March 21, 2024New + Notable
Breakfast Time! A New Design Has Arrived
I'm excited to share my NEW Breakfast collection with you! With its retro theme inspired by diner food and a fresh color palette, it will bring a pop of color to your kitchen, no matter if you're cooking your daily breakfast, Sunday brunch, or my personal favorite, breakfast for dinner.
In early January of 2023, a diner that carries my products in their shop asked me to design a breakfast tea towel for them, and I jumped at the idea. We started by looking at their menu for inspiration, which was filled with fresh spins on classic diner breakfast foods. I did further research into recipes, ingredients and other ideas as I prepared to start sketching.
Using my list of breakfast foods, I sketched each food several times until I had a series of elements I could begin piecing together into the final patterns. One of the hardest parts was that a lot of the breakfast foods are circular (think eggs, pancakes, berries, etc.), and it created a design that did not flow well. I ended up going back to my brainstorming and sketching phases several times as I incorporated more non-circular breakfast foods, working through the overall shapes. Making all of the elements fit together and look visually interesting was a challenge. However, herbs and arugula leaves added the perfect contrast.
Color was another challenge. A lot of breakfast food is white or beige, which do not work with my tea towel printing method. I was excited about tossing realistic colors out and going for a 50's retro style with warm red, bubblegum pink and yellow. But when I got the samples back, the retro color scheme ended up looking too bright. After a few rounds of color samples, I decided on a green and yellow color scheme to maintain the warm tone of the egg yolks and citrus while highlighting the herbs' freshness.
Every custom project is different, but with this one I was able to add this Breakfast design to my collection. If you're interested in a custom design or even custom packaging to make one of my standard designs a little more personalized for your event, business or corporate gifting, reach out and let's chat!
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