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Quote - Roger Bank-Pye

I like the idea of wallpapering a piece of furniture...

Design Inspiration:  Love the bird/tree/branches wall paper.

Pantone's Color of the Year Announcement...And the winner is...

(Thank you Warsha for tipping us off)   Pantone Color of the Year 2013:EMERALD (Pantone-17-5641)

The biggest color thing that we all have been desperately waiting for....is right here! Pantone just announced it's Color of the Year for 2013 and below are the latest updates.

"Lively. Radiant. Lush…

A color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony."

Since I love literature...Like this quote:

December 7, 2012

"Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down; there are still so many stories to be told."

—  Colum McCann

Kim's Favs for week of 12/6/2012

 

 

Wow - check this blog out! Thank you Joanne for sharing...everyone appreciates this type of "share".

Click here:  http://color-collective.blogspot.com/

Joanne (new contributor to KimDesigns):

Hi Kim,

You may or may not have seen this blog before but it's a great inspiration to me when creating color ways on my prints and it's 1 of my go to tools I thought I'd share. I love that it's not just thumbnails of the colors but the photo or print/art that helps tell the color story they are good at updating w/ the seasons and trends- feel free to share on your blog if it's new to you and share with the other designers:)

Have a great day!

Joanne

Sample imagesfrom the blog..below feature:

 

 

Inspiration - Love these florals.

 

 

 

 

This is a spotlight on these florals (not the article).  The flowers are so pretty with their watercolor look.

Almost looks like a vintage painting with the uneven look.

 

Inspiration: Emerald Ring

 

I am a big jewelry fan.  This would be a great ring to wear to a party!

 

Things to do..take a nap!

From a buyer's perspective - buying art:

I was talking with one KD contributing designer that previously purchased art for her job.  We were discussing how competitive this industry is.   (I know many of you get frustrated with lack of sales so I thought I'd share this).

 

J writes:

 

 

Hi Kim,

 

Yes, I know.  When I was working in the industry,

we must have looked at a thousand designs a day

for as long as the Europeans were in town -- a week

perhaps.  And then we only bought a handful, if that 

much! Our boss said we had to "love, love it!" If it

was only "love" that wasn't good enough.

 

Lots of Good Luck,

J

 

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: