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First of all, it's been almost 2 months since I last posted here on my Blog! I missed my traditional Spoonflower Challenge Posts since I was away for a month in Italy...I think that's a pretty good reason! But now I'm back... . So here’s the design I entered in the next Spoonflower “Palm Springs” Wallpaper Design Challenge (first pic in Aqua/Blue/Clay Pink)! I must say, so-called Palm Springs colours are just my thing, I think! And of course, I couldn’t resist trying out this new “Desert Leaves Oasis” design in a bunch of colourways (scroll down)! Public voting for this Challenge opens this Thursday June 5 (WHAT? June?!) and you can link to the Voting Page HERE! 
My "Desert Leaves Oasis" pattern design in Lime/Green/Orange and Pink/Purple/Cream. Find them in my Spoonflower Shop!
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My new “Pick A Posy” floral now comes in a bunch of colourways! For the colours, I experimented with pairs, so that each colourway has two options that contrast with each other but can still work together! I entered the first Green one in the current Spoonflower “Bold Florals” Design Challenge because I thought it was one of the boldest colour options! What do you think, is it “bold”?! Keep scrolling to see all the other colourways now available! Public voting for this Challenge opens today March 27 and closes on Tuesday April 8. You can link to the Voting Page HERE. All these colourways of my new "Pick a Posy" floral pattern are now available in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in several sizes! They're also available on Wallpaper in my Happywall Shop too!
AND wouldn’t I love to see my brand new “Pick A Posy” floral pattern on a Men’s Shirt? Answer: YES. And wouldn’t I love to see it in all the colours too? Answer: YES. And am I just dreaming right now? Answer: YES. And is this pattern now available to license? Answer: YES! Just Contact Me if you'd like to discuss licensing my designs for your products! The current Spoonflower Design Challenge is “Heritage Revival” Wallpaper. The Challenge is to “Use traditional motifs from the Arts and Crafts movement, Neoclassicism and other historical eras to reproduce them with your own tasteful take”. So I looked to William Morris who was prominent in the Arts & Crafts Movement and later influenced Art Nouveau, and his famous “Strawberry Thief” print design as inspiration...Here’s my modern take, my own “Strawberry Thief”! Public voting for this Challenge is now open and closes Tuesday March 25 2025. You can link to the Voting Page HERE! . My new “Strawberry Thief” pattern design is now available in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in several scales! . You can also find my "Strawberry Thief" pattern design on Walllpaper in my Happywall Shop too. All Happywall products are printed in and ship from Sweden.  
 Whoops! I forgot to post my entry for the last Spoonflower "Novelty Paisley" Design Challenge, so to catch everything up, here it is: my “Paisley Galore” pattern design in very retro 1960s Hot Pink, Red, Purple, Royal Blue and Sand on Dark Cherry Red (one of my current favourite colours, btw). I now call this my "Cherry Bomb" Colour Palette! Public voting for this Challenge unfortunately closed Tuesday March 11...But you can vote in the next Challenge (see my next post)! Check out the Voting Page HERE! . And added BONUS if you get the 1960s reference of the name of this new pattern design... . And keep scrolling to see all the other colourways now available in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in several scales! Click the images to SHOP these colourways (Medium-Scale) in my Spoonflower Shop! Don't forget they also come in a Small- and Large-Scale version too. Contact me if you're having issues finding the colour/scale you want!  AND...My "Paisley Galore" Pattern Design in a BUNCH of other colourways too!
My brand new “Bella” floral pattern is my entry for the current Spoonflower “Accent Walls” Design Challenge! I tried it in several colourways, but I think the rich and jewel-toned “Tapestry” Color Palette is the most, well, ACCENT-y! Public voting for this Challenge opens today Thursday Jan 16 and is open until Tuesday Jan 28! CLICK HERE to check out the Voting Page! . My “Bella” floral pattern is now available in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in several colourways (scroll down to see them!) and sizes! 
See below for the other currently-available colourways: Summer Colours (left below) and Mocha Mousse (the 2025 Pantone Color of the Year) and the Pantone Subtle Contrasts Color Palette (right below)!
You can click the images above to see these colourways in my Spoonflower Shop!
I’ve entered my “Fantasia” floral print in the current Spoonflower “Pantone Color of the Year: Fabric Palette” Design Challenge! The Challenge was to design fabric for an upholstery use using "Mocha Mousse" (the 2025 Pantone COTY) and the Pantone "Subtle Contrasts" Colour Palette! This palette also includes some beautiful blues...Which I was happy about! You can link to the Voting Page HERE. Public voting ends Tuesday Jan 14! . AND keep scrolling to see some of the other "Fantasia" colourways (some are not yet available in my Shops, but check back soon)!  If you want to SHOP my "Fantasia" in this colourway (Medium-Scale) in my Spoonflower Shop. Just CLICK HERE! It also comes in a Large- and Small-Scale on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor too! 
SO when I first created my new “Garden Sprites” design I certainly didn’t envision it in this neutral-y colour palette (beige and brown, WHAT?!) BUT that being said, when I saw that the next Spoonflower Design Challenge is “Pantone 2025 Color of the Year: Monochrome Wallpaper”, which required that the Pantone COTY “Mocha Mousse” be used as the dominant colour in the design together with their “Relaxed Elegance” Colour Palette, I thought HMMMM...I wonder... . My “Garden Sprites” design with Mocha Mousse is now available in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in several sizes AND yes, I did enter it in the Challenge! Public voting opened Thursday Dec 19 (and closes Tuesday Dec 31)! You can link to the Voting Page HERE! And if you'd like to SHOP this design on Wallpaper, CLICK HERE! Don't forget, it also comes in a Small-Scale and Medium-Scale version too!  
I was kinda surprised late on Sunday Sept 1 to find out that entries for the next Spoonflower “Refined Bohemian Wallpaper” Design Challenge would close Tuesday Sept 3. Usually, the Challenges happen every 2 weeks, and since the last one closed August 27, I expected the next Challenge entries would close Tuesday Sept 10 (ie. I should have had another week to create a new design)! So it was a BIT of a scramble, but I did manage to enter my new “Bohemian Garden” design. If I had had more time, I would have fussed ALOT more over this one, but ya know, it was kinda liberating to not do that! Maybe there’s a lesson learned in that, something about spontaneity perhaps?! Public voting for this Challenge closes Tuesday Sept 24, so you still have lots of time to vote! Link to the Voting Page HERE! Click the IMAGES below to SHOP this design in my Spoonflower Shop (it comes in TWO colourways too!)  Of course, I couldn’t resist adding an alternate colourway of my "Bohemian Garden" design to my Spoonflower Shop too: Neutrals, Lavender and Mauve on Powder Blue (see below)...Maybe this 2nd colourway is more “Refined” after all, hmmm, what do you think?!  I’ve entered my new “Garden Beauties” floral print in the Spoonflower “Vintage Glam Metallic Wallpaper” Design Challenge! This Challenge was a bit, well, challenging because it required envisioning how the gold metallic of the wallpaper would change the overall look of the design (FYI: white parts of a design will print as gold metallic). I stuck with just Black & White or, I guess, Black & Gold. If you’d like to see how this floral looks in its “original” Black & White colours (available on non-metallic wallpapers) scroll down to the last image! . If you would like to vote in this Challenge, SO SORRY! Voting closed Tuesday June 4 (WHAT? June already?!), but you can still vote in the next Spoonflower Design Challenge: "Cottagecore Halloween"...See my next Blog Post! . If you'd like to see my "Garden Beauties" Gold Metallic wallpaper in my Spoonflower Shop, just click the images below!  
See below for my new "Garden Beauties" floral print in its original Black & White colourway (pssst, it also comes in a lot of other colours too in my Spoonflower Shop!)  Let's Think About Summer Gardens for This Week's Spoonflower "Welcoming Walls" Design Challenge!1/4/2024 I've just entered my new "Sunshine-y" floral pattern design in this week's Spoonflower "Welcoming Walls" Design Challenge because what could be more welcoming than a garden full of brightly-coloured flowers basking in warm sunshine...especially in Winter?! Public voting for this Challenge closes next Tuesday January 9 2024 (YES, 2024!) You can link to the Voting Page HERE (and I'd love your vote for this one!) AND you can check out all the colourways now available in my Spoonflower Shop HERE!
  If you can’t go to the Tropics, let the Tropics come to you! I’ve entered my “Tiki Room” design in this week’s Spoonflower “Block Print-Inspired” Design Challenge! Link to the Voting Page HERE! Public voting closes next Tuesday Dec 19. . A bit about this design: my "Tiki Room" design isn't really new as I designed it several years ago but never knew what to do with it...until now! It was inspired by time spent living on the Big Island, Hawaii and by a made-in-Japan "funny face" tea set sourced at a thrift shop and given to me by my husband! I like giving my older designs that are just living on my hard-drive a new life with some "adjustments" and brand new colours! 
According to the art of Floriography, every flower has its own meaning. Most of us know red roses mean romantic love, but what about others? This week's Spoonflower "Floriography" Design Challenge had me researching this, and the result is my new "Floriography" floral print! According to my sources (ahem, Google) here are the meanings of the flowers I've included here: -Daisies mean "Attachment" -Bluebottles (or Bachelors Buttons or Cornflowers) mean "Riches" -Pansies mean “Messenger of Love" -Michalemas Daisies (or Asters) mean "Farewell". . I apologize for the late post, but Public Voting for this Challenge closed Dec 12. BUT you can SHOP this new design on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in my Spoonflower Shop! I entered the first version on Dark Green in the Challenge, but I do love all the bright colours in the Yellow version too! Maybe one for Autumn and one for Summer? Click the IMAGES below to link directly to the Medium-Scale versions in my Spoonflower Shop!
At first glance, the colours of my "Aubergine" design below might not seem like me, and if you thought that, you'd be right! That's because I entered this one in this week's Spoonflower "East Fork: Night Swim & Molasses" Design Challenge which required the use of that gorgeous teal ("Night Swim") and dark brown ("Molasses") to match East Fork Pottery's seasonal glaze colours (for use on matching table linens). Public voting for this Challenge opens Thursday Oct 26 (and closes Tuesday Oct 31) and you can link to the Voting Page HERE! If you'd like to SHOP these designs in my Spoonflower Shop, just click the images below to link to the Medium-Scale versions. They are also available in a Small- and Large-Scale version too on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor!  Although I do love the East Fork colourway, see below for the version in the original colours that you will probably think is more "me"! This repeat pattern is in turn based on an "Eggplant Seed Packet" illustration I created in 2022 to submit to the Uppercase Magazine "Seed Packet" comp for Issue #53 which was all about Gardening (scroll down to see it). Ultimately, it wasn't picked (although my "Peas Seed Packet" was!). Since then, I've had it in the back of my mind to create a fun repeat pattern design from that original illustration...And here it is! OH and I renamed it to "Aubergine" just because I like the sound of that better than "Eggplant" (which is what we call this veg here in Canada).   This week's Spoonflower Design Challenge is "Whimsigothic Wallpaper". So what is "whimsigothic" anyway, you might ask? I had the same question! Doing a bit of research, I discovered it