RamsdenDesigns

I Wanna Be Kat Macleod

When I become wildly successful and my luxury products are sold everywhere I’m going to commission Kat Macleod to design the packaging for a collection.

As I’m Running A Day Behind, It Just So Happens…

…that I completely forgot what I did yesterday. I know it involved lunch out with Big B and a quiet day because the kids weren’t around. But thats it really, the rest is a blank.

Things would be greatly improved if I could remember where I put Little J’s swimming form. I think it’s in the bin, which the truck picked up today but I keep looking around the house for it because it’s much cleaner in the house. And you never know.

So how's about a bit of Pottery Barn lust instead? We don’t have Pottery Barn here, so don’t bother Googling it, it’ll just break your heart anyway. But I found this:

It’s a customizable organisation station called ‘Daily System’ and I so want one. Pottery Barn of course doesn’t ship out of America so I have buckley's chance of getting one. But I was wondering what IKEA have and found…nothing remotely like it.

Yay for Australia…not home of the ‘Daily System’.

Sigh.

Blogtoberfest Day 21 - The Day The Stress Hits The Fan

Egats! I'm starting to feel it. With two assignments due on Friday and another due on Monday I'm starting to get that wired-out feeling I always get when hit with a uni deadline.

It's possible of course to get it all done and not have a nervous breakdown at the same time but I still feel very jittery. The problem with the two assignments due on Friday is they are design based. What that means is they are never finished, they could always be improved. So I am constantly looking at something and thinking it's not good enough (and when it comes to my Photoshop skills it appears that's true) and there is also the worry that some technique I've done is just that particular thing the lecturer hates with a passion...and if he has to look at another assignment with that in it he'll scream.

With regards to Empire of Delight news, everything is going fantastic but I want to wait till this weekend is over before I start posting about that. So brace yourself for several days of "uni stress is killing me" posts. You have been warned.

To lighten up the post here is a still image of the animation project I'm working on with two other students. They are infinitely better at animation than me but I am keeping up, just.

In this scene is my dinosaur toy and a Wolverine toy. We're having a nice chat in our owners bedroom (designed by me). We're just about to notice Johnny-no-mates coming up to say hello which will cause Wolverine to roll the skateboard towards him, tripping him up.

 

My dinosaur is a bit of a stupid character. He's kind of the bumbling sidekick that just goes along with everyone else. I think he's adorable.

Blogtoberfest Day 13 - The Day I Made A Catalogue

Little J is still sick. Poor thing, this flu has really knocked her around. She's spending the night at her grandparents house due to the fact they have Foxtel, ice-cream and are more likely to wait on her hand and foot.

The subject of wholesale catalogues has consumed me today. I'm compiling my own and today finished the cover page:

Bright, colourful and clean. Just how I like it. It takes the colours and geometric lines from my banner and turns them fluid and organic. I'd been toying around with the idea of pushing the brand to include dots and swirls and this image does the trick. It's brilliant isn't it! I wish I could claim ownership of the swirls and circles but it was done by someone else far more talented than me. I just came up with the colours and text.

What I love about the cosmetic and body products industry is the ability to be flexible and experiment. If I so desire I can do a whole collection of black and white ornate packaging, or a simple pastel themed collection, or something cute, quirky or funny. The only limit is my imagination and I love that I don't have to find just one style and image and stick to it.

I'm looking at doing some markets down south over the Christmas period. I like the idea of getting out of the city, there are so many markets here it'll be nice to go to towns where they are a novelty.

It's also a great excuse to visit the in-laws. They'd love to see more of the girls...not me or Big B, we're just the custodians.

In Limbo

Uni assignments have dragged me away from soap making. And it’s dull and boring uni work too. I made this over the weekend:

He’s a jigsaw dino for a group animation I have to do. He’s not rigged up yet but by the end of the week I’ll have him walking, chewing imaginary grass and looking around. He’s pretty, I like him.

There’s plenty more I could be doing, business wise I have a tonne of work to do.

• Finalise the core colours for my scents that will be representing them
• Make up labels ready for the printers
• Work out codes for each item for sale
• Start catalogue for wholesale orders
• Make up an order form for wholesale orders
• Keep working on a whipped butter recipe (it must be perfect)
• Congratulate self on awesome scrub and lip balm recipe