Peacock & Fig Pattern

My 'Peacock & Figs' pattern is finished! This pattern is the first one I've made that is coloured in by hand, I painted this with watercolours. My goal was to create a design that was like an explosion of life, nature and beautiful colours. You can read about what inspired this pattern here, and about the design process here.

This is my favourite pattern so far, what do you think?

Whatever Floats Your Boat

On Thursday James and I tried something cooky - floatation tank treatment. It's like a relaxation body treatment where you go into this tank (that looks like a space ship) and float for an hour. The tank is filled with salt water, made to resemble the dead sea, and the water is exactly the same temperature as your skin so if you lie completely still you can't actually feel where the water surface ends.

In the beginning I messed up a little bit because I forgot to put the earplugs in and when I got in I realised I had shaved my legs that morning because they started to sting like hell! So I had to get out of the tub to get the earplugs and put some cream on my legs, but then they turned the lights out because I was supposed to be in the cocoon already :)

But after I sorted myself out I really enjoyed it and managed to relax straight away. It was really cool to experience the weightlessness you feel, because you don't notice the water it almost feels like you're floating in the air. I loved it in the beginning when they played relaxing music, but to be honest I was a little bored at the end... But it was definitely a cool and unusual experience!

2 x Press Days

This week I've been to two press days, it's basically a show room where you can look at different brand's new collections. Here are my some goodies we can look forward to next season!

The first one was organised by a lovely agency called Push PR and it was held at the swanky W Hotel in Soho, very nice!

Lovely prints from 18 & East.

Funky orange jewellery from EC One, love the chunky necklace and bracelet!

Lots of affordable sparkles from Dressrail.

Upper Street showed their website where you can design your own shoes, it was really fun and you can totally decide what your shoes should look like!

Last but not least, some very cool jewellery from Alice Menter, love this "collar" necklace.

The second press day was organised by Surgery PR, here are my favourite bits.

Cute necklaces from Argento.

This was my favourite presentation of the day! Oh My Love is a fresh and vibrant young brand, designed in East London by Anne Lombard. I love their colours and patterns for Spring/Summer 2012, and Anne was so nice, not to mention extremely beautiful! You can find Oh My Love in Topshop, Asos.com and on their website.

Next up was Superdry who had some nice shirts and summery shoes on show...

As well as cool clothes for guys, I like this jumper with aztec-inspired patterns.

Molly Bracken had some really cute accesories like this romantic bag...

and this adorable zebra necklace.

Aldo's lovely bags and shoes made me long for spring! Love this navy striped bag with a pop of yellow, and the beautiful leather bag with the pink details, you'll definitely see me carrying one of these come spring!

Inside The Goodie Bag + Desigual Giveaway!

Helloo lovelies! So it's time to show you what was in the absolutely fabulous goodie bag from the Desigual launch party. Firstly there was a pair of über cool and colourful headphones, I love them!

Secondly this huge Desigual bag, it was great to use as hand luggage carrier when I flew to Sweden!

We thought that was all... until we found a small card in the bottom of our bags, which said we were entitled to pick out a free outfit from Desigual, any two garments from the new shop!

It was so much fun picking out my two garments! I couldn't believe I was able to choose anything! First I picked this funky skirt (sorry about the crappy picture quality).

My second choice was this amazing coat. I've always loved Desigual's coats, they are like pieces of art! I love the faux fur collar and the turquoise together with the dark grey.

The back is embroidered with silver thread, so beautiful!

So, now to the Giveaway! I've got a spare set of Desigual headphones and carrier bag so I am giving them away to one of you guys!

The cotton canvas bag is from Desigual's A/W collection and retails at €40.

The headphones have a good sound quality and are super comfortable, not to mention their groovy design! :)

To enter this competition:

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

2. Leave a comment saying you've done so.

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 9th of November. I will announce the winner on Thursday the 10th, 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!

Happy Halloween!

I hope your day is filled with freaky fun!

Winners of The Ad Giveaway!

It was so hard to choose only two of you lovely bloggers who entered... So I decided to choose three! I always do this, I'm so bad, I could never be a judge on a talent show :)

The winners of a free ad on A Piece of Lisa in November are:

Medium ad winner:

1. Jaclyn of "Stay In The Lines"

Small ad winners:

2. Maria of "Ei Forandring"

3. Karolina of "One With The Birds"

Congratulations girls!

I will need a button from each of you, the medium button is 225x110 pixels, the small ones are 110x100 pixels. Please email them to me on lisaedoff [at] gmail [dot] com.

To everyone who entered; thanks so much! I really liked your blogs and reasons as well, there will be more opportunities like this in the future so please check back!

Gems of The Net: Type Tattoos, Paper Shoes and a Dream Coat

Hello buttercups!

Here comes this week's gems, I hope you like them as much as I do!

1. Designer Temporary Tattoos by Tattly. I love this "Type Nerd" set, hand drawn by Jessica Hische, Marc Johns and James Victore.

Julia Rothman's watch tattoo set is also pretty cool!

2. My Yellow Dream Coat. Beautiful made-to-measure coats from Dress Become Art.

3. Feather Print Tray by Michael Angove. So pretty! Click here for stockists.

4. Follow Me Tights. Perfect for us tweeps! By Post on Etsy.

5. Kelli Murray's Blog. I recently found this blog via my blog friend Smäm, and I love it! Kelli's blog is a collection of everything that inspires her: art, fashion, design and illustration. She also shows some of her own work and personal photos.

6. Paper Shoes. How lovely and delicate are these? They are made by paper artist Jennifer Collier. She also makes typewriters, cameras and garments, you have to check her website!

7. The Perfect Party Dress. I love this sequinned wrap from Coast's new limited edition party dress collection.

8. Olallieberry Extra Dark Mocha Cupcakes with Candied Cacao Nibs. Recipe from Desserts For Breakfast blog. I have never heard of Olallieberrys but these muffins look amazing!

9. Stylish Halloween. These decorations by Kim Stoegbauer at Tomkat Studio are great! Kim treats you to a free printable "Spooky" banner as well, click here.