Maine The Magazine--Style Feature

I wanted to tell you about Maine. The magazine. Culture, People, Locations, Food, Lodging, Art, Retail. Your Maine source. They were kind enough to ask me to be a part of APRIL's style Q&A...I happily said yes and was able to work with an amazing photographer,

Shoshannah White Photography - fine art, editorial, commercial, digital and photo illustration.

When you walk into the Maine Magazine, it's in the heart of the Portland Maine's Old Port in historic brick building--you go up to the second floor where you see the most dynamic beautiful and very stylish space---it's just beautiful and the people inside are even more beautiful--not only cool to look at but the nicest, down to earth and grounded people I have ever met---they run the business as connected individuals..Susan Kelley and Kevin Thomas...they just don't put together a magazine, they live it and believe that Maine is the most amazing place--and tell this story each month in the Maine Magazine. As  they come together, the two of them with such passion and vision for each spread, each photo and each story---methodically thought out--but open to the translation of amazing photographers like Cig Harvey Fine Art Photography and graphic designers like Jennifer Muller (amazing art director). I think it's powerful when like minded people come together and believe in something and let that drive others to create something bigger---almost becoming a cult following and obsession for people like me living and breathing in Maine.

I am so honored to be asked to do some work for this great pub and can't wait to show it here. I am doing two mailing promos that I think is some of my best graphic design work--because A. I had great copy, B. great images C. a design foundation that I could blend my own design aesthetic into... D. and people that get it--I mean, really get it. So to say I am a big fan of Maine Magazine is a under statement but honestly I just really care about these folks and the vision they have. It's funny how you can meet two people and feel the passion they have for what they do--and see that they are creating a magazine that truly represents us--Mainers. (or me a wanna be Mainer or what they call people from "away"..We are all so multi-faceted and finally we are not just lighthouses and lobsters--were artists, designers, architects, doctors, carpenters, boat builders, fisherman, moms and students....from everywhere...we all are people that live here and appreciate the great design and thought that goes into each magazine. 

Thank you for believing in me, and my own personal journey and thank you for letting me be a part of yours.  xo e

RECENT PRESS-Boston Home & Mrs. Lilian

Hello hello! It has been a busy few weeks and orders are coming in pretty steady now..which I am so excited about! If I can just design and print pillows and have people like them I will be one happy designer! Wholesale is so fun...chatting with so many cool people that have fabulous shops all over the place! I want to open my own shop someday but for now I will settle with my etsy shop:) 

erin flett / graphic / surface / textile design by erinflett

Just seems so fun buying cool stuff and putting together amazing collections---I know it's a lot more work then that but I do think it is right up my alley---at least maybe in my far off future. 

I am so excited to write about the little blurp in Boston HOME magazine--they featured Holly Becker, the amazing blogger and one of my little pillows--MR. Nut. Great press and a great write up about some amazing blogs to check out! 

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The second mention is Mrs. Lilien  who I found surfing. She is adorable and I believe a wordy genius and an amazing interior and graphic designer. Please check out her link--simply fantastic and charming! She put together SPRING FEVAH! A adorable little snippet of Spring goodies and I love the fact that she uses DAISY THORN right in the center of her lovely composition! Super super sweet! I am now a die hard follower fan! 

I also wanted to point out an amazing designer that I recently found again--who I have heard of but never fully appreciated his genius: REX RAY. NEW LOVE! He is amazing and talented and finding his work on pillows and rugs now! GO REX RAY! So great to see graphic designers transcends into new areas! Love it. His compositions are layered and abstract and have great use of space and color---BIG FAN.. Rex Ray

More Inspiration I found online recently: Wallpaper, fabric, odds and ends:) Love this set of mid century chairs and table--Enjoy. e

Vintage Flett Finds

My mom and I escaped yesterday for a  few hours to our favorite junking spots and came home with a car full of funky finds!!! (NOT UNUSUAL for us professional junkers:)

Here is a little collection of things I found yesterday. A vintage striped kelly green dress....I just love the shape of this piece. It will need a little work for me to actual wear it but it will be worth it I think---maybe I will wear it over jeans with my frye boots?..I may cut it off a little more--might be way too long? Then I found some cool scarves---my passion. I can't seem to get enough of these little gems...the color palettes are always amazing and great for pulling odd things together for new projects that you wouldn't expect. Plus, I love to wear them---every which way--- And then I was so happy to find a 1937 wallpaper catalog from SEARS! Love love!!! I have been eyeing some of these for months on EBAY and I have never come across one here in Maine yet. Very cool. One thing I love about living here is that everything is so old. I can find the most amazing things in ordinary places because people here seem to keep things around for generations and of course New England is such a old place--not like Europe old but old enough to have a good amount of history---the wallpapers here are extraordinary and bottles---amazing...just don't get that in the midwest...(Colorado) where I am from. 


Anyway, I hope to be working on FALL pillows soon--and these little finds will do the trick getting me started! Enjoy.
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Orla Kiely Spring Summer Launch! Very Amazing!

I wanted to share my absolute favorites from Orla this Spring Summer! Her prints are so vintage yet so fresh! Very inspirational and beautiful, quirky and fun! 


INSPIRATION: The traditional British seaside holiday comes to life in Orla Kiely’s Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Inspired by Cornish boat scenes and Patrick Heron paintings, the result is seaside symbols in beautiful fabrics, soft shapes and colors. Emeralds and pebble greys are contrasted by rose and fuchsia pinks. Orla Kiely’s floral prints, a favorite, are updated in the Beach Flora and the Water Flower motifs. Enjoy.

Erin Flett-Pillows

Hello! I put together all the little silos of the pillows..nice to see them all like this. Missing Aria Floral---need to print that one again but here is all the others...Working on a few large orders that just came in and I am so so thankful! If I can just keep going and selling a few here and there I would be thrilled. Something about doing your own work on something others are going to love and enjoy is so modivating and really inspires me. I love paper as you all know, love graphic design, but when you put it on something people will see and feel longer then a life of a brochure---it somehow makes the design more special...because it just lasts longer...sigh...just love designing, printing, being inspired...all of it--- life is good. e

 

Erin Flett in NEW BIG BOOK OF LAYOUTS By Crescent Hill Books

A fun little designy treat-Crescent Hill Books comes out with sweet little and BIG design books and the newest one out will be "THE BIG BOOK OF LAYOUTS." I have 5 graphic design pieces selected to be in this years annual---which finally gets published and out to the world in April. For all you design junkies it's a great collection of cool stuff...this is a sneak peek of the cover to look for- e

AU-Erin Flett Bag Launch 2010 Spring / Summer

The wait is finally over! AU just sent me over the final catalog that launches the AU-ERIN FLETT launch! I am beyond excited to see the prints finally on the natural white "SLUB DUCK" fabric printed by Griswald Textile Print. "ISLAND EDGE" is the geo and the "WORN CURRENT" is the watery organic one. They turned out beautiful---and so many shapes to choose from? What to buy what to buy? All please:) Thanks. PS. I am not the young blond girl in these photos.:)

New Erin Flett Pillow Photo Shoot!

Holly Becker recently did a write up in REAL SIMPLE as well as her own blogger site decor8 » Blog Archive » Erin Flett Textiles on my new pillows! So fun and exciting! She has amazing style and a great eye and I am so so impressed with her blog! THANK YOU HOLLY!!!! Please check out the link above and see all the amazing photos and posts!

Above are recent shots Cliff Kucine and I shot Tuesday. It was so exhausting...but fun! We were cleaning up the shoot and the girls came in and Ary my two year picked the 10" little BUNNY BOO pillow and said..."mine Bunnie" I loved it! She carried it around the house and played with her babies (propping her babies head up on the pillow as she fed her with a toy bottle and said.."nite nite"...seriously need to shoot her with them....I fell in love with her all over again as she played. So so cute! Even gave one to the dog "Canyan" and said "lay down"...that was not so good...but Breshia my five year old was also excited to see them off the computer and "real"..."Mommie, just want them all for my bed K?" No problem I said. The only feedback was, "I think we need a kitty and maybe a dog too?" Okay I am on it I told her...so we'll see.

Thanks for looking. And a huge thank you to Paul at State of Mind Printing who puts up with me and my neurotic arty self! (I think that is too dark, too light, ink too heavy, okay move over I want to do it:) I will be doing a web site for him in exchange for his amazing services. I will post when done and approved! And also a thank you to Jana Pike, Creative Home Sewing Shop here in Gorham for helping perfect these babies. I never thought pillows would be so technical and challenging! But I am so anal I am sure I am slowly driving her insane!!! 

Talk soon,

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AU BAG FIRST SAMPLE JUST SENT MY WAY...

How cool was this. A little surprise was waiting for me from John Milburn...he just sent me the very first sample of the AU+erin flett bag line...here is a seriously off the cuff sample shot right on the sticher's table! So excited..not sure how many shapes get this ISLAND EDGE PRINT in DUNEGRASS or the WORN CURRENT PRINT but I will keep you posted! 


Please check out the AU current line. They are always fun and fresh and looking forward to this years bags with these two prints! Hopefully more to come FALL 2010!


Travel Bags, Totes, Weekenders, Dopps, Attache's

Thoughts and New Work

Excited that finally the holidays are behind us and feel a surge of energy to keep moving on printing the last few pillows before my big photo shoot. Just printed Stacked Deco in Rainy Day Gray and Mango Orange. Check them out...`

A great detail shot of the bark cloth fabric above. LOVE this fabric..sucks up ink like crazy and hard to print really...but worth the process. I have been working on getting the ink as water downed as possible without turning to soup so the graphics are soft when dry not plastic or hard...


Here is an image of one of 10 mid century chairs I found on craigslist a few weeks back with the two new pillows. A super amazing find. They came out of the oldest hotel in Willards Beach here in Maine. I was told that it was once the place to be and visit back in the 40's and 50's. The chairs were used outside I guess. I wish I had the tables too! I purchased an olive, tan, this aqua and 6 orange...which now live around my farm table that I have since painted a pea green.


I also printed Mr. Nut large and small and think they turned out so fun! In coffee and pea soup. They should be ready to shoot next week to post! VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE! I will be printing Bunny Boo among some others so stay tooned!


Kiddos are wanting to go paint so off I go. Love snowy lazy days...actually slept in...imagine that! The soft snow falling was amazing to watch as I woke up as my two little ones were snuggled up with me...(they both snuck in late last night).


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