my creative space: triangles and planes

I bought my little "M" a pair of cute red shoes which he loved for only one day, then decided he didn't like them any more!!! Don't you just hate that when it happen.... Arghh!!!

:: unloved :(

I hate the idea of a perfectly good pair of shoe just sitting on the shelf... so I decided to attack them with a sharpie permanent pen and go crazy with triangles (love)! I think they turned out great!

:: loved :)

He loves wearing them now... hooray!!

A few weeks ago at  Spoonflower  - where you can get your designs digitally printed on fabric, they had a free swatch day!! I was very excited and have been wanting to test Spoonflower out for ages, so I did a simple little paper plane design! The whole process was actually really easy!

:: paper plane design on Spoonflower

I was so excited when I received my little swatch in the mail the other day... it turned out fantastic though the colour turned out a lot more orange than red from my original design, but I actually really love the orange. I'm going to have to order some... I have loads of ideas for it :)

:: paper plane swatch

Have you every wonder how pencils were make? Here is a little video from the etsy blog (scroll down to the bottom)... it's totally fascinating!! I just love that sort of stuff!

Hope you are having a great creative week!
There are loads more creative people over at our creative spaces...
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11 comments:

  1. belinda marshallSeptember 15, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    what a great solution re shoes!
    and i love your fabric design.
    very exciting!

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  2. AnnaSeptember 15, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    This is very clever with those swatches! I didn't know that somebody even offered that! And those shoes turned out much more interesting then the old ones!

    Have a sunny day, and a creative rest of the week :)

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  3. YanaSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    great job with the shoes! i can imagine how frustrating it would be, but your solution to the problem was perfect! :) your paperplane swatch is great too :)

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  4. amySeptember 16, 2011 at 6:12 AM

    The fabric is really cute, and nice re-design on the shoes!

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  5. Kelly @ Polkadot LaneSeptember 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    Awesome shoes - I never would've thought of attacking them with a sharpie. And your fabric looks great! It's such a great design.

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  6. JoSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    The shoes look great - cute before but even better now, and a win because he'll wear them now. Love the fabric too, I'll have to check out the process - another thing to add to my list :-)

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  7. june at noonSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Good save! I've found my kids latch onto one pair of shoes and refuse to wear the rest, so as much as I love getting them cute footwear, I've had to scale back. It's amazing how quickly they outgrow something like that, isn't it?

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  8. ArtoholicSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Shoes and fabric fabulous!

    Pencils awesome!

    Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Pink RonnieSeptember 19, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Seriously, you are too clever!
    Thx for your beautiful comments on my blog last week... they meant so much.
    Ronnie xo

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    love the shoes!! M must have your creative side and wanted more than plain red shoes!! Doris

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  11. Cat from Raspberry RainbowSeptember 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Love how you transformed the shoes, they are so cool!
    Your fabric is so cute too :)

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