French for “Trick of the Eye” Trompe Loeil was super fun to design for. It also wraps up the Spoonflower design challenges for 2021. I have kept to my personal promise and entered every single one… just as I did in 2020. I will have another round up of how I did in the new year.
Oooh I have never been to Palm Springs but after all the research I have done this week for The Palm Springs wallpaper challenge, I now am itching to visit. What a fun place it sounds!
Every year they celebrate with Modernism Week which includes house tours and all sorts of fun events. I named my design in it’s honor
It was pretty fun doing research for this week’s Spoonflower design challenge, Comeback Species.
I came across the Bermese Star tortoise and when I saw the beautiful pattern on it’s shell I knew this wonderful creature was I wanted to draw inspiration from, for this challenge.
I riffed on it’s geometrical nature and went full geometrical in my design!
Bermese Star Tortoise Geometric
I would really love a greenhouse in my garden to extend the short growing season here in Chicago …maybe one day!
Victorian Greenhouse was the prompt for this week’s Spoonflower challenge so I channeled my desire and came up with this – Bountiful Botanical Greenhouse
Love is in the air for this week’s Spoonflower challenge Kitsch Valentine where the prompt is to channel #lovecore, vintage, sweet, sickly and lets face it tacky stuff.
I came up with Valentine Kitsch Birdies
I also turned some of my sweet birds into whimsical stickers!
For this week’s Spoonflower challenge – Quirky Amphibians, I ended up creating two designs and bounced back and forth on which one I should enter!
I ended up going with Frog Swamp Party
Here was my other contender, Frog Pond Band
Let’s hope I made the right choice!
We are back again this week to a limited color palette challenge and unlike the last limited color challenge , the colors don’t send me into the depths of despair. My goodness that challenge morphed itself into a two week creative block. Yikes!
This week the challenge is to create something cozy, suitable for throws, curtains and wallpaper. There is nothing more cozy than soft fuzzy knitwear, my inspiration for this week’s design
The design works well for a throw and curtains… not so sure about wallpaper … it may be a bit loud!
I used to have loads of magnificent house plants but I move around a lot and on all but one occasion, the removal companies have refused to load my green lovelies on their trucks. I think it has something to do with any insects they may harbor. On the one time I lucked out and got everything loaded, an overnight transportation in temperatures of -8 deg F meant that everything was dead on arrival … and any liquid in that shipment was also completely frozen … shampoo, olive oil you name it!
So these days a wall hanging of an indoor garden – this week’s Spoonflower design challenge, is quite appealing!
The inspiration for my design came from the peace a tranquility house plants can provide.
I am not really one for motivational sayings and inspirational quotes but one thing that has been with me my entire life is my love of EXPLORING. I have moved countless times – different country, states and unlike most people, it does not fill me with dread, quite the opposite. Moving has given me the opportunity to explore the unknown and have new adventures!
It seemed only logical that that my lust for adventure became the theme for my Spoonflower Challenge entry this week
Well this was a fun Spoonflower challenge, create a recipe wall hanging.
As a kid I had a really sweet tooth and come Christmas time I absolutely not only loved making but consuming sugar mice!
They are super easy to make especially with kids.
