birds, birds, birds!

There must be something going on with birds in my head! Anyway... I have been working on these patterns during the week-end besides having a very nice time enjoying the warmth and the sun until late in the evening, it's difficult to explain how very much I love summer!! I guess I'm not the only one! So... how about some nice garden cushions covered up in my birds patterns?? Yes PLEASE! 

bird Edward wishes you a lovely weekend!

Here's a new pattern to wish you a happy, sunny weekend! It doesn't resemble my usual "childish" kind of patterns but I like it a lot actually, the soft lines and the weightless feeling when I look at it are new and pretty interesting to me! 

I called this little fellow Edward, why? I don't know, I think he looks like a noble bird and the name seemed quite appropriate for him! :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

featured on print and pattern, yay!

What a lovely surprise to see my patterns featured on print & pattern today!! *Thanks Bowie!*

father's day [wine labels]

I have been working on father's day wine labels lately. It's a common project with Annita Soble (who is coordinating everything and contacted us to collaborate) and several designers all working for FeastForTheEyes, designing beer-, wine-, gift bag-labels to customize the bottles you buy with designer labels. We're just starting the project but the experience of working with other very talented designers and seeing their different propositions is very exciting! I will let you know how the project goes on and where you will be able to find our labels in stores soon!

Have a nice start in the week! 

first stamp carving experience...

... and I must say it was a lot of fun and very exciting! I loved the fact of wondering how it would come out and if it would look good once coloured and fixed on paper... It's a little uneaven and not of top top quality but I guess it's all a question of time, patience and experience until you get a perfect stamp. For the most gorgeous stamps ever, hop over to Geninne Zlatkis' blog, her work is totally amazing!

I hope you're having a sunny and bright week so far!

tennis fun - part 2

A new pattern, inspired by what has been going on here for 10 days! It makes me want to go back on a tennis court (to play not watch this time), I haven't been on one for over a year...! I guess I have to work on that!

Now what do you think about the pattern? On what kind of object/fabric could it look good? I like the simplicity of a one-color-only pattern... and I'd like to see it on a tennis towel, the one you need when it gets hot! (maybe the illustration on one side and the pattern on the other...)

tennis fun

This week-end has been wonderful! A bright blue sky, lots of sun and a day spent at Roland Garros! That should be enough inspiration for new patterns this week!

I took that picture of Serena Williams on Saturday, at first I noticed I had wrongly set my camera so the quality of the shot isn't great, but the more I look at it, the more it makes me think of a vintage photography and I like it a lot that way!

copyright: Lara Brehm (please don't use this picture)

Lara's pattern wishes...

Oh how I wish to see my patterns on all sort of things!! Just like these bathing suits, flip flops and beachbags! 

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

See you next week! 

King of Nympheas...

I have found a new philosophy lately: instead of complaining about not posting enough or not getting everything done I'd like to, I will now see everyhting on the brighter side: being happy I get the things done I do, because after all, it's quite a lot! :)

What do you think about my frog king? isn't he funny? I think this pattern could do well on bathing suits, beach-bags or -towels, anything that has to do with the summer splash fun!

dear daddy...

Maybe I should have started with a mother's day (June 7th) pattern, since it comes before father's day (June 21st) in France... but you know how it goes, sometimes the illustration comes from itself and you can't do anything about it! which is good actually... :)

So this card has been made to wish all the dear daddies a happy father's day! A mother's day illustration/card/pattern might follow soon even if it's too late for all those who already celebrated it...! 

funny veggies!

A new pattern -"veggie dip"- and matching labels for today! The pattern could be used for teatowels, placemats or napkins and the labels could be sticked on wherever you need them! How do you like my funny friends...? :)

IF: parade

Here's a happy summer-parade pattern: a funny carnivorous plant enjoying summertime, eating all nice fruits you get when the sun shines bright. It's a vegetarian plant though: she gets along pretty well with birds and butterflies... I thought all elements together with their 3-4 strong colors look like a parade, (celebrating summer!) and being a pattern, the illustration gets a quite geometrical construction, similar to those of usual parades... Which colors do you like best?

Note to my usual blog readers: I'm very sorry for the lack of posts this week but I've been super busy, I promise I'll do better next week!

time for a little holiday again!

After 4 very busy days (with a lot of non-fun stuff to do...) it's time for a little holiday again! We have another 3 days weekend here in France and I'm leaving for Germany tomorrow first thing in the morning! I bet I'd get the double of work done if each week was only 4 days long and rewarded with a 3 days weekend!!! Anyway, sun is shining and I'm longing for summer... I think this illustration would make a nice card to send during summer holidays... 

- click on image to see it a bit bigger -

inspiration: our room in Brugge...

It's been 3 days we're back in France now but my head is still a bit on holiday in Belgium... Here are some pictures of our wonderful room in Brugge, I loved the decoration and it felt very inspiring and relaxing to be living there for 3 days! The design below was inspired by the room's environement though I changed the colors a bit and added the little fellows to it :)

3 days in Brugge...

You guessed it, the surprise-city was Brugge in Belgium (also known as North-Europe's Venice)...! Every single thing in these 3 wonderful days was perfect! The city, the mood, the weather (almost!), the room we stayed in (I looooved the decoration -will post about it later...), the food (restaurants and breakfast brought to our room by our wonderful hosts), the chocolate, the walks, the boat-tour, the parks, the baby ducks in the parks, even the 3-hour car ride to get there... you heard (read) me: every single thing! It was the perfect - needed - relaxing week-end and I'm so thankful for Yann's -my boyfriend- organization! I could just walk around the city and enjoy 3 days without computer, internet and phone calls! What a luxury!

Now I'm back for 4 intensive work days before another 3 days trip (to my grandmother's house in Germany) and I can't wait! Funny how holidays are addictive! :)