Packaging & Graphic Design

April 3, 2013

I’m the…
Creative Director and Founder

I make/design/create…
I design and make hand painted, printed, and dyed pillows as well as small paintings.

Something you need to know about me is…
I grew up in a restaurant on Cape Cod – surrounded by the ocean, antiques, and great food!

Here’s how this company came to be…
I have been designing home products for retailers for about 6 years and wanted a new challenge, and to create product that I believed in. The idea to start my own collection began as a small idea and became something I couldn’t shake – so I decided to give it a try! I’ve started small and I have plans to grow the business with each season.

My absolute favorite thing we sell right now is…
That’s a hard one! Honestly everything in the collection is something I personally love and would have in my home. That’s a rule! A few favorites would be:

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Here’s a sneak peek of something we’re working on now…
I only made one of these over-sized (22”x32”) pillows, and decided to keep it for myself. It’s so comfy and cozy, perfect for leaning into when reading. This will definitely be something I carry in the next collection.

I’m most proud of…
Taking the leap! It’s scary to take a big jump like this but I am so happy I did.

I really detest…
I can’t say there is anything I really detest, but the financial aspects of running a business like bookkeeping are definitely not my favorite!

I could never have done it without this person…
My husband Steve – He’s been so supportive and encouraging.

I consistently read these for inspiration…
I am always reading blogs, and I never miss an issue of Lonny magazine. My favorite printed magazine is probably Australian Vogue Living. I also think it’s really important to get offline, out of the magazines, and books and Pinterest. I need to spend time making things in the studio, go to an exhibit, walk around the neighborhood – for me that is where most of the inspiration happens.

I would like to share the limelight with…
There are many people I would like to work with. I really love to collaborate with other creative women, which is what I did for my website. I worked with Erika Brechtel of Small Shop Studio for the design, Zoe Rooney for the development, and Nicole Franzen for the photography. I hope to collaborate with some key boutiques around the country next.

IMAGE CREDITS | All images provided by Rebecca Atwood, her site, blog & Instagram.

Good Reads: UPPERCASE

June 19, 2012

It was only very recently that I discovered UPPERCASE, a magazine for the creative and curious. Do you know it? It’s the most inquisitive, inspiring, adventurous, eclectic and playful (those are their words, but I couldn’t describe it better) magazine. I picked up my first copy this weekend in Anthropologie and quickly became engrossed. I instantly noticed the weighty and luxuriously matte paper that the entire magazine is printed on. This is something that too many magazines forgo because of cost. Most titles, you see, are beholden to their margins and because subscription costs for mainstream magazines have gotten lower and lower in order to incentivize people to subscribe, their profit gets smaller and smaller. Paper stock is often one of the first things that get cut, and cut again, and cut even farther until the pages are so thin, flimsy and yucky feeling that you wonder why you are even reading that magazine. It’s a catch 22 and there’s no right answer. But, by wonderful contrast, UPPERCASE feels like the most incredible thing in print. They’ve invested in their product wisely and the result is tangible from the very first page you touch. Sorry for my little rant there — occupational hazard (I used to work in magazine publishing).

So, imagine my surprise when there was not one, not two, but three features on textile designers in the current issue (Issue 13). I devoured every creative word and image in the magazine, lingering especially long on the pieces about Lourdes Sanchez (p. 22), Eloise Renouf (p. 42) and Eva Franco (p. 68). What’s even more amazing is that Janine Vangool‘s (she’s the talented publisher, editor & designer of UPPERCASE) opening message was all about serendipity and happy coincidences, which is exactly how I felt when this issue found its way into my hands. UPPERCASE, you have a new subscriber (and you’re worth every penny for your unique creative voice and ohhhh that paper stock!)

Image Credits: Covers via UPPERCASE. Lourdes Sanchez images taken by Krista Nye Schwartz via Instagram from UPPERCASE Issue 13.

Limelight: Rebecca Atwood

Good Reads: UPPERCASE

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