Rough Drawings

Design Doodle Sketches

These are a few initial sketch/doodle ideas for the graphics which may be used on the cards and gift wrap. I'm aiming to have at least 5 card designs to be produced using printing techniques. These designs would also look effective if they were to be hand printed.

Biscuit Cutters

Some idea's for shapes for the biscuit cutters..

Doing research into biscuit cutters I found that it's quite simple to make your own cutters. Copper, aluminum and metal ribbon can be used as long as it hasn't had any chemical treatment it is fine to use with food.

I found this page on a website that goes through the process of making your own biscuit cutters and what materials are needed: http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/CookieCutters.htm

At the cookery store in the byram arcade biscuit cutters were sold for £1.20 each or £4.99 for a set

Jewerly Tree

This is on possible design for the Jewerly Tree. This will be lazer cut out of 6mm Acrylic and use two cutings that will interlock .

Product Research

In are meetings we decided to focus on producing eight main products including the sketch book. These products are :

1. Ornaments

2. Gift wrap

3. Card Prints

4. Jewelry tree

5. Biscuit cutters with cake tin

6. Garden set

7. Canvas Prints

8. Sketch book

We need to find out where we can get these made at low cost, what materials to use, methods to use , How much products out there already sell for so we can work out are profit margins and finally how long they take to manufacture as this would be a time effecting factor as well we need to think about the time of turnaround.

Animal Ideas

Did a couple of doodles last night.. thought I may aswell put the woodland themed ones online...

Moonscreations

http://www.etsy.com/shop/moonscreations

Another find on etsy.com

How kool are these by moonscreations!!

Mamma Roots

http://www.etsy.com/shop/mamaroots

Mamma Roots - A fab designer who's produced an sweet range of wooden woodland creatures being sold on etsy.com. Thought they were cute and fun.

There were also a few craft-type products too similar to what we thought of producing with our own designs featured on them (e.g. sketchbooks).

Product Ideas

We started off with an extensive list of product options, and have narrowed them down to the favourite and most relevent.

- Sketch book
- Limited edition prints
- Bakery set (incl. tin)
- Gardening kit
- Cards
- Jewellry Tree
- Gift Wrap set
- Ornaments (eg. wooden creatures whcih can interlock with one another, to create a family)

The products could either promote sharing, or the idea of nostalgia (referring to helping the children)

Initial Ideas

Top:
Tea Pot
Above:
Picnic set for two

Both designs were influenced by sculptures at the YSP

Initial Ideas

Initial Ideas

Woodland Nature Product Ideas

Idea's for sketchbook cover? These are two foil prints that have been used on a greetings card.

found at www.luckybird.co.uk

Screen print by Caroline Pratt

found at www.etsy.com/shop/PinkParakeet

Stationary

found at www.ginkopapers.com

Ceramics - Squirrel Vases by Pretty Random Objects

found at www.etsy.com/shop/prettyrandomobjects

Woodland Nature

We have chosen a woodland nature to base some of are product designs around. In woodland nature there are many animals which can be found here are some of my suggestions for design idea's.

Each individual woodland habitat has varied animals. Common animals in the woodland habitat include:

Land animals: snowshoe hare, roe deer, white-tailed deer, bobcat, mountain lion, lynx, black and grizzly bear, red wolf, red fox, badger, squirrel, raccoon, skunk and gray wolf.

Sky animals: woodpecker, magpie, peregrine falcon, tawny owl, woodpecker, jay, wood pigeon, willow warbler and goldcrest.

All about beetles, grasshoppers, ladybirds, moths, butterflies, wasps and many more

Links To Psychological Effects of Infertility

Difference between male and female reactions:
http://www.ivf.com/emotion.html

Some interesting facts and statistics:
http://www.nobabyonboard.com/emotional.html