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Gardening is Good for your Soul…

May 28, 2015 by groovity

I think my favorite thing to do is gardening. Why? Because when I am doing it, I am not worrying about a thing. I find it highly therapeutic and relaxing, even though I’ve digging and carrying pails of water around the yard. I’ve just moved to a new house, and I’ve got tons of room and a yard and a deck! We had one of the toughest Winters, and this Spring is really an exciting time for me. This is my […]

Categories: Color, My Life, Photography • Tags: botanical interests, Butterfly, dianthus, flowers, garden, gazania, groovity, grow, herbs, ice plant, jalapeno peppers, mary tanana, osteospurmum, plant, spring, summer, tomatoes, yard, zucchini

Opening Day

July 20, 2014 by groovity

I’ve finally opened my Etsy shop! And it feels like it’s taken forever. And…I’m still not finished adding everything. I have a lot more initials to complete! Yesterday I picked up the giant roll of giclee prints at a fabulous local print shop called Concept Link. The man who runs it, Nadeem, is FABULOUS to work with. I was so excited with the quality of how everything printed. I was a bit worried about the background textures, as they came […]

Categories: Color, Etsy, New Design • Tags: art, card, czech, design, draw, etsy, floral, flowers, folk, giclee, greeting, initial, letter, monogram, moravian, polish, print, providence, quote, ralph waldo emerson, wycinanki

#flower #stripe #star #dot #puzzle #mosaic #organic #mosaic #graphic #colorful #star #bead #cane #floral #whimsical #multicolor #cheerful #daisy #bold #circle #round #modern #contemporary #fun #playful #hip

My Modern Yardage Debut

August 9, 2013 by groovity

I am beyond excited to announce that my new collection for Modern Yardage is now available for sale!! There are currently two colorways ready for purchase, and eight more to come! Let me tell you, it took a lot of hard work from both myself and the fabulous people at Modern Yardage to bring these collections to you. There is so much that goes on behind the scenes, but so far, it’s been such a pleasure to be involved with […]

Categories: Design, Fabric Collection, Inspirational, My Design Featured, New Design • Tags: color, contemporary, craft, decor, fabric, floral, flowers, folk, folky, geometric, groovity, mary tanana, millefiori, modern yardage, pattern, quilt, sew, stripe, surface design, surface pattern design

Urban Gardening

June 29, 2013 by groovity

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 break and going up there to get some sun, sketch, and chat with others who might be hanging out. Here is the view from my window! […]

Categories: Inspirational, My Life, Photography • Tags: canon, city, city life, clematis, digital slr, floral, flowers, foundry, garden, gardening, gazania, herbs, iphone, iPhone5, loft, loft living, photography, plant, plants, providence, providence RI, rhode island, ri, urban gardening, vegetables, zinna

Folky~Dokey

June 27, 2013 by groovity

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 each collection fairly complex, then I’ll take bits and pieces of it and design the companion patterns that coordinate with the main one. These will be available in 3 sizes. I fiddled […]

Categories: Fabric Collection, New Design • Tags: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, bohemian, boho, craft, crafting, decor, design, fabric, fabric collection, floral, flower design, flower pattern, flowers, henna, henna surface design, henna surface pattern design, modern yardage, pattern, quilt, quilting, rhode island school of design, risd, surface pattern, surface pattern design, wycinanki

Thank You Patternbank!

June 18, 2013 by groovity

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 ask? First of all, the Pin Hop was curated by Tina Olsson of FYLLAYTA. For this one, we based our designs on Patternbank’s Autumn/Winter ’13/’14 trend forecast. We each designed a collection […]

Categories: Design, Group Design Project, My Design Featured, New Design, Pinterest • Tags: A/W 13, collection, design, fabric collection, feature, floral, flowers, forecast, garden, ogee, pattern, patternbank, pin hop, pinhop, pinterest, surface design, surface pattern, trend