... there's nothing like getting stuff done this way!

tiny daisy's

i know i'm going to be stretched thin this week. what with the NY stationery show only 2 weeks away. OMG!!!
SO much to do, TOO little time. anyway, i'll try my best to post every day to keep it interesting, may just post older stuff BUT will release some NEW designs to be showcased at the show in the next 2 weeks.
for now, some daisy's i did a while ago.

+ the winner is....

Contest has ended. Lily + i picked the winner today, we cut up all the names printed out + she picked ERICA! Congrats Erica and THANK YOU to all who entered with such lovely things to say.
i will be running another contest soon.
keep on checking back.