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Discovering Colour, Inspired by Nature

Last weekend we packed our studio with material samples, inspiring objects, and a gorgeous floral bouquet or two in preparation for our sold out workshop "Discovering Colour: Nature as Your Guide". For this workshop, Brooke and Tina had the pleasure of collaborating with the multi-talented Heather Ross to take our participants deep into into the world of colour and coach them on how to look critically at colour and how to develop harmonious palettes for their design projects.  Armed with...

Thanksgiving Tablescape

Thanksgiving TablescapeAre you starting to think about your Thanksgiving yet? Psst…It’s just around the corner. Perhaps you have ordered your turkey and have thought ahead to your menu, but what about your table setting? We have come up with a couple of  ideas that may make you want to change up your table setting this year.We decided to see if we could do an inexpensive approach to decorating a Thanksgiving table this year. We still just love the rustic look...

Creative Therapy With Designers Collective

Creative TherapyOn Monday evening we hosted our first ever, Creative Therapy session. We opened our studio to 12 women to “get creative “making Mala inspired necklaces.   And did we ever get creative! We had the same supplies available for everyone and had a few necklaces around for inspiration, yet each person’s necklace was interesting and unique to them.We used glass beads for the majority of the necklace and had a few accent beads to be used as the main event.The...

West Elm & Designers Collective: Design Styles Workshop Recap

On Monday, Designers Collective put on a Design Styles workshop at West Elm.We had a sold out class of fully engaged women who were anxious to hear about how to spot the different design styles in interior design.We gave each participant a little take away which included a notebook and pen which seemed ideal as there were lots of note takers in the class!Tina and I each took turns reviewing the different tell-tale markers of the four different design...

What is a ‘Colour of the Year’ and Why Should We Care?

What is a Colour of the Year? Who is Pantone and why do we care?Pantone began as a commercial printing company in the 1950s. Their color-matching system for the print and design industry has become the global standard. They have further cemented their influence by introducing the ‘Colour of the Year’ every year since 2000.We care because Pantone has a big influence on our life since their choice for Colour of the Year informs designers in graphic design, packaging, branding,...