My patterns portfolio


It is more than a week since I haven´t created any new pattern. I am having troubles concentrating . I think this lack of motivation is due to my tiredness. 

I feel really exhausted as I have been working and promoting my work very hard these last ten months. Before that time, I hardly use my social media accounts. But last October I decided , it would be great to promote my work abroad. I feel so motivated, so excited to create my patterns online portfolio, like a child.   
I had to start from scratch as I didn´t have any patterns to show, as I had always sold them outright. Besides that, I used to designing for screen printing, using only few pantone colours
I felt so obsessed with creating my portfolio, that some days I worked even twelve hours a day, having very short breaks, also at weekends and not wanting to do anything else. I wanted to dedicate all my time to design and get informed about lots of patterns matters.
I feel I have finished a stage and I am going to start a new one. But before of it, I need to relax, I need to be away from my computer screen for a while. 
In my first post I introduced myself only talking  about work. I didn´t tell you about the happy mum I am having my eleven boys twin. All these lately months I have been focused in my work, and I haven´t spent lots of time with my children. They are on their school summer holidays term, so it is time to have a great holiday with them. 
I have rented a nice small house on the beach on a beautiful coast city called Denia in Alicante city, Spain. I like to be there on holiday in summer. 

My children love that place. They have spent funny days there when they were younger.


I feel I deserve this short holiday as I am happy of having created my Spoonflowers shop http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/juliagrifol which it took me lots of time as I had some difficulty in knowing how it worked. At last I have achieved bright and lovely colours on my fabric swatches. 



I have also created my society6 shop, http://society6.com/JuliaGrifoldesigns
my fan page, my new blog, my twitter account, my flickr album, and my pinterest boards.





 
I have also designed some prints for some on line fashion brands and I have been involved in some nice promotion projects. I have also entered in some patterns contests. I have started to license some of my patterns on online  brands, such as   http://kessinhouse.com/pages/julia-grifolhttp://www.artscase.com/artist/Julia-Grifol.htmlhttp:and http://www.kekacase.com/designer-cases/julia-grifol-disenadora.htmlhttp 

I am also very happy of belonging to a nice patterns designer group, where I have found lots of help and support. A group where I can share experiences, knowledge, and friendship. I joined them last May.

Lots of good things have happened to me and there are some new projects on the air, which I don´t want to reveal yet , it is too soon. I cross my fingers.

I wish you lots of inspiration. I hope to be able to be off the screen for some days, hard task!
I was in a hurry, I hope you can forgive my English mistakes. Sorry for them.
Have a  great weekend!


 






 

10 comentarios:

  1. Julia enjoy your well deserved holidays with your boys, and get soem new energy to make your wonderful patterns!!!

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    1. Miranda Mol, thanks a lot for all your support!I will!Have a nice weekend and summer!

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  2. What a smart idea to take a break, Julia! Our kids grow so fast. I am sure you'll come back with new energy and fresh inspiration. Tell them thank you in advance for inspiring your next creations ;-)

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    1. Penina,
      You are right!I hope to come back with new ideas to develop!Thanks a lot for your nice words.

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  3. What a lovely photo of your boys, Julia and your patterns look wonderfully enticing!

    Enjoy your break. I'm sure you will come back bursting with more pattern ideas :)

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  4. Judy Adamson,
    They get on so well!!Thanks a lot for your nice compliments!It is a short break, sure it will make me feel great!

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  5. Fantastic blog! Have a nice holiday :D

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  6. Fabulous beach photo and lovely colorful designs. They make me happy. Love the Happy Squares and your birds too. Looking forward to see what comes next, Julia!

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  7. Ellie, glad you like it!I hope to have nice ideas soon!!Thanks for your nice comment!

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