Dundee Trip

Last week we went to Dundee for a few days, it was nice to have a change of scene and the chance to relax with some chilled out shopping, wandering and eating. The main event of the trip was going to the DJCAD degree show which was overwhelming to say the least! I think the reality that this will be me in a year from now is starting to hit home. The work was amazing, in particular the animation; I loved the haunting short film 'Without a Soul'.

The weather was pretty unpredictable while we were down, so lots of comfort food was eaten. Our favourite find of the stay was Papa Joe's with a £4.95 lunch menu, yummy hot chocolates and giant oreo sundaes! The shopping turned out to be mostly browsing and I bought nothing for once, I have to try and save money for some new printed goods for Bottled Treasures new look! 

The New Bottled Treasures

At the weekend the new Bottled Treasures website was launched. The colours and logo are pretty much the same, I've just had some fun playing around with patterns, texture and shapes. I think it ties in better with the brand and look of Bottled Treasures stall at events now! We have a new shop system using BigCartel so it's much easier to keep track of stock and on top of orders and hopefully much easier for everyone to navigate and find the Bottled Treasure they are looking for. We have new photos too, with some fun lifestyle shots involving edibles and glitter! Lastly we have a new giveaway to celebrate, you can enter below to be in with a chance to win your favourite pendant.

http://www.bottledtreasures.bigcartel.com 

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May Catch Up

1. Finally had 'Chocolate Afternoon Tea' at Cup to celebrate finishing 3rd year of uni! 2. Feeling organised and ready to start summer projects with the help of my new toy (my macbook died the day after coursework hand in!) 3. Currently loving the Simply Summer in a box melt scents, strawberries and cream is my favourite (by Simply Scented) 4. I won a giveaway!! My amazing goodie bag of prizes from Collage Etage/Rebecca E. Patterson 5. The new look Bottled Treasures stall at the Candy Belle Mayfest Fair 6. A very girly birthday meal for my boyfriend's birthday this week. Who doesn't love a pink floral summer theme..?

Bosie Boutique Branding

It's been quite a while since my last post, probably something to do with the amount of work I've been doing between uni and Bottled Treasures. Just over a week until assessment though and I've already made a huge list of things I want to do in my giant 4 month summer!

The last few days I've been working on the branding for Bosie Boutique. The website will be launched at 6pm tonight so keep a look out! In the meantime, here's a preview.

After creating a mood board we knew we wanted to create a vintage beach hut themed website. Bosie Boutique sells original handcrafted silver jewellery, with sea and vintage inspired collections being a big part of their product range. The jewellery is quite textural so I took this opportunity to attempt my first mixed media collage style website. This involved messy stuff! One of my favourite techniques from college came in use; layering chalks, pastels crayons, pencil etc with masking fluid then acrylic paint and peeling back the surface, this was then combined with scanned objects, digital illustrations and lace prints. Can't wait to see what everyone thinks once the website is live!

Deco Goodies

I was so excited to receive a box of goodies yesterday, from my friend Gillian posted all the way from Hong Kong. I now have 18 rolls of cute lacey vintage style deco tape, lots of vintage patterned stickers and a wax seal (which will be featured in another blog post).

I can't decide which are my favourites, although the purples, whites and blacks are most likely to be found decorating any surface of the studio... and possibly for Bottled Treasures packaging if I feel like sharing! I love the real lace tapes but also the stencil like ones which have such delicate cut out patterns in them.

I'm trying hard to resist covering every plain object with the tapes, so far my (sort of new) DS is the only victim - but how adorable is it with the lace trim?

Out & About in Aberdeen

After a week of non stop work me and David decided to go on a stress free day out around town; day tickets at the ready:

1. First we bussed over to Newton Dee for a nice morning walk, chicken spotting and organic shopping.

2. Then we bussed over to the other side of town to Kittybrewster (a quick peek in TK Maxx) and ended up walking over to Spital so visited Mrs Smiths for some lunch/afternoon tea and giant slice of victoria sponge cake with amazing fruity easter topping.

3. Next we walked over Broad Hill, saw the By Order of Me installation and snapped some skyline pics for project research.

4. Then we went to see Trance at the beach Cineworld (a rare use of the unlimited cards!)

5. Finally we had the perfect shaped whippy ice cream and a chilly seaside stroll.

Candy Beach

This weekend I have an insane amount of drawing to do for a uni project to design a wall mural - so no time to leave the house but at least I have Daisy for company... It's been another one of those weeks where a million and one things have happened and I seem to be getting nowhere with my Big To Do Lists. This might have something to do with working in my Dad's office for a few days on top of course work, Bottled Treasures and other bits and bobs. One of these bits and bobs is the Candy Belle Vintiques Mayfest poster design which you can see the making of from mood board via sketchbook to final in this post. I can't wait for this event; it will be the launch of an exciting new Bottled Treasures collection (which I've been keeping secret for a while now) and a great chance to shop vintage!