There has been a bit of a break on the Spoonflower challenge front and it could not have come at a better time for me. The last 10 weeks has seen me sell a house, buy a house, pack up my entire belongings, drive 600 mile, take delivery of my stuff and unpack and organize the lot. Bye bye Illinois, hello Georgia.

To say that I have struggled with creative block during the stress of moving is an understatement but I am easing myself back in now and the turmoil begins to settle down.

This week’s Spoonflower challenge is opulent Halloween and I immediately thought of ghostly kings with crowns.

I do like a greenhouse hothouse experience and always imagine I am going to be greeted by monkeys swinging through the lush foliage and florals at every turn. That was my inspiration behind the design I created for this week’s Spoonflower challenge- Hothouse Florals.

Tropical Monkey Floral

Surfing was my immediate thought when coming up with design ideas for the beachy Boho Spoonflower challenge and this is what I came up with.

Surf Camp

I’m working on a collection, work in progress but here is one of the designs

A few years ago I lived in rural Pennsylvania and had access the best Farmers Market you can imagine. I gave up shopping in grocery stores and bought all our food from this magical market. I bought a pull along shopping trolly I named Dolly!

I got to know the stall owners and they each had their own specialty. I bought my lettuce from the lettuce man, my celery from the celery woman and my strawberries from the strawberry lady. They each had passion and pride of their produce.

Here lay my inspiration for the Farmers Market challenge!

Strawberry Market

and of course I created a little collection to go with my design

Strawberry Harvest