It is that time of year again when Pantone have announced their color of the year 2025. I had an inkling that it would be a brown and I was totally correct. This year’s color is Mocha Mousse.

Spoonflower is having two challenges using this color. The first one is for a wallpaper and the second is for a fabric. We get to combine Mocha Mousse with different color palettes for each.

So Mocha Mousse for me conjures up smooth elegant jazz and that was my immediate inspiration for the wallpaper challenge.

Jazz Club in Mocha Mousse

I took a deep dive into the woods for this week’s Spoonflower challenge “Cabincore”

Deep Woods

My favorite character in my design was the bear and I took him on a little design journey of his own and created Marshmallow Bear and feathered friends

oooh and I also created a monotone version of my deep woods design.

The prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge was to create a design that depicts a “nurturing, serene environment for a newborn that remains stylish and relevant as the baby ages”. 

Bring it on!

I went for a gender neutral look with a design that is age appropriate to about age 10. I used a palette of soft colors and gave it a watercolor look

Hedgehog Fun

I also created a line art version which is available in a number of colors in the Hedgehog Nursery Collection a non directional print and a simple patchwork which was my entry for the baby blanket challenge.

The prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge is Conversational and I went around and around trying to find inspiration for this one. A conversational design is one that takes an everyday object and turns it into a design.

So I had my hair cut last week and as I sat rabbiting to my stylist I had an ahha moment!

Hair Styling Tools

I feel a little collection coming on but I have not yet got to it yet!