Food&Wine Friday: Francis Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon

Taking a queue from my Hubs' favourite wine, the Francis Coppola Cabernet Sauvignon, this week. Just check out this label!

It's super simple, being in black and white, but what I find really inspiring are the vines and tendrils in the centre diamond graphic.

I absolutely love working tendrils into my pieces, especially the sculpted rings.

Be they abstract with a tendril or two on top for a three-dimensional effect....

or a sculpted flower with tendrils coming in and out of it, like it was intertwined in a flowering bush...

I find that it really makes a piece, or wine bottle, come to life!

Food&Wine Friday: Kim Crawford Savignon Blanc

Ooohh....this is my absolute most favourite wine! I first tried it when we were on holidays in Florida, and I've been in love ever since.

Crisp, refreshing notes of passionfruit with a clear finish...just delicious with, really, anything. If you haven't tried it, I highly highly recommend picking up a bottle {or two} the next time that you're out.

Where does inspiration come from with this delicious wine? Well, for me it's two fold. I really love that the bottle is very monochromatic - lots of different olive tones, paired with a gold piping...really lovely and classic.

Pair that colour with the brilliant tones of a passionfruit...

And you have a stunning colour combination of split compliments. I most definitely will be using these colours in some mini-triptychs that will be Hollywood bound this fall as I think they evoke such an amazing feeling of summer. They are playful, yet classic....bold, yet understated.

I think they'll pack a punch in a mini-triptych!

Food & Wine Friday: White Pear Pinot Grigio

Summer is here, and that means a new series for Friday's on the blog!!

Welcome to Food&Wine Friday, where I will be taking some inspiration from my favourite food and wine pairings, and translating them into some arty projects. Neat concept? Hopefully!!

Today, I want to talk about an absolutely delicious wine that I sampled last month, the new White Pear Pinot Grigio by Arbour Mist.

I am in absolutely love with the pastel citrus tones on the label. A frosted bottle mixed with crisp pear green, a splash of yellow and some white font. The light yellow wine in the bottle made me feel like, when the seal was cracked it should have sighed and bubbles should have poured out.

Just amazing, and for me, very inspirational! I've always said that inspiration comes in the strangest of places, and I am finding that in the labels, bottles and pairings of our favourite wines.

What did the White Pear Pinto Grigio inspire? Since the colours are pastel, light, citrus and lovely, I'm going to do a series of painted sculpted clay ruffles, that can be mounted on rings, hairclips or headbands!

Here's a peak at the blank canvas of one of the ruffles that you can expect to see in the shop this summer...