Scardello Tour de Fromage Vat A Semifinals: British Isles vs France

Poster one is done! I'm pretty proud of this one. Great opportunity to play with some novelty typefaces, vintage flourishes and texture overload. I think I've found and downloaded every free high-res grunge texture the internet has to offer. Thank God for Flickr and generous photogs.
Some of my favorite Flickr users for vintage imagery, inspiration, and textures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thevintagecollective/collections/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdctsevilla/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calebkimbrough/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittbox/

Keep up-to-date on the Tour de Fromage happenings (and sign up for classes) over at Scardello: http://scardellocheese.com/?page_id=420

Thursday's Textures: Leather and Knit

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Thursday's Textures: Acid Green Dream

For some reason I've always had an aversion to kelly green. Too overused in college sports? Just a shade too lacking in yellow? I suppose I should set aside these differences on International Kelly Green day, but instead I ended up with this unintentionally vintage collection of chartreuses and olives with the requisite balance of coquelicot (my favorite of the pretentious color wheel.) Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Anthropologie Pendant Lamp / Madewell Silk Blouse / Soubrette Knits Big Bobble Hat / Gaslight Ephemera / Phillip Lim Dress / Free People Necklace / Rothko Orange and Tan / Lulu Organics Hair Powder / JCrew Merino Sequin Mini

Thursday's Textures: Raincheck

I've been sick these past few days, so here's a texture palette that feels how my head does: cloudy!

Ben Sherman Bag / Free People Dress / Sparkle & Fade Dress / Splendid Cardigan / Anthropologie Nimbus Bedding / ModCloth Dress / Valentino Shawl / Jeffery Campbell Virgo Wedges / Kate Spade Tote

Thursday's Textures: Facets

Lotta Stensson tunic / Phillip Lim top / Folds by Tine De Ruysser / Dwell's Facet Cream/Citrine Rug / The Inimitable Marian Bantjes' I Wonder / Jake Phipps' Stellar Mirror / Selflesh Original Collage / West Elm Bedding / West Elm Rug

Thursday's Textures: Softly Sparkling

Row 1 (L to R): Yuragi (Fluctuation), Akihiro Kaneko, 1961 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum) / Vanessa Bruno Feather-embellished shrug / Wonderful hand-embroidery work by Susie Cowie  Row 2: L'Agence Swarovski crystal-embellished silk-satin / Alexander McQueen Classic Skull diamanté-embellished box clutch / Carved sterling Doorstop, Anthropologie Row 3: "La Caravan du Caire" 1785–90 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum) / "Fashion in Pattern", illustration by Holly Maguire (Holly's work is really beautiful, check her out) / Twenty8Twelve by S. Miller, Miller asymmetric cotton dress