This month's Designer Calendar freebie was designed by the very talented Dawn Clarkson. We met in the Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design e-course last year. Dawn is from England, but currently lives in Torino, Italy. I can't believe it's July already!!...
Urban Gardening
As some of you know, I live in Providence, Rhode Island, right in the heart of the city. I live in an awesome loft in an old foundry, and one of the great perks about living here is having a garden plot on top of the parking garage roof. I absolutely love taking a...
Fruitylicious
Need your help for another fun contest from Spoonflower, the theme is "Citrus Fruit". Click HERE to go to the voting page. This is my design (below), called "Fruitylicious", my shop name is Groovity. You're going to see 27 pages of entries. Click on whatever designs...
Folky~Dokey
Just wanted to give you a peek into what I'm working on now for Modern Yardage. Well, ONE of the things that I'm working on now, hehe! This collection is called "Folky-Dokey". Below are the colorways for the main pattern, "Boho". I usually make the first pattern in...
My New Fabric Collection! Sneak Peek
About a month ago I posted that I was licensing my fabric designs to a fabulous new company called Modern Yardage. I wanted to update you on my progress on my first collection... I am currently finalizing the colors, and hopefully this week I'll get everything...
My Visual Nirvana-Beads
I am really trying to be more consistent as a blogger. And I thought, what better way to do this...post pictures (in a somewhat organized manner) that I love. Right! Well, I already have a Pinterest category called "My Visual Nirvana", so I thought I would possibly do...
NYC Store Snaps-part 2
This the second part of my NYC (New York City) store snaps. I love taking pictures, hope that you enjoy viewing them 🙂 If you missed my first post, click HERE to view. Isn't this a riot? It's me, on a gigantor couch, possibly big enough for Shaquille O'Neal. At ABC...
NYC Store Snaps-part 1
I'm finally getting around to posting some neato pictures that I took in a few stores on my recent trip to New York City. The trip started off a bit rough, I was supposed to take the Acela train into the city, but there was a massive derailment the night before, so...
Thank You Patternbank!
Really nice of Patternbank to have our little "Pin-Hop" story on their blog yesterday. What a wonderful surprise! Check it out by clicking HERE. My design group, which is made up of people from all over the world, participated in this Pin Hop. What's a Pin Hop, you...
The Surtex Experience…
I wanted to give you a little peek into my "Surtex Experience". Now in its 27th year, SURTEX® is the global B2B marketplace for original art & design—where artists, agents and licensors connect with manufacturers and retailers to create the next best-selling...