Category: Spoonflower

For the elevated classic spoonflower challenge I decided to to a good hard look at houndstooth. To the layman it can look like quite a complicated pattern but when you break it down it is super simple. The repeat is a simple square of diagonal bands but when you add and remove color the results are spectacular.

Now I mucked arounds with that simple repeat block a little and came up with this. I gave a classic hounds tooth a modern preppy feel.

Modern Houndstooth Floral

Oooh and of course I created a blue version too!

I really love hydrangeas and they feature quite a bit in my designs, they are the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge.

Now I know voters are going to be faced with a sea of these beautiful blooms so I took a slightly whimsical approach to the prompt.

Happy Hydrangea Rabbits

Loud and festive is what I went for this week’s Spoonflower challenge with a jolly Santa and a wacky reindeer … all while I am literally melting away in the Atlanta heat!

phew!

I also created a little collection around my hero design

Christmas Cheer

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