Surface Design for Gift

Our third project of second year is Surface Design for Gift which is a live brief with Hallmark. At the end of the project one student will be chosen to receive a two week work placement at Hallmark and this would be a wonderful experience! We have to produce a range of gift designs including cards, wrapping papers and tags. I have chosen...

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Purchases!

Whilst on my placement in London, I went a little crazy with shopping! Here are some of my purchases, as you can see I'm a sucker for shoes!! 1. Miss Selfridge - £65 2. Topshop - £32 3. Zara - £49.99 4. Zara - £39.99 5. Miss Selfridge - £...

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H&M

I work part time at my local H&M store and I love it! I think H&M is a great company to work for and has great career developments and discounts. I have also met many life long friends since working here. H&M is ranked the second largest global clothing retailer in the world so it is a pretty impressive comopany! As well as...

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Tea Cup Candles

I have a few birthday's coming up and always like to get super special presents for my friends. I went to a vintage fair in Leeds last year and saw these gorgeous vintage tea cup candles and ever since I've wanted to have a go at making them! They didn't look that hard to make and I thought they would be such cute birthday presents so off...

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Happy Anniversairy!

I hope you all had a nice Valentine's day, I know some people love it and others hate it! It was our anniversary at the end of January and this is a little something I made for my boyfriend, a photo album. He got me one for my birthday last year and it's kind of our tradition to fill one for every year we are together. I bought this...

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A Little Bit More About Me

You can find me on Twitter at booth_samantha. You can find me on Instagram at sammyboot...

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Work Placement at Baxter Fawcett

I have recently completed a two week work placement at the fashion textile studio, Baxter Fawcett. I had such a good time and learnt alot working alongside the designers including how the company works. I even had some of my designs printed and if they sell I will receive comission! During my time I assisted the designers with drawing,...

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Second Year of Textiles and Surface Design

Back in September 2012 we started second year. Our first project was a live brief with a company called Trend Bible. The module was called Surface Design for Interiors and I really enjoyed this project even though I do prefer fashion. I completed the project with a first which I was so pleased about! I was very fortunate to be picked to...

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Las Vegas and Los Angeles

Over the summer of 2012 I went on vacation to Las Vegas and California for two weeks. It was amazing, Vegas is so crazy and LA is just so beautiful. Here are some of my photo i took...

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Indigo, Paris

Last year I went to my first trade show with university. It's called Indigo and it's held in Paris, France. As i mentioned in my earlier post I was lucky enough to have two of my designs picked to be exhibited here. I loved Paris, it is such a beautiful city and here are some of my photos....

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First Year on Textiles and Surface Design

I wanted to recap what I did in my first year of university. My main aim for this blog is for myself to keep a visual diary. My first module was called Visual Communication, a seven week project consiting of drawing sheets and practing my drawing techniques. My second module was called Print and Embellished Surfaces, where we used our...

My third module was Introductory Surface Design which included fashion fabrics and furnishing fabrics for interiors.

Welcome to My Blog

Hi, I'm Sammy and I am a second year student studying Textiles and Surface Design at Cleveland College of Art and Design. This blog is carried on from my old one at www.samanthatextiles.tumblr.com I have a passion for all things textiles, print and fashion and this blog is to showcase my work, my inspirations and my purchases. Thank!...