Scarf Design no 2 - Peacock

Here is my second scarf design, the proud Peacock! I can't wait to see how it comes out, I think it will be perfect for the square scarves!

White Steps

Last week I bought this sweet step stool on ebay...

I'm going to use it as a prop at Formex, a Swedish trade show I will be exhibiting at in January, here on display are my Magnolia cushion, tray and cheese/cutting board.

I can't wait for Formex, I'm going to share a stand with my designer friend Emma Sjödin, she is really talented and helpful with tips and advice. She has been running her own business much longer than me so she's almost like my mentor!

Scarf Design no 1 - Alice in Wonderland

As I mentioned in my last post I have been wanting to produce silk scarves for a long time, now I'm finally on my way! 

This will be the first design, a version of my 'Alice in Wonderland' print with a black background, it will be made into 65x65 cm and 90x90 cm scarves. What do you think?

Design Inspiration and Collaborations

Last and this week have been busy and awesome! Yesterday I put on my red coat, packed my bag full of phone cases and notebooks and delivered them to my first retailer in Sweden! Such a great feeling!
But let's back up a little bit...

It started with a very nice and inspirational meeting with Kristina, she's the artist behind scarf and illustration brand Emma Kisstina. I found her randomly on instagram and saw that she makes amazing silk scarves, this is something I would like to do as well (I made these scarves as a test before and loved them) so I emailed her and the we met up for a coffee in Stockholm.

It was so fun to meet somebody that is in the same field and even has a similar illustration style! We exchanged tips and experiences and had a lot to talk about.

Then after our meeting we went to a couple of design/vintage shops in an area called Midsommarkransen, we decided to check out this one called Vintagefabriken, I had been to a lecture held by one of the owners the day before, a talanted vintage blogger called Emma Sundh.

So I started talking to Emma to compliment her on the lecture, she was really lovely and one thing led to another and all of a sudden she was browsing my website and placed an order for phone cases and notebooks to sell in their cute shop, hooray!

Emma and her colleague Louise were also really interested in silk scarves so Kristina and I are going to try and order some soon!

Yesterday I created this package design for the cases and had a little help from my mum to assemble the whole range, don't they look cute? :)

So now you can purchase my products in Vintagefabriken, the first physical shop in Sweden to stock Lisa Edoff Design!

Chevron, Blowfish and Harlequin Cases

Here are three new mobile phone case designs I've been working on lately, I'm excited to see how they will be received. I had young guys in mind when I designed them, but I think they will appeal to women as well, I'm thinking of getting the Chevron one for my own phone :)

Chevron

Blowfish

Harlequin

Taste of Stockholm

A couple of weeks ago my parents, James and I went to a food festival called Taste of Stockholm, it was a fabulous day! It's an event were really good restaurants and food producers can show their products and you can buy small versions of the restaurants' famous dishes. We had been to Taste of London before so when me and my mum won tickets to this one in a competition we naturally had to check it out!

The festival was at Riddarholmen in Stockholm, it's beautiful there and the weather was perfect.


This was one of the courses I tried from a restaurant called Sjömagasinet, lobster salad with pistachio, mmmm!


We met lots of Swedish celebrity chefs, my mum who follows all the programs on tv was in heaven! One of them was Jonas Lundgren, he was really nice and the food from his restaurant was superb, here's his lamb and smoked salmon dishes.




Mum even signed up to participate in a cooking class...

Led by her favourite chef Jonas!

She rocked it!



There was also some lovely food products in the market area, even though we thought it could have been a bit bigger with more stalls. I guess it will expand since this was the festival's first year.

Before we went home we got some rosé champagne at a bargain price (there was nobody at this stall so they put down the prices a lot), a perfect way to end a really fun day!

Pantone Picking

Toady I am picking out Pantone colours for my new cushion covers! I am trying out a new producer that is going to print my Magnolia design on cotton fabric and sew the cushion covers. I had to specify the colours I want in the print according to the Pantone system so I went out and bought a Pantone guide last week (so expensive!).

It's fun though to choose the colours like a real design professional, and this way I know they will come out just right!

One Year Ago...

James and I said yes! ♡

My 30th Birthday

Last weekend I turned 30 years old! I had a fantastic day with family and friends, we had a bbq party at my parent's house outside of Stockholm. It was especially nice to be able to celebrate with all my Swedish friends, something I haven't done for many years since I lived in London for so long.

My friend Lauren came all the way from London and stayed over the weekend, yay!

The Edoff/Fain klan; James, mum, me, dad and my brother Peter.


"Knäckerbröd" (Swedish crisp bread) with smoked salmon mousse and roe.


Turning 30 and entering the grown-up age doesn't mean you can't have fun! We played some really funny games for "femkamp", it's a kind of tournament where you divide into two teams and compete in five different games.

In this one my team had to throw little velcro-covered balls onto the target which was on my head :)

Me and Elin take a wine break.

Lauren and Sofia flying!



Me and my cousin Julia.


This one was so hard! You had to walk/hop with a stick-thing between your knees and try to go faster than the other team.

Elin and Jocke.


Ricardo, Elin, the birthday girl and Jocke.