allsorts: Ideas and inspiration

June 05, 2013

Summer Vacation Facebook Digital Freebie Hop!

It's a summer freebie extravaganza! I've joined a group on Etsy called the Digital Designers, a lovely group of shop owners who each specialize in creating digital products. They have regular Facebook Freebie 'Hops" and I am joining in this latest one. The idea is that you start at one designer's Facebook page, get their freebie, then hop to the next, and so forth. The digital paper set pictured above is my contribution. The theme is Summer Vacation, and we all worked with this same yummy color palette, so all of the designs coordinate:

To get my freebie, just go to my Jenny Allsorts Facebook page and look for the tab that says DD Freebie Hop, click it and you'll see a graphic with a download button and one to click to get to the next designer's freebie (be sure you have 'liked' the page to get the freebie). It just started, and a few players don't have their links sorted yet, so if you hit a snag, use the list below to proceed to subsequent pages.

Jenny Allsorts Design - www.facebook.com/JennyAllsorts
Luv Ewe Designs - www.facebook.com/luvewedesigns
Lana Koopman Design - www.facebook.com/LanaKoopmanDesign
Digi BonBons - www.facebook.com/pages/Digibonbons
Surface Hug - www.facebook.com/Surfacehug
Doris and Fred - www.facebook.com/dorisandfreddesigns
Jennifer Rogers Design - www.facebook.com/JenniferRogersDesign
Picky Chicken - www.facebook.com/pickychicken
Mad Mad Graphics - www.facebook.com/MadQueenMother
Anneline Sophia - www.facebook.com/AnnelineSophiaDesigns
POP print on paper - www.facebook.com/POPprintonpaper

Have fun playing with all your digital goodies!

Cheers,

Jenny

June 05, 2013 in Art Studio, Craft Room, etsy, Freebies, Holidays!, Ideas and inspiration | Permalink | Comments (10)

April 17, 2013

New red and aqua digital paper, scallop frames and more

I've added some fun new things to my Etsy shop! I'm the most excited about the above set of papers in my all-time favorite color combo... red and aqua! You likey? Hey, you knew I'd get around to doing that sooner or later! In fact I've been working away on lots of new Loopsies stuff:

As you can see, not just papers, I've done some fun scallop circle and oval frame elements, too. I'm diversifying! ZIg Zag Party is in the works, and I'll be adding it to the shop asap, but the others are already there.

Any ideas for new sets? Requests? Suggestions? I love making this stuff!

Cheers,

Jenny

April 17, 2013 in Art Studio, etsy, Ideas and inspiration | Permalink | Comments (11)

April 15, 2013

Restyled shelves two ways... which do you like better?

Another tada! This is my attempt at restyling the shallow shelves in my sitting room nook, Version One. It's very similar in vibe to the coffee table I showed in my last post. But I wasn't entirely happy with the result. It just seemed kind of cluttery, and the colors didn't excite me. Also, my eye kept being drawn to the structure of the shelves. So on a whim, I added some red gingham shelf edging and next thing I knew, the shelves looked like this:

Two rather different looks, wouldn't you say? I like the bright graphic quality of Version Two, but it has more of a vintage kitcheny vibe. Version One has more of a reading room/library vibe, but is less colorful and graphic. Hmmm... Here is the before pic again, which gives context to the shelves in their little nook:

I need to pick one before I tackle redoing the other shelves, and I'm on the fence... I just cannot decide. Which one do you prefer?

Cheers,

Jenny

April 15, 2013 in Ideas and inspiration, Nesting | Permalink | Comments (53)

April 11, 2013

Revealed ~ my restyled couch and coffee table

Tada! I finished my first two assignments for my styling class, the coffee table and couch in the living room. I didn't plan it this way, but clearly I ended up channelling a version of Vintage English Childhood. I managed to address each of the fundamental elements of good styling: needs, shapes, color, pattern, texture, placement, bling and botanicals. Justina also suggested we add some 'life' to our scenes, and that's how the vintage stuffed dog ended up there, and he conveniently provided the texture. A few detail shots: