Tag: design

Rescue-A-Barrel Project

Recently I was very lucky to be part of Reverse Garbage’s Rescue-A-Barrel Project. Reverse Garbage is a not-for-profit worker run co-operative that promotes environmental sustainability and resource reuse. They sell high quality industrial discards from their Brisbane store. It is a mecca for anyone who likes to create – there

Summer Nights design process & inspiration

As part of my collaboration with Digital Fabrics, I was invited to write a blog post about my design process and the inspiration behind the designs featured in the ‘Summer Nights’ collection. Make yourself a cup of tea and head on over to the Digital Fabrics blog to read all

Blue Lagoon Pattern Design Story

One of my pattern designs that is now available through Digital Fabrics is Blue Lagoon. This is a detailed and bold pattern in tones of Pantone’s Classic Blue, featuring tropical photographic motifs of hibiscus, shells, and foliage. I am really proud of this design as it has a fantastic three

Digital Fabrics Designer Project

I’m REALLY excited to announce I am part of Digital Fabrics Designer Project, with my collection ‘Summer Nights‘. Digital Fabrics are a Sydney-based digital textile print house. They have recently launched a fantastic initiative called the Designer Project, where they collaborate with textile designers to sell their designs on fabric

new Redbubble shop products!

Hi everyone – I have a wonderful new selection of mugs and notebooks now available in my Redbubble shop. These designs are available on mugs (two styles: classic shape and tall mugs), hardcover notebooks, and spiral notebooks. I have previously bought and tested these all of these products and can

The Reef

My newest design is called ‘The Reef’ This design was inspired by the view of coral reefs from the air – a myriad of turquoise shades and abstract shapes. I’ve been lucky to fly over a few coral reefs and find the view so mesmerising – these are some of

A 12 month review

I got quite interested in surface pattern design a couple of years ago and recently decided to turn Girl and the Deep Blue Sea into a business for surface pattern design and ocean imagery. This is a pretty long blog post about what I was up to in 2019 turning

Redbubble Shop!

I’m excited to announce you can now buy mugs and notebooks with my designs from Redbubble! Here are just some of the products available: I have personally ordered and tested the mugs and the notebooks and I’m really happy with the quality of the actual products and the reproduction of

Sunshine Coast shells

As I’ve just joined Spoonflower as a designer, I’m now able to enter their design challenges. There is a different theme each week and a recent theme that stood out to me was ‘Hometown Tea Towel’. I’ve wanted to create a Sunshine Coast-themed tea towel design for awhile now so

a newsletter!

Hello everyone! I have some exciting news – I am creating a newsletter that will be sent out every month or so! You can sign up HERE 🙂 I’m going to write about what I’ve been up to with new designs and products, where I find inspiration, some eco-style tips,