Happy Birthday Tracy!!

 

 

 

 

We love this collection below by Tracy...

 

Tracy has been with Kim Designs since 2009.

Happy Birthday Tracy from the KD Team!!

 

 

BAnne shares this on creating color themes:

I also learned something yesterday in class that I think would be helpful for the other designers, if they don't already know about it. 

It is a website to help generate color themes.

https://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30

BAnne

 

Thanks to BAnne for share.
-kim

Kim's Favs for week of 11/29/2012

 

 



Magazine Article: Hermes Scarf - Inspirational Design

Quote: Black and White..

Magazine Article: Make-Up Artist

 

Love that orange and pink dress.

Belated Thanksgiving Thought:

November 23, 2012 "Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough." —  Oprah

A great blog! (Thanks Barbara J):

Everyone seems to love a creative and informative blog.

Here is one by a KD contributing designer.  Enjoy!

Click here:

http://www.integralcolor.com/blog/

Quote for today... brought to us by Oprah emails.

November 20, 2012

"Think for a minute about what makes you fabulous and how you can celebrate it."

—  Laura Mercier

“An overview of the print shows”

 

Hi Kim,

 

I have walked the Surtex show, which anyone in the industry can do for a fee. The price has gone up in recent years and I think it was around $150 last year! It is an interesting show in that part of of the exhibitors are selling prints and the other half are trying to get licensing deals. Also, the Stationery show runs right next to it, and you can walk both shows.

 I've never actually exhibited at any print show as it is such a big investment.

I do know that 2 other shows that are more for just selling prints are Printsource and Indigo. They happen more than once a year, I think. I don't know if the prices for exhibitors are comparable, but I do know that the apparel design teams that I've worked with both full-time and freelance, do shop those shows. I'm pretty sure anyone in the industry can also register and attend those shows as well. I don't think you necessarily have to be a buyer, but I'm not completely sure.

 

I really only became aware of Surtex when I started trying to sell original designs (in addition to freelance) and learned about licensing, even though it has been around a long time as well. 

 

 http://www.indigo-salon.com/newyork/

 http://www.printsourcenewyork.com/the_show.html

 

Off to pack for the week! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Elizabeth

                                                         Thank you Elizabeth H. for the write-up! - kim



"Behind the seams" - BAnne works on a sketch that will become a print in KimDesigns.com.

I cherish a good dress for this reason alone:

Kim's Favs for week of 11/16/2012

 

 

 



Magazine Article: Dressed to Dine

Yes, the dress is awesome - but also love the wall treatment. So rich!

A favorite periodical of mine:  Departure.com

Marcela's Picks - We love what Marcela picks up from Printerest.

 

Hope you enjoy these picks by Marcela courtesy of the site Pinterest.