My New Blog!

Hi guys! I think it is time for a fresh start! After having this blog for 4 years I have definitely matured a person and my style has changed lots. I am so excited announce my new blog Izzy Butcher Design. I will posting on my new blog from now on, about my inspirations, designs, daily doings, beauty and fashion and of course yummy healthy recipes. Thank-you to all my wonderful followers that have supported me on A Jar of Feathers for the past 4 years.  I hope you can hop over and take a look show your support with a follow. Hope to see you there

Izzy xx

izzybutcher.blogspot.com.au

Movie Cover

At school I've been studying Shakespeare in English and our most recent assessment item was an extended play on a character from Hamlet. So i thought I'd whip out my graphic design skills and blow everyone away with a beautiful hand made title page/cover. (To make up for my dodgy acting ofcorse) I'm still in the film/editing process so you will have to wait and see... But here is my cover :)

I had to learn a few new photoshop skills for this one. I used a bunch of watercolour brushes, and a mixture of text, photography and my own flower illustrations (which I scanned and uploaded then blended with photoshop) Hope you enjoy! 

Izzy xx

Design a Day: Day 9

I made this little Facebook cover photo design for my sister. For the background I used a textured paper-style background and layered water colour brushes in photoshop. It is free to use for everyone :) Enjoy xx

Design a Day: Day 8

I have been using photoshop lately, learning how to use the quick selection tool, blending modes and importing brushes like these water colour ones, used in this design. 

This is a little sneak peak of my own branding design that I have been working on.

Hope you enjoy!

Izzy xx

Design a Day: Day 7

Enjoy xx

Design a Day: Day 6

Enjoy xx

Izzy

A Design a Day: Day 4

Here is a quick little design I threw together tonight, it does need improving and I will definitely do some more work on it. But I just felt like creating something cute so here it is...

What I learnt today was how to use the path finder for a pattern- just by creating a compound path. 

Enjoy xx

Izzy

A Design a Day: Day 5

I was in a little hurry today so I just played around with some geometric shapes and just got a bit creative adding some colour. I didn't really look at a tutorial for this one. Hope you enjoy...

Izzy xx

Design a Day:Day 3

 I was searching for a tutorial to make a nice background and this caught my eye straight away it was so pretty! I was also so excited to find how easy it was. I also learn a few photoshop skills making the background. 

I found this photo on Pinterest that worked perfectly.

I added a Gaussian blur and an overlay of a pattern i created in illustrator, played around with the blending mode then added a grain. Once i finished the background, I added a quote from my friend that she asked me to do up after seeing yesterdays design. It turned out really well and she loves it! 

Enjoy...

Izzy xx

A Design A Day: Day 2

Something I've been wanting to do for a while now is to work out how to get that chalkboard/vintage look to my designs. A bit like these...

 

Once i found a quote on Pinterest, I searched for a few vintage fonts on Dafont.com and downloaded these textures from Spoon Graphics. Other techniques I used were a slight radial gradient and a chalkboard stroke outline to the text. Here was the result... 

TADAA!

I hope you enjoy and have a go yourself, I had heaps of fun!

Izzy xx

A Design a Day

Now that my computer is up and running again and I have my Adobe programs back; I've decided this holidays I'm going to create a design a day starting with this one. It's just a little project that I've been wanting to do for a while now. I hope it while inspire some creativity in me and I can get some good practice with the programs as I am still learning. I'm going to try learning different techniques, today I taught myself how to distribute objects around a circle using this tutorial. And this was the result...

How are you all anyway? I'd like to hear back from you! Comment what you'd like to see more of on my blog maybe some recipes, sewing tutorials, design tutorials, daily doings etc. You choose :)

Izzy xx

Bloglove: Belle and Beau Montessori

I have some exciting news! I have done a collaboration with Nikki for her new blog- Belle and Beau Montessori. She is very excited and can't wait to start posting about her daily doings, Montessori activities and general info about being a mum. If your not a parent you should still go check it out because it is just the most adorable blog! Please show your support as she is just starting out and give her follow on bloglovin or GFC.

If you like her blog and are interested in a new design for your own blog, you can find my contact info here. I have very reasonable rates, just send me an email and i would be very happy to work with you :) Enjoy
Izzy xx

Banner Artwork

At TAFE we have been doing some little activities called speed builders where we get 45 mins to whip up a design and show all our conceptualizing and book work as well as put together a rough computer graphic. I thought I might share one with you. All we got was the words "The grass in not always greener on the other side" and the dimensions for the banner ad. Here it is...

Enjoy...

Current Design Love: Watercolour

How freaking gorgeous is this?! I love everything, the simple font, design.. and the contrast of colourful watercolour is just perfect!!

This gorgeous design element can add a fun pop of colour or create an elegant texture and offers a flowing contrast to strong, simple or bold typography. To incorporate watercolour into computer graphics all you need is some watercolour paints to make up some designs then use a scanner to upload them to your computer and finally add your typography, its really is so simple.

Hope you got some inspiration from today's post!

Typography Tuesday

Enjoy...

TAFE Update and My Artwork

I'm now in my second year of TAFE and I cant believe how quick the time has gone!! I promised earlier last year in this post that I would share some of my work so here is a few photos of a Dust Jacket that I'm currently working on. The brief was to combine photography and conceptual ideas to capture the letters A R and T and finish the title of Art is...something?(with relation to the photos) Then create a Duck Jacket using Adobe Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Here are the results...

 I am so grateful that I got the opportunity to do this course. I'm creating a bunch of designs for my portfolio and I have learnt so much (and it's been super fun). Hope you have enjoyed taking a look at some of my work,

DIY: Hi Res Desktop Collages

I've lately been obsessed with personalising pretty much everything and creating cute backgrounds for my computer and phone. My style is constantly changing and I'm always being inspired from my favourite site Pinterest! You can keep up to date with what I've been pinning here. 

Here's a recent collage I have made and am using for a desktop background...

To make one for yourself here is a quick little DIY...

First find a heap of inspiring, cute, pretty or dreamy images that you just love. you can find them through tumblr, we heart it, pinterest or where-ever you prefer. Save them all into a folder on your computer.

Next just go to Pic Monkey and choose collage...

Then choose one of the square layouts, you can resize and delete the individual boxes but you cant add them so I tend to pic the 25 square one...

Simply auto fill all of your photos into the box or you can individually choose the order.

You can also adjust the dimensions to fit your computer's screen (or phone screen). Bellow are the dimensions I used for a Macbook Pro 13-Inch.

Resize and play around with the layout, get creative and then save your masterpiece. 

I really love this website as it is so quick and simple and most of all easy to use! Hope you all enjoy and remember to follow me on Pinterest :) Have a lovely day!

Pom Pom Pants!

I am so obsessed with these gorgeous shorts from Wonderlandhonolulu on Etsy. The colours and prints are just perfect and the pom poms are just the right touch! Check out this amazing shop, there are lots more cute finds where these come from :)

Enjoy!

Izzy

i want a puppy!

Ever since I found a lost little puppy in my street and had to sadly give it back to the owners, I've been wanting to adopt one!! <3 I love love love them

 I do think that baby pugs are the most adorable thing on earth! Me and my bestie are planning on getting one each and calling them Milo and Otis!

Nawwwh imagine waking up to this puppy! He makes me smile :)

1 // 2 // 3

Hope you enjoy!! 

Izzy xx

Making Art

One of my new years resolutions this year was to make time to make art. I've started to take some time out my day every now and then and create something beautiful whenever I'm feeling inspired. Here are some of my little drawings that I have been doodling...

Images © Izzy Butcher

Hope you enjoy,

Izzy