freebies // The 2013 Designer Calendar :: March

Good morning y'all!

Time for March's freebie, are you ready?

This month's Designer Calendar freebie was designed by the very talented and sweet Simi Gauba. Simi was the lucky Print & Pattern winner of the ABSPD scholarship last year, and of course... there's where we met. Her work is very interesting in so many ways, and I think part of that is thanks to her Indian heritage and her present life in Sweden. Read a little bit more about her below... in the mean while, start falling in love with her work with her gorgeous calendar especially made for you to beautifully organise your time. 

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About Simi:

"I'm a textile and product and pattern designer who loves design and colors! I have worked as a designer for the past 14 years and it is in 2012 that my label SimiDesign was born. My patterns express me in a lot many ways- vibrant, energetic and alive. I love telling stories with my designs. My style..hmm a mix of loose strokes..definition, fun...strict, geometric...organic..Yes I like to play with opposites and just cant constrict myself to any defined boundaries of style."

Her quirky detail:

"I start my day with a biigg cup of coffee... No coffee... well then there is no starting the day... nope, I'm serious... Coffee Rules!"

Her favorite Designer: 

Marrimeko and Hanna Werning

You can download March here or clicking on the download link below the image above, and rember, it can be printed as big as an A3 format (42x29.7cm / 16.5x11.7in). Don't forget to visit Simi's blog to see more of her lovely work.

mani sunday // bye-bye winter mani video-tutorial #13

In about a month Spring will officially begin, but it seems winter doen's want to go away! The las 4 days it has been snowing in Milan (non-stop). I love snow, but cold not so much. This mani is the last wintery mani I'll be doing 'cause the minute March comes I'll start a "Let's Spring Start" campaign (lol).

Betsey Johnson Fall 2013 NY MBFashionWeek

Don't forget to visit and subscribe to the UrNails channel and leave a comment on the video page. Thanks!

!!! Remember: the UrNails gallery is for both you and me… start sharing your beautiful nails now! You can email them to me, or tweet them to @muymajobv or post them on Instagram using the hashtag #MJBVurnails and I'll be happy to upload them :)

in case you are interested, you can get Kiko's Sugar Mat collection here

***IMPORTANT*** In no way has Kiko Cosmetics paid me to create this video. I have used their brand new nail polish out of my own free will and desire :D

contests // REPEAT(ed) :: Bio

Hello everyone!

Remember the news about me being one of the Top 10 designers to participate in REPEAT(ed)? Well, today my bio was posted for you to get to know me a bit better :)

Don't forget to check it out! 

feature // tigerprint's carrousel - valentine's

The Tigerprinters are celebrating love too, and gave us designers the opportunity to celebrate together with a Valentine's carrousel. What better way than to do it with my cute and bright Sweethearts pattern? 

mani sunday // mardi gras fever mani video-tutorial #12

how cute is Lola's paw intrusion?

It's Carnival time all around the world... let your nails celebrate too! :)

Don't forget to visit and subscribe to the UrNails channel and leave a comment on the video page. Thanks!

!!! Remember: the UrNails gallery is for both you and me… start sharing your beautiful nails now! You can email them to me, or tweet them to @muymajobv or post them on Instagram using the hashtag #MJBVurnails and I'll be happy to upload them :)

 

FYI: get them here

mani sunday // valentine's caviar french mani video-tutorial #11

Since last week I skipped the mani tutorial, I've decided to give you two for this week's big days: Mardi Gras (on Tuesday) and the happy and loving St. Valentine's Day (on Thursday). They are both fun and easy. Enjoy!

Don't forget to visit and subscribe to the UrNails channel and leave a comment on the video page. Thanks!

!!! Remember: the UrNails gallery is for both you and me… start sharing your beautiful nails now! You can email them to me, or tweet them to @muymajobv or post them on Instagram using the hashtag #MJBVurnails and I'll be happy to upload them :)

 

PS. Don't forget to come back later today to discover my carnivalesque mani :)

FYI: get them here

shop // pattern design :: online vector patterns

The good news just keep coming, and I'm loving February!!! I've just started selling some of my designs on the Austrian website Pattern Design: a website specialised in selling vectored repeats for multiple markets (apparel, home textiles, stationary, web design and print design). There are only 5 designs available on my gallery now, but it will get larger for sure :) 

Check it out and bookmark it too, so you can go back there and see the latest designs and also buy nice patterns for your projects ")

contests // spoonflower :: love letters :: sweethearts

Sweethearts designed by 2013 © Maria Jose Bautista V

I'm so happy to show you my Valentine's design. I find it very fresh, fun and bright (evidently). I originally created it for Faye Brown's Valentine's Spotlight showcase and then thought it would also be perfect for this week's Spoonflower's contest. It's been received well, and I'm very happy by all the positive feedback I've been getting. The design is now on sale on Pattern Designs (this morning I sold its first jpg screen copy… woohoo!)  and will soon be available for sale on my Spoonflower shop too. 

I hope you like it, and decide to give me your vote. Click here to do so!

contests // REPEAT(ed)… I'm IN!!!

February starts with good news: among many great designers, I have the honoured to have been chosen to be one of the top 10 participants of REPEAT(ed). I'm so excited about this new journey that has just started, and can't wait to learn as much as I can about the Quilting industry and the other participants. I look forward to creating wonderful designs that enchant you all and that will hopefully take me all the way to the winning place (hehehhe). 

Stay alert… I'll be blogging my process in the contest over at The Printed Bolt, so don't miss it :)