The calendar Tea Towel challenge can be counted on every year and this week is it’s time! I update all my calendars every year. Here is the entire 2026 collection
2026 Calendar Flamingo
2026 Calendar- Spoonflower Challenge
Category: Lastest Designs
Garden Tapestry Spoonflower Design Challenge.
This was an interesting challenge to design for. I imagined myself lying in a garden meadow looking up to the stars! With all the light pollution we have in the Chicago area it never really gets very dark!
Midnight Meadow Tapestry
Jewel Toned Boho Spoonflower Challenge
The palette of Jewel Tones is really up for interpretation so I think this challenge will be all over the place! I went for a patchwork sort of look which would really stunning made into overalls, or dungarees as us Brits call them!
Patchwork Boho Floral
Autumn Hunt Club Spoonflower Design Challenge
The spoonflower challenge this week is to create a design that channels the vintage Americana-meets-British aristocracy look found in classic country clubs. Having split my life almost 50-50 between the USA and Britain, this prompt spoke to me but have to say the “sport” of hunting is very different either side of the pond.
I also did some line art versions.
Animal Print Spoonflower Challenge
I already have a whole collection of Animal Print Patterns on Spoonflower but it is the prompt for this week’s challenge so I conjured up something different.
1970’s Spoonflower Design Challenge
If 70′ decor is making a come back then I cringe, but it is the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge.
I fiddled about with loud geometric shapes but nothing really spoke to me so I went in a completely different direction and ended up channeling platform boots … as you do! It would make a really interesting wallpaper for a vintage clothing store.
70s Platform Shoes And Paisley
I also updated a old design I had done for a previous 70’s challenge to reflect the colorways of my new design
Festive Animals Spoonflower Challenge
This week’s Spoonflower challenge is Festive animals and over the years I have created quite a few designs that fit neatly into this prompt. See my Christmas Festive Animals collection
I thought I’d be stumped for ideas for this one but I have been playing around with my Busy Dam Beavers and thought it was about time they had some Christmas fun. Beavers aren’t really an animal you associate with Christmas but that is how I like to roll!
Cottagecore Wallpaper
Cottagecore is the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge and it was a fun one to design for. I went for a soft color palette and transported myself to a floral meadow with free range ducks.
Retro Halloween Spoonflower Challenge
I have barely broken out my summer clothes but am already channeling fall, with thoughts of Halloween and ideas for the retro Halloween Spoonflower challenge.
I have gone super funky hippy psychedelic with a pumpkin and mushroom design. It is a bit wild!
70’s Psychedelic Halloween Pumpkins
Palm Springs Spoonflower Challenge
Once again the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge is a bit of a puzzle. Palms Springs. They had an identical prompt a few years back and I have to say, if it is a trend that is blowing up all over the place, it is not something I have noticed. So to run it again is odd and when you have designed for a prompt once (and successfully landed in the top 10 – 6th place), it is even harder to design for it again.
Phew got that off my chest.
I decided to riff off my design that place well last time, using some of the same design elements and an identical color palette but I introduced some fun flamingos and well thought out angles. It ended up looking very different
Palm Springs Desert Oasis Flamingos
In typical fashion I created a few coordinate designs too!
