Using that one giraffe i love...

I could make something like this, maybe

More Giraffes

Ugh, I am having designer's block. These giraffes are killing me. I have yet to create the perfect picture in my head. Hopefully that "aha!" moment will come soon - its absence is keeping me up at night.

So, I guess "not too baby" means "don't use pastel colors." And, those stuffed giraffes represented a 'shabby chic' element that she wants. So, I have been working on a few others. I still haven't found the perfect design yet, but I'll keep plugging away at it. I have been focusing on a design for a baby girl, since that represents the bigger challenge (in my opinion). So far, this is what I have come up with:

I don't really care for this one, but I guess the basic layout could have potential. I still prefer this layout better:






I do like this patchwork one though:

Don't worry, these are not the colors I would use. I just used the best I could short of actually buying fabric and making it - free digital scrapbook papers from Shabby Princess (my favorite digital scrapbook place!).


So, here are some other inspirational finds I collected while brainstorming:

I am really loving the colors on this page of stickers right now - Dark pink, baby blue, butter yellow, dark plum, and silver. This could potentially make some cute giraffes. Not quite compatible with a shabby chic nursery though.
This stuffed giraffe in the Pottery Barn Catalog is my favorite giraffe ever! So cute and quirky - totally different from any other giraffe design I have ever seen. I love love love it.
I like the way this giraffe has a square nose, but I don't like it nearly as much as the one above it.
Also made by Pottery Barn, these animals are almost patchwork, which is kind of cute.

I like the way this giraffe has different colored legs.

Custom Nursery Design - Owls

I have been working on an Owl nursery for some time now (mostly just doing what I call "sketching" - namely, compiling different pictures and ideas that I find on the internet into a photoshop image). The initial colors were going to be Mint Green, Tangerine Orange, Bubblegum Pink, and Cerulean Blue, with maybe the occasional Ruby Red accent. The one problem with this is that it could only be for a girl. So I am working on a boy version, but I haven't quite nailed down the colors. Or I might come up with a gender-neutral version. I haven't decided yet. Any suggestions?(No, the sketch does not have the actual colors ... I was feeling lazy, I guess :) )

Custom Nursery Design - Giraffes

This is a custom nursery design I am working on, and it is still only in the early "sketching" stage. My client requested a Giraffe theme, and said she did not want it to be too "Baby". So, I sketched these two:







But, then she sent me these as a representation of what she is looking for:






Which both look pretty "Baby" to me.

These are her colors (for if she has a girl or a boy, respectively):








So, I downloaded a couple of other giraffe images, both more "Baby". I especially like the postage stamp one - it is unique and really cute.



What do you think? Any suggestions?