END OF XMAS

well its the last day of 2007 and we have just one last chance to look at christmas imagery before a new broom sweeps clean and we all pack up the decorations & cards. kicking off with cute imagery from chocoa.

LAST CHANCE XMAS

christmas images from sunny style

VINTAGE XMAS

vintage christmas design from fukuya.

XMAS CRAFTS

last chance to feature christmas motifs before the year is out, all from paper creation.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

BEST WISHES TO ALL PRINT & PATTERN READERS.

have a great holiday, back on january 2nd.

PATTERN BOOK - flowers

more thanks today go to the japanese bookstore in america 'kinokuniya', it was during my visit to the san francisco branch that i bought some really good pattern books. the first is the petit pattern book 'flowers & leaves'. this small but beautiful book featuring 180 designs also comes with a CD of all the patterns suitable for use with photoshop & illustrator. priced at $39.20 (approx £20) the book is published by bnn.

all pages from : petit pattern book - leaves and flowers ISBN-86100-385-7. published by bnn, available from kinokuniya bookstores.

PATTERN BOOK - dots & stripes

also from the same petit pattern series is dots & stripes, ISBN-86100-384-9 published by bnn, available from kinokuniya bookstores. priced at $39.20 (£20)

PATTERN BOOK - uses

in the two books mentioned above 'dots & stripes' and 'flowers and leaves' there are these great lifestyle shots that show the ways in which you can use the patterns for home projects, such as CD covers, badges and sweet wrappers.

all images from petit pattern series published by bnn from kinokuniya.

JAPANESE CUTE

a pencil case seen in kinokuniya san francisco led me to research japanese brand midori. but with few products pictured on their website i landed here at paper creation where i found all these lovely designs and most midori products listed.

TEA TOWELS

i love these graphic printed tea towels by tikoli available from velocity.

snowflakes

unusual colours make this snowflake design different, from scenic route.

ILLUSTRATION

fair trade pads and t-shirts from illustrator chris haughton.

RED & GREEN XMAS

theres a real red & green theme to christmas this year, and a great place to see this scheme in action is at doodlebug. here you'll find card making, stickers, paper, ribbon and embelishments, all with fab graphic motifs on.