The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
By Gabrielle.
I should start collecting alphabet posters. I’m drawn to them like bees to honey! This animal alphabet poster by Christina Song is quite wonderful. You could design a whole family room or bedroom around it.
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My name is Gabrielle Blair. I'm a designer and mother of six. We currently live in a farmhouse in the French countryside. I post on where design and motherhood intersect.
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I am in love!! Do you suppose this could be blown up to billboard size?
Hello Gabrielle,
every day I enjoy your blog, trying to improve my English. Good idea to collect alphabet posters. I love the poster with the butterfly alphabet. I think it’s great that first the alphabet was in nature, isn’t it? But what about Chinese calligraphy?
http://www.butterflyalphabet.de/html/posters_butterfly.htm
This is SUPER cute! I could totally see this theme being used on so many different occasions!
I would LOVE to design a nursery around the alphabet! This would go splendidly in any child’s bedroom!
Oh my. I love this! My six year old daughter is a lover of animals. All she wanted for Christmas was a giant stuffed crocodile and Melissa and Doug pulled through (er, I mean, Santa!)
As a teacher, I appreciate this work on so many levels:
This poster lies right next to my desk in class.
My students always point to it, and love it!
There are teaching points in biology/zoology, penmanship/cursive, the alphabet (of course), art, design, all with the thought that creativity counts and designing is awesome.