100% Design Show Favourites

On Sunday Josefine and I went to a huge design fair called 100% Design in Earl's Court.

You could find beautiful glass and light installations from Preciosa...

As well as amazing animal chairs by Maximo Riera.

The octopus was my favourite, but there was also a rhinoceros...

And a walruss.

I love this wallpaper, you can peel off little bits and reveal shapes and a different colour underneath, beautiful!

These pillows are designed by Chocolate Creative, they make handmade homewares and accesories.

Josefine and I both really liked these "egg" chairs, by Channels Design. They were beautiful, and good for spinning!

This product was something I've never seen before, they are really beautiful, artistic eyelashes! Paperself makes these unique false eyelashes out of paper, imagine wearing them to a really cool fancy dress party!

This recycled and handmade lamp is from Kozo Lamp. I find it so adorable, it reminds me of Wall-E!

Lastly, a really lovely exhibition booth that was built up like a beach hut, by Creative Trust.

Savvy September Sponsors!

Hi everyone and happy Friday! I'd like to start my weekend with presenting these fab sponsors of mine, they are all so cute! Check out these savvy bloggers and shops, you won't regret it!

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My name is Randi and I have been a fabric lover for a long time - ever since I was little andmy grandma carted me to the fabric store every weekend. It always seemed magical to spend time in her "fabric closet" looking through her fabrics, ribbons and buttons and dreaming of what those goodies might become.

My shop "Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics" aims to carry the best in modern, designer fabrics for the sewing enthusiast. My products are high-quality and will meet most of your crafting needs. Ihave been serving my wonderful customers for 4 years now!

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Hi I'm Cristie of The City Bird's Shop. I'm so happy with my new collection. It was inspired by my recent trip to the Redwood's forests in Northern California and my deep passion for tribal prints and patterns. I used reclaimed leather and I handpainted the gold patterns & accented each with a lemon shark tooth. This collection speaks to who I am as a designer and the passion that I evoke for the world around me.

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Hello! You are welcome to come and visit my blog, you'll find unique and OOAK handmade goodies! Nail polish jewelry, handbags, purses, necklaces and much more. And, of course, my bunnies. I hope to meet you there!

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Colour Inspiration: Indigo and Rose

Dazed & Confused July 2011, Photography Viviane Sassen, Styling by Katie Shillingford

Home styling by Hans Blomquist at Ikea

Photograph by Ninagawa Mika

Print by Yellow Heart Art

From The Cherry Blossom Girl blog

Living room designed by Anne Coyle

Hair and makeup styling via The Cherry Blossom Girl

Photograph by Aga Doyle

The Designer Vase Giveaway Winner Is...

Lynn!!

Yay, Congrats Lynn! I'm so happy to send you this gorgeous piece, just email me your address pleasey to claim your prize!

Ps. Check out Lynn's lovely blog 'Hearted Girl' here.

Photoshop Tutorial: Sharpen Your Photos

In this tutorial I will show you an easy but very effective way to sharpen your photos. This technique is really useful, with a few easy steps you can "save" and improve those great shots that just came out a little bit unsharp.

Ok, let's start. After you have adjusted your levels (learn how to do that here), go to your Layers panel. Make a copy of the Background layer by dragging it to the 'Create a new layer' symbol, next to the trash bin.

Click on the new layer and then click where it says Normal. Change this to Soft Light.

Now go to the Filter menu, down to Other, then click on High Pass.

Here you can adjust and preview the High Pass filter. You can play around and try a few different numbers here, but I personally find that somewhere around 10 pixels works best.

Go to Layer/Flatten Image, and you're done!

Below are a few more examples of before/after sharpening.

Red + Black

This is my new favourite top from Mango. Super soft, semi transparent and with some nice leather details. Trousers from New Look, thrifted necklace and bracelet by Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

Peacocks, Leaves and Figs

Today I'm starting to work on a new autumn-inspired design. My inspiration is coming from the intense, warm and contrasting colours of autumn, nature is so beautiful this time of year!

My pattern will include some of these elements...

[Click on each image for sources]

Rosehips

Photograph by Carina Tjärnlund

Peacock

Painting by Elena Oleniuc

Autumn leaves

Photograph by Sara Lynn Paige

Figs...

And perhaps some beautiful bugs!

Photo by Anna Brostam

Autumn Giveaway: Win a Beautiful Handmade Designer Vase!

Hi sweethearts!

I am very happy to bring you a lovely autumn giveaway, sponsored this time by my generous mother! She bought this beautiful, one of a kind, vase while travelling by boat in Sweden, it's designed and hand painted by Swedish artist Marika Beutler. I think it's so pretty!

To enter this competition:

1. Follow 'A Piece of Lisa' (with GFC or Bloglovin').

2. Leave a comment saying you've done so, and how nice my mum is :)

For extra entries tell your friends about this giveaway on your blog, twitter or facebook (leave an extra comment if you do this).

The competition is open until Wednesday 21st of September. I will announce the winner on Thursday the 22nd, so make sure to check back then to see if you have won!

This competition is international, so you can enter from anywhere in the world!

Good Luck everyone!