BirdDog im{press}ions

Fabrilicious

Allison Bozeman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:55 +0000

I was surprised a couple of weeks ago to read on Formspring that Grace Bonney {design*sponge} is wondering where all the great new fabric designs are, comparing textiles to the recent boom of wallpaper. I guess she would be in the know as far as the design world goes, so maybe the fabric I have been discovering a lot of lately are actually old, but new to me? Anywhoo, I thought I would render a shortlist here of some textile designers I am a fan of:

And some great online shops to find get such fabric:

I personally love reading True Up – Kim can keep us all informed of all things fabric. There are also several services, including Spoonflower that will allow you to upload your own designs for print on fabric, which is quite exciting. There are many designs from experienced Spoonflowers for sale as well, I am amassing a list of favorites over there as well. At any rate, I think there are a lot of really great textiles out there to be had and wanted to share my sources. At the end of the day, my all time favorite fabric will always be vintage feedsacks!

Filed under: Craft Biz, Design, Feedsacks, Handmade Revolution Tagged: Design Sponge, Design*Sponge, fabric, Formspring, Grace Bonney, Kokka, Spoonflower, Textiles, True Up

othersday

Allison Bozeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:56 +0000

I love typography and woodtype, Bethany Heck and her End Grain blog, fulfills a void for me where I want to run out and spend my entire life savings on all the gorgeous wood type I can find, but realistically shouldn’t. It is a wonderful exploration of letterforms and letterpress. End Grain found a niche and I love to fall right in it everyday.

ps. I am thinking of changing up what I blog on Thursdays, obviously I love typography and letters, but I am also currently over inspired by the others out there doing handmade. Etsy has stolen my heart again lately and I am finding a lot of things that I would love to chat about … we’ll see where it goes … it may turn into oTHURsday around here for a while.

Filed under: Design, Inspirations, Letterpress Tagged: Bethany Heck, End Grain, typography, wood type, woodtype

let the Great Depression cheer you up

Allison Bozeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:33:22 +0000

After two photoshoots at the end of last summer, a pow wow or three with my wonderfully smart entrepreneurial woman-friends, a test-market run to my marvelously smart media professional friends, and countless hours the think tank, at the sewing machine, glued to the computer, among piles of crafty ephemera, on the press, … I am finally ready to send out my first batch of press/media kits – Recession got you down? Let the Depression cheer you up! These feedsack inspired bags of goodness are far from gloomy even though the vintage fabric comes from that era. They are pattern filled, colorful, overflowing with flattering photography {by Julia Vandenoever} and best of all they tell a story, the tale of my greatest inspiration and what makes the BirdDog Press tick.

Filed under: BirdDog Press, Bozeman Collaborative, Craft Biz, Design, Feedsacks, Handmade Revolution, Letterpress Tagged: Depression, Julia Vandenoever Photography, media kit, press kit, Recession