You and Me

© Sybille Sterk 

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Another conceptual illustration of one of my poems using photographs, textures and the poem itself. The poem can be read here in full.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

The font is Amatic.

the message

© Sybille Sterk 

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Image to illustrate my poem of the same name. New technique for me.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

The font is Amatic.

On Society6

On Redbubble

and check out my images on metal plates available on displa.io

You and Me

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

More romantic fun perfect for a wedding invitation, or an anniversary card or just because. I am happy to personalise these for weddings and anniversaries. Just send me an e-mail either through the contact button on the right-hand side or through any of the outlets below.

One more to come... :-)

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. 

Edited with Photoshop.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

On Society6:

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Found this on shutterstock and it looked very useful:

My Happy Ever After

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Another of my posters, this time with a fairy tale theme. Hand drawn on paper, then photographed and coloured in on the computer. Mostly my own patterns with a couple from Pixels & Icecream thrown in.

All other images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

Special Free Shipping Promotion on Society6. Check it out here.

Free Shipping*

Promotion expires February 10, 2013 at Midnight Pacific Time.  

*Offer excludes Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases and Throw Pillows with insert.

Fawns and Deers Collection

© Sybille Sterk

Available as tote bags and cushion covers in my Envelop shop soon. (I'll post a notice when the designs have been approved).

© Sybille Sterk

Available right now as prints, posters, card, framed and canvas prints, iphone cases and iphone and ipod skins, ipad and laptop skins, baby and kids clothing, adult clothing (hoodies, tees, baseball tees, organic tees, girlie fitted tees etc), and stickers.

Get the prints, tees and iphone/laptop skins and cases here:

My Redbubble Portfolio

My New Society6 Shop

Get the tote bags and cushion covers here 

(as soon as they are approved) 

Envelop Shop

Spring Fun - Happy, Sweet and Cute, Part II

Cushion covers and tote bags with the new designs are now available in my Envelop Shop. Aren't they lovely? Perfect for the spring sunshine or to cheer you up on a rainy day. AND they make a fab present. :-)

Check out the other stuff (t-shirts, posters, iphone covers, baby clothes, prints etc) in my Redbubble shop or check out the previous post with all the details here.

Back to work....

My computer is finally back (well all new since the old one couldn't be rescued.... ) However, thanks to my favourite in-house technical wizard I am now flying. :-)

Here are a couple of new iPhone cases I produced on the laptop:

CYR53-95GR4-D37KH

Dragon Mine - buy it here

Credits on the Redbubble Page. Special thanks to Rudy Bagozzi for allowing me to use his fabulous snake skin texture.

  

MCN: CRW52-FGRAS-MATXD

The First People (hommage to my favourite ever TV series Fringe) - buy it here

More to come soon.

Christmas Special - Jelly Bowl, Romance, Cold as Ice and Breeze

Cherry Red Jelly Bowl

This is a bowl entirely crocheted with jelly yarn and then embellished with furry dark red eyelash yarn. It is smaller than the Liquorice Jelly Bowl (see image below) but none-the-less perfect for odds and ends, cosmetics or, with Christmas coming up, why not line it with some tissue paper and display some nuts. It's not a good idea to display other food in the bowl as the jelly yarn has a slight smell that might affect the food. If you have a glass bowl of a similar size, put that in the jelly bowl first before adding the fruit or other food. The bowl can be wiped with a damp cloth. £20 + P&P

Romance - Two Tone Necklace (Red and Gold)

Made from a huge selection of beads, mostly glass, vintage and new with vintage filigree and chain in brass. Long necklace, but can be modified free of charge so it can be worn double. £30 + P&P

Cold as Ice - Two Tone Necklace
(White and Silver)

Made from a huge selection of beads, mostly glass but with a fee lucite and resin beads, vintage and new with vintage pewter filigree and silver plated chain. Long necklace, but can be modified free of charge so it can be worn double. £30 + P&P

 

Breeze - Two Tone Necklace (Blues and Greens)

 Made from a huge selection of beads, mostly glass, vintage and new with vintage filigree and blackplated chain and findings. Long necklace, but can be modified free of charge so it can be worn double. £30 + P&P

All will be available at my jewellery party or you can snap them up now... :-)

New Calendar: Love Bullets

This is a collaboration with PhilosophyLee and myself.

I love his sometimes apparently simple and obvious and at other times confounding but always thought provoking writings.

This is the calendar called Love Bullets I’ve created with some of my favourites of his ‘Love Bullets’ as he calls his writings.

Words:
© Philosophy Lee

Design:
© Sybille Sterk

The images from the calendar can be see on my Redbubble site.

Copyright and credits for stock images/textures can be found on the page for each separate image.

Hearts 'n Roses - New Tees

 MCN: CNVMR-GCMQE-2XV6F

  MCN: CPUR3-L4BQJ-6VV5K

Both available in various colours for kids and adults, baby onesies and tees as well as stickers: 

Fly, Fly Away! - More tees and another print

Drawing of a dragonfly and photo manipulation combined.

MCN: CXDGD-5H73R-BQ69D

Credits

Grunge Texture 03 by goodtextures
Antique1 by SheisprettyStock
grunge textures 01 by buzillo-stock
Backblech 01 by Sundel
All other images/textures and drawing my own.


T-shirts:

MCN: CXPT6-KWXR2-YD7WR

MCN: CP9KX-VNPUG-65WWX

Distractions....

Now my computer is finally back and in working order, I've been distracted designing Caroline's website. Check it out here. Caroline has signed up for this year's Cambridge Open Studios and was desperate to have her website up for people to view her art on the web.

The website is still an ongoing project as Caroline hasn't taken photographs of all the paintings she wants to show on her website and some of the info is still a bit sparse BUT at least it's up and running...

... so hopefully tomorrow I can finally get back to:

- finishing my top
- painting
- possibly dying some more yarn....

The weekend was gone in a flash with work on the allotment, including shifting lots of paving slabs in preparation for a shed. However, despite the hail we had yesterday all the vegetables are looking great (except for my poor melon). We even discovered a gooseberry bush at the back of the allotment with lots and lots of fruit, which I turned into three large jars of jam.

Finally - The Raspberry Sorbet Jelly Clutch Bag

It took forever and a day since the original post of the jelly yarn bag, but - after waiting for the second ball of yarn (due to customs and slow shipping), unraveling and re-knitting and waiting for some beads to match the gorgeous colour of the yarn, here it finally is:


The Raspberry Sorbet Jelly Clutch Bag


This new design is still similar to the original design but I've changed the front and side panels, which gives it more rigidity and pizazz. The little plastic berry beads are vintage and they've been sewn onto the bag with illusion cord to make sure they stay where they are and the thread isn't visible. It also allows the bag to be gently washed in soapy water.


Since there was some yarn left I thought I'd add a little purse, either for money or makeup or an MP3 player.



The perfect bag to take out on a night in town. Nobody will have one quite like it - total glamour. :-)


If you want to make something with jelly yarn, here are a few tips:

• Use the wipe that comes with the yarn regularly, it makes it a lot easier to knit/crochet the yarn if it's not sticking to the needles/crochet hook.
  
  
• If you make something with a regular shape (rectangle, square, triangle etc), pin the item onto some cardboard and gently blow dry it with the hair dryer set to its hottest setting. This will have the same effect as blocking with knitted/crocheted garments and straighten out any irregularities and give you nice straight edges to sew together. Leave to cool before sewing together.
  
  
• Knitting/crocheting jelly yarn is tough on your hands, so make sure you take breaks now and again or your hands and fingers will be really sore.

And here are a couple of links:

To order or buy it in the UK, I Knit London.

To order it at the manufacturers in the US: JellyYarns.Com This page also includes some free patterns and info.

News:

My raspberry seacell and merino shrug is also nearing its completion. :-)

Earrings - Hoops, Black Cats, Lambs, Shells, and Heavenly Blues

I've been having fun with black plated hoops and other goodies I bought from Studio Sen on Etsy (materials for the first 3 pairs of earrings).

The first two pairs of earrings are mine... but I have more of the 'ingredient's available.

Going in Circles Earrings

The blackplated hoops are 2" (5omm) in diameter and adorned with a lovely hammered sterling hoop. The ear wires and head pin are also sterling silver.


I love the contrast between the smooth black matte hoops and the shiny textured sterling hoops. The black plated hoops are very filigree and look elegant against the silver.



Black Cat Earrings

The little black cats are made from mother of pearl and I love their cute little faces. They are surrounded by laser cut filigree hoops in the same smooth blackplating as the hoops above. The hoops are quite large (55mm) but because of the elegant filigree design also extremely light. The findings are all oxidised sterling silver.



Little Lamb Earrings

These are so cute - little mother of pearl lambs surrounded by green frosted Japanese seed beads (aka grass) on silver plated just over 1" (30mm) hoops. The headpin is sterling silver. These will either go in my Etsy shop or you can buy them directly now for £10.



Shell Circle Earrings

These are just sooooo stylish and elegant. A vintage brass shell with a lovely gingerbread patina hangs within a blackplated hoop. I've used blackplated ear wires for these as well. The headpin is oxidised brass. Available now or later from my Etsy shop for £12.



Heavenly Turquoise Earring Selection

My friend as me to make her some sterling earrings with the long oval design that I have used for other earrings (e.g. Pink Grapefruit Set and Happy Tears Set). She wanted pale blues but I wasn't quite sure what kind of feel she was after so I made three different pairs.

The first one is my personal favourite.

Pebble Earrings

I've used wonderful beads in striated blues - one pebble is a turquoise frosted blue, the other is a creamy very pale matte blue - and combined them with seedbeads in coordinating blues. The ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12.


Rose Bud Earrings

In this set I combined lampwork beads in a blue,white and pink rose design with Swarovski beads in pale blues and a very soft rose colour and a few matching seedbeads. The sterling silver ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12 now or later from my Etsy shop.



Blue Daisy Earrings

These are so pretty and dainty. Glass flowers are combined with faceted and seed beads in coordinating blues and embellished with little drops. All findings are Sterling silver. The sterling silver ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12 now or later from my Etsy shop.