{ let’s imagine } pretty pillows

Victoria ~ EdinHome Co.

A few weeks back I purchased this fabric to make pillows for my new product line, The Edin Collection (launching in mid-May)…

I really enjoy the design process involved in creating lovely and unique soft furnishings, especially with fun fabrics like these! Before I started cutting I played with the fabric to determine which coordinating fabrics and patterns worked best together, I sketched a few pillow-front ideas like using buttons, incorporating fabric/pattern blocking or taking advantage of directional prints and – based on my sketches – I created some patterns to get me started.

Before I can get down to the business of creating though, I seek out inspiration! Interiors shared on all my favourite blogs are extremely inspirational, and of course I devour the beautiful pages of my Canadian House & Home and Style at Home magazines!!

Real-life inspiration is the best though!!

Like this sweet pillow from Anthopologie…

I explored this wonderful new-to-Vancouver store yesterday while on the hunt for drawer pulls for my “new” bathroom vanity (a soon-to-share story!!) and was immediately inspired by this flower appliqued pillow. I found myself thinking how not only could I make a pillow like this, my coordinated fabric would be perfect!

So don’t be surprised if you see a similar pillow as part of The Edin Collection :-)

{ let’s imagine } design inspiration from dkor interiors

You never know where a mouse click will bring you and the inspiration that you’ll find when you get there. A couple of days ago, I clicked a link on Facebook that brought me to this bathroom designed by DKOR Interiors:

Isn’t that agate wall is amazing!? Seeing as I was there, I had to browse through the rest of the portfolio. Here’s just a small sample of DKOR Interiors’s residential projects…

           

But this is what really caught my eye:

   

I love, love, LOVE the detail on these doors. As soon as I saw them, my mind started working… and now I have another project to add to my ever-growing list :-) It won’t be doors, but it’ll be very inspired by the design of these doors.

Speaking of which – I’ve been working on something this weekend that I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I saw lots of this “something” on blogs last week, which really inspired me to get going on one of my own. My handy assistant a.k.a. hubby has been more or less off the hook with this project – no power tools required. Unless you count a sewing machine {which he had to teach me how to use. I know, pretty sad, isn’t it?!}. The reveal is coming soon, so stay tuned!

What have you been inspired by lately?