I created a whimsical montage of pelicans eating and catching fish for this weeks Spoonflower Challenge “Large Birds”
It would be a fun design to use for decor items in a beach house
Voting start on Thursday June 18th
Update!
My Hungry Pelicans got 45th place out of 769 designs, receiving 169 votes.
I have been playing around with tessellation recently and already have a couple of patterns accepted by Patternbank, check out Frenzy and Tessellated Dogster
So when the prompt of quiet space came up as a challenge my mind immediately went to the calming nature of positive and negative space that can be created with a beautifully tessellated shape.
I went for a soft flowing shape…no hard angles for an eye to stop abruptly at. And of course the design had to be a soft calming blue with the hint of a watercolor wash.
Presenting Tessellated Tranquility
Not sure on the reaction of this one…it may well bomb, but as always you will be a friend forever if you vote for me! – voting starts 11th June.
Update!
Tessellated Tranquility came in at 39/820 and received 141 votes you can buy it here
Sweet beavers collecting sticks to build their dams – Busy dam beavers, my entry for the Canadian Wildlife Spoonflower Challenge
I cracked open my watercolor paints for this weeks Spoonflower Design challenge – Midsummer Festival and created a hand painted design evocative of pretty floral crowns. “Meadow Floral Crowns“
Once I got going I just let my paintbrush run wild and ended up producing an entire collection of pretty summer floral patterns.
Update!
My design placed 63/739 and received 134 votes. Thank to everyone who voted
You can buy the fabric here
I took a more modern interpretation of toile for this weeks Spoonflower challenge. My Butterfly Toile design features whimsical butterflies fluttering between meadow flowers but in keeping with traditional toile I kept to a blue color palette. What can I say. I am a sucker for blue and will use it whenever I can!
I might have gone too far out of the box of the challenge prompt but the design makes a pretty wallpaper!
Voting opens on May 21 and closes on May 26, all votes appreciated!
This week the Spoonflower design challenge is to create a repeat pattern inspired by a cause that is close to your heart. The inspiration for me was easy and motivated by the habitat restoration volunteer work I do with Lake County Forest Preserve.
For about a year and a half I have been working with a great team at Cuba Marsh where we have been restoring the prairie back to it’s former glory by removing invasive shrubs like blackthorn and sowing native seeds.
The results are breathtaking!
and here is my design that they inspired, “Prairie Restoration is Good“
This week the winner will not only win Spoondollars but Spoonflower will also make a $200 donation to the winning designer’s non-profit organization of choice.
Update
Well I didn’t get that coveted first place but came in at a very respectable 4th!
with 279 votes, the most votes I have ever received in a challenge – even more than the challenge I won!
Many thanks to all who voted!
Gourmet gateaux on cake stands with vases of flowers on a soft gingham background – “Let them Eat Cake” – my entry for this weeks Spoonflower design challenge
I “ummed”and “ahed” for quite a while about which design and colorway from my Fantastic Animal collection I should enter for this weeks Spoonflower challenge. In the end I made a last minute switcharoo, changing from a coral and white colorway to blue.
I have gone for this whimsical design of hippos swimming
The design will be previewed on wallpaper for voting
I think it would be a fun wallpaper in any kids room!
Update
Yay, my Hippo Swimmers placed 10th out of 711 design and received a total of 215 votes!
The prompt for this weeks Spoonflower challenge was Noodle bowls. I sort of went outside the box on this one and ended up with birds feeding noodles to their babies. It is titled Bird Nest Noodles
p.s Placed 12th out of 507 design with 236 votes, so pretty pleased with that, Take a look at the winning design
Gosh, who would have thought the launch of this online portfolio would also coincide with me winning first place in a Spoonflower design challenge!
My Ink Splat Indigo and Green Tie Dye design got 262 votes and beat 498 other designs for that coveted 1st place. Time to do a little happy dance particularly with all the Convid 19 doom and gloom around us.
The design is part of my Modern Tie Dye collection . You can read more about how I created it here
