Screen-printing the world!

I've been wanting to do some screen printing for a long time. I made a course a bit more than a year ago at the Ruth Prowse School of Art, were I got to learn the basics about this technique, but never really got the time to get my kit and start printing. But now that I have my own studio-taller and some nice space to do creative stuff, I thought why not give it a try?
I bought a 90T screen (500 x 600mm), which is perfect for printing on fabrics, a nice squeegee and a set of white and transparent fabric paint and pigments (yellow, red, blue and black). In total I spent a bit more than R1300 (about U$190) which is not that much if I think how much fun I'll have doing some printing projects.
I decided not to buy a machine yet because they are quite pricey starting at R2500 aprox. and at the moment I don't need such technical equipment. As you guys know, I like playing the handyman once in a while so decided to make my own 1 colour screen printing press. Bought some clamps and used some wood I had at home for the base and with some crews and wood glue: Voila, I'm all set to start printing!!!!

As I mention in a previous post, I started doing some cushions for our new place, so I thought that it would be nice to give them a nice touch: screen printed story on the back. So yeah, here's my first hand screen-printed run!!!!

Of course after printing on fabric, I tried paper, wood, plastics... anything with a flat surface I can print on... I really have become this screen-printing maniac... It's so much fun....

♥LOVE MARKET

For those girls in Buenos Aires-Argentina interested in cute stuff, Love Market is happening 03 and 04 of June. Querete Accesorios and some other cool new brands will be showing their amazing work! Unfortunately Mocho Loco won't have a stand this time as we are currently working in Cape Town-South Africa.
If you are around please don't miss it out!!! It really gonna be fantastic....

Mocho Loco helped by designing this little flyer and of course, named the market "LOVE MARKET". At the end of the day: which girl doesn't love all the cute stuff in the market??

Beautiful Wedding ♥

Justine and Caleb, for whom I designed all their wedding stationary, got married ♥ ♥ ♥ 
They had a weekend away wedding in Knysna, six hours away from Cape Town. The venue they chose is called Emily Moon and it has lots of character and amazing sceneries for great photos. I would like to share with you some of the pictures the newlyweds sent me from their special day.... 
I hope you like... 

Cody, our new family member!!!

This is Cody, the puppy... He has just joined us in the Camps Bay house... He is only 7 weeks old and the cutest little thing... Can't wait to take him to the beach and for some morning runs... Welcome Cody!!!

Cushions, cushions, lots of cushions!!!

The new house is in need of some cushions...  Funny enough, I’ve been wanting to do cushions for soooo long and the 5kg gigantic bag has been sitting in my cupboard for about 2 years waiting for me to finally sit down and start sowing some cool cushions.

It seems like everything is set for me to finally make them. On one hand, my friend Amanda, with whom I just moved in, has a rad sowing machine and overlocker that she said I can borrow any time. Then, my friend Keegan, who just left on an awesome trip to Asia to help the orangutans and hope is having an awesome time, gave me some rad African pattern fabrics which I think would look amazing as cushions. Too many signals to skip the message!

So inspired by my friends from Mingo Lamberti and Pearly Yon whom just launched their Tea Cup Collection cushion range (really lovely designs that you must check out), here I am working on my 100% hand-made cushion project, hehe.

Hope they look nice once finished… Will show you very soon!!!

My new home and studio

So it was time to move from the old house. We stayed there for more than a year and I had the best time ever. It was the first time I ever stayed in a house, with garden, swimming pool and great open space. But moving is not a bad thing: we found another house and it’s also beautiful! This one is like a little cottage in the forest, with awesome views of the mountains and the sea in the horizon. We are sharing this spot with our friends Amanda and Darren who got married a few weeks ago.
I love the house: it has so much character… It’s rustic, with lots of wood, green plants crawling everywhere and a cozy living room where I’m sure we’ll share lots of great time. Here are some pictures…

My most favorite part is where I have set my studio and workshop. Yes, I have my own room to do lots of fun stuff.

