This week's project for Make Art That Sells was for "party paper". Paper plates, napkins, cups, stuff for parties. This was my fave project too. The theme was "flora". I decided to aim for a folky feel (but of course!). I ended up using a combination of some...
I’m a Designer for Hire
I'm really excited to be a part of the new Print and Pattern "Designers for Hire" site. The Print and Pattern blog is one of the most prestigious blogs in the surface design world. Thanks so much to Marie Perkins, who writes this blog and curates the Designers for...
Make Art That Sells-Part 1
Hi there! I just wanted to share my latest Make Art That Sells project. Make Art That Sells, by Lilla Rogers, is an online course that I started last week. Lilla is a well-known artist's agent and put together a very inspiring, educational, exhausting, exhilarating,...
Back to School
Yep, I'm participating in yet another course. Make Art that Sells. I took Part A last year. This year is Part B. Last year Part A was wonderfully draining and exhausting. I did so much great work in 5 weeks! And I met some really fabulous people along the way that...
Skully!
A few years ago I entered a contest for a scarf design. The theme was "Skulls". I'm really not into skulls and any kind of "dark" theme, but I always have loved those Sugar Skulls from the Mexican Dia de los Muertos tradition. I ended up being one of the winners! Yay!...
Where did Summer go? Part 3
The last of my summer school projects from The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design was by far my favorite! Intricate Chaos! Stylesight/WGSN trend agency provided the trend reports that we used as inspiration for our designs. I did a lot of drawings for this...
Where did Summer go? Part 2
This project was for The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design's free Summer school that I participated in last month. This is the second of three projects. You can read about the first project HERE. "Tribal Collage". Fun! I ended up mixing animal prints with a...
Where did Summer go? Part 1
I've been busy. REALLY busy. Did I miss Summer? It's gone! Yikers. I've been working really hard on so many design projects. And having a blast! I took a free summer school last month. And I want to show you what I created. I took a course with the wonderful people...
Time to Garden
I live in a city. And I really like it! Although I do miss having my own yard, our building has set up an area for us to garden. This is my third year participating. It's on top of the roof of the parking garage. This is my little garden plot! It's about a 6 x 6 foot...
Celebrate!!
Woohoo! Let's celebrate! This is another one of my colorways for my Folky-Dokey fabric collection with Modern Yardage. I did this one at the last minute, and I absolutely love it! I had so much fun doing the marketing for this line. I came up with this for the logo....