Saturday, April 16, 2011

Lotus & Lion Dancing


Minted's latest design challenge sparked my interest once again. My inspiration for Diwali--the beautiful lotus lanterns that float on the water. For the Chinese New Year, Lion Dancers are so fun and festive, I couldn't resist. During the lion dance, the dancers faces are hidden in the lion's masks, but I had to add a little cutie peeking out of the mouth.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Everybody needs a little Moo!


It's been a long time since my last post, but my bouncin baby boy Aaron is to blame. Yeah! I am now a proud Mama of 2! Which doubled the reason to celebrate Valentine's Day this year. I spread the love this past February with the beautiful faces of my kiddies. You gotta love those Moo mini's!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Letters, pressed!


Our next assignment was a solo project. This is how my ABC wall art was born. My daughter had much to do with my inspiration. I had been thinking for months what would be something fun for her bedroom walls. What better than the alphabet? Little did I know how much time it would take to letterpress the entire alphabet! Here is a handful of my "ABC wall art"

Letterpress Project: Recipe Card


Winter was around the corner, so my friend Bonnie and I began discussing what our next design challenge would be. So we signed up for a letterpress class at Evanston Print and Paper shop. Our first assignment was a group project. Everyone decided to make recipe cards. At the end of the class we would all have a takeaway letterpressed recipe card collection.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Welcome to my blog!

Hi Everyone! I am finally starting this blog now that Aloha Honey's etsy store will soon open. My idea behind the Aloha Honey blog is to document the design process of my products offered. Being a designer involves a great deal of creative problem solving, so I am constantly bouncing ideas off my colleagues and friends. Hopefully you will find this blog interesting and inspiring, and feel free to share your thoughts and ideas.

Along the way I will veer off the path and add fun tidbits from daily life, cool products, favorite finds and anything that makes life a little more entertaining.

I look forward to sharing and hearing from you.
Aloha!
René