Six-Pack of Sauce Winners

Drum roll please...

In a random draw of all of our spring 2011 customer survey entries we have come up with two winners.

Monica LaBarge  &  Frank Wojcik 

Congratulations to you both, and thank you for your participation.  Please send me an email and we'll sort out the details.  Info@sauceheadwear.com.

A Few Moments with our Graphic Designer, Jessica Spring

1. Jessica, tell us a little about yourself.  Where are you from and how did you get into the field of graphic design and illustration?

I am from Dundas, Ontario ( between Toronto and Niagara Falls). Once upon a time I skied competitively. Now I'm just grateful when I can blow off work after getting the kids to school to steal an hour on the trails running or skiing. I just wish it could happen more often. I've always drawn, especially around binder rings and in paper margins as means to not pay attention.. Or I wasn't interested in anything else. Eitherway, I'm stuck with it.

2.  You have a distinctive and unique illustrative style that is all your own (We Love it!).  What is it about you and your personality that brings this out?
 I prefer either hand-drawn, organic looking  work or crisp minimalist graphics and typography... and not a heck of a lot in between. I'm finicky. I can't stand obvious digital filters and effects but I love so many thing a computer allows me to do. I might be an addict. I might get twitchy after being disconnected more than 48 hrs. The thought of which might make me a little nervous.

3.  If you had to choose one piece of your work to call your favourite, which piece would you choose?

Finished work tends to be compromised. I work for clients, not to suit myself. Things I save that are my own are often really rough thumbnail sketches. They are fresh and not over-thought.. and the line quality is the most expressive. It loses part of that reworked into a finished piece. Finished work also looks more static to me.. I'll reign in the artsty-fartsy here.

 5.  Could you tell us a little bit about the inspiration for the swirl design, and the houndstooth design.  And then, potentially expand into why you came up with those colourways for those prints?

I only adapted the houndstooth pattern - it's old and Scottish- but in my choices I was aiming for  that would be graphically strong, not too girly. I thought there should be more patterns that men might be comfortable wearing. Ms. Shayla wanted gem colours, so she got them.

Oh yeah - She's right. I did want Jewel tones ;)


Check out Jessica's Blog to see more of her creative work.


http://linearramblings.blogspot.com/

Check back with us again soon for giveaways and other fun stuff!
Shayla at Sauce

Prints Revealed!

Hello Sauce Fans.

It's September 1st, and as promised we are revealing our new prints!  This season we decided to go with two color-ways of two different patterns.  The first pattern is an awesome combination of swirls, bright beautiful colors and a randomly placed 'Sauce Splat'.  Photos below:

Tangerine Swirl

Phantom Swirl

The second pattern is Houndstooth!  Originating from the scottish lowlands many moons ago, houndstooth is a timeless, yet contemporary textile print.  Our clever designer added a little Sauce flare by incorporating some splashy colours, and our business name into the print.  Photos below:

Plum Houndstooth

Olive Houndstooth

 These prints are available for sale on our website, and at any of our amazing dealers.   All four new prints are available in each of our current products - toques and headbands!   Tell all your friends!

We're hoping to bring you an interview with our designer Jessica Spring.  Stay tuned...


- Sauce

The Winner Is...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Print Reveal Contest #2 !  You all made excellent guesses.

In a random draw from all the guesses, our winner is....

Jackie Ham-Woodman

There was only one correct answer in the mix and we couldn't let that go unnoticed, so our other winner is....

Jamie Graper with her guess of Houndstooth

Ladies, please send us an email with your mailing address and we'll sort out your prize.

info@sauceheadwear.com

Stay tuned to see the Houndstooth print revealed on September 1st.

Sincerely,

Sauce

Print Reveal Contest #2

Hello Sauce fans!  It's time for another print reveal contest....

Clue #1:  Our next new print style is a well known textile pattern that originated in Scotland.

Clue #2:  It's made of two contrasting colours.

I'm going to leave it there for now.  Make your guesses below in the comment section or on our Facebook page.

All guesses (correct or incorrect) will be entered in a draw to receive a Chill Toque in this new un-named print!

Emma from contest #1,  if you are out there be sure to send us an email with your mailing address!

Thanks for playing,
Sauce

Congratulations to our winners

The winners from our latest contest are:

Emma  & Carole.  

Congratulations ladies!  Send us an email (info@sauceheadwear.com) with you mailing address to claim your prize.

They both correctly unscrambled the clue to come up with 'Phantom Swirl'.  Want to see what phantom swirl looks like?  Check back on September 1st.

Thanks for playing and stay tuned for our next print reveal contest.

Behind The Scenes with Sauce

Sauce Headwear is looking forward to another exciting season and will be updating our blog with interesting news, tidbits and fun for our Sauce Headwear fans.

The upcoming few months will be chock-full of firsts for Sauce.

The first of the firsts, and the most exciting thing to-date is our new prints!  Our talented and creative graphic designer Jessica came up with some colourful, unique and contemporary designs that we LOVE.   All four of our current products will be available in these new prints starting September 1st.  We love word play and games like scrabble...so we're going to force it on you too ;)

Below you will see a scramble of one of our new print names.  It's a two word name and each word is scrambled separately.  Comment below with your answer and If you guess correctly you'll be entered in a draw to win a headband in this print ;)

ntahmop wrsil


Until next time...