• Arri, my patient boyfriend, helped me building some nice cube shelves for my books. We used shuttle-board wood that not only is super cheap (about R280 for a big plank) but also looks amazing and gives the room a nice and fresh look.
• Using a door from the old house and some drizzles donated from my friends Matt and Claire, I set my desk.
• I also put up a little cork-board to pin pics, cards and cute stuff and set a “washing line style” photo holder.

So yes, I’m all set up… Now it’s time to get hands on and start some cool projects!!!

The Secret of Pandas

With my friend Amanda, we just started a new blog where we like to share with other girls all the stuff we like doing. From crafting, movies, fashion, cookery, etc. Basically it's a journal where we can write about our ideas, projects, our successes and also our failures.
I hope you like it!!!

You can check it on: http://www.thesecretofpandas.blogspot.com/

Querete accesorios

Two young women from Buenos Aires started their own accesories brand "Querete" (love yourself). All their pieces are unique, handmade and there's only one of a kind. Their stuff is really beautiful...

I had the opportunity to work on their corporate identity. They wanted to reflect the soul of the brand: fresh, very feminine, romantic but still contemporary. I designed for them a logo, business cards, flyers and communication material like a little teaser video. I hope you like...

     

Feeling inspired...

Today I woke up feeling happy and willing to create...  It's a beautiful morning and the warm sun light comes trough the window, the fresh flowers and flagrant lavender on my desk just seem to smile at me... I've been thinking on some new projects.... maybe today is the perfect day to start working on them!

Justine and Caleb | Second part...

After designing their wedding invite, Justine and Caleb asked me to do all the stationary for the big day... Menus, table numbers, seat name tags, signature book, sparkles packaging and a label for the wine they are giving away as thank you gift for their guests.... 

It was such a nice project... Specially when they saw all the final design, they were super happy with it... What better reward as a designer than having happy clients.... Wishing all the best to Justine and Caleb in their new married life!!! ♥♥♥♥

Mands and Darren's wedding

Mands and Darren got married!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ What a beautiful day, what a beautiful wedding... definitely best wedding ever.... Mands looked really gorgeous and Darren proved what a charming man he is by singing a song he composed to his bride in front of all the guests...  They were sincerely happy and they seemed to have enjoyed every little moment of their big day. Here are a few photos that I would like to share with you....

Wedding bands designed and handmade by Mocho Loco. White gold and african woods; purple heart for Amanda and Boa, Boa for Darren.

Waveskate for groom entrance also designed by Mocho Loco

Jess and Mark's engament party

My friend Jess got engaged to Mark. They invited us to celebrate at her parent's garden. I loved the deco and the sweet table was gorgeous and yummylicious...  heart cookies, handmade cones made of magazines, colourful flags hanging... here are some pics...

 Cheers for Jess and Mark...

                              

Justine and Caleb's Wedding invitations

After doing the wedding invitations for Darren and Amanda, another couple asked me to design theirs. They wanted something very romantic, vintage looking, and wanted to include some kind of postcard. For their invitation I used different kind of papers, from Liner to Bier paper. The Main invite looks like a postcard and has a stamp with the bride and groom's initials. Instead of using a regular envelope, I used a rustic looking string and a hand-cut round tag with the guest's names. I also designed table name tags with different ribbons and the couple's stamp. I hope you like...

Merry Christmas!!!!

From L.A to the world: Merry Christmas and Feliz Navidad para todos!!!!

Mand's and Darren's wedding invitations

So, my good friends Mands and Darren asked me to do an illustration of them to include in their wedding invitations… Then I thought if I'm doing the illustration, what if I design the invites for them? They wanted something cute, modern and fresh… So this is what I came up with…

A main invite with the illustration of Mands and Darren + RSVP card + Directions and extra info all printed on Rive Trad paper in China embossed natural envelopes.

I must admit I enjoyed so much designing the wedding invites. I looked at some webs for inspiration, mainly from the states, and they have amazing stuff… Their weddings are just ridiculous… hehe

Anyway, after this experience, I'm really looking forward to designing more wedding invites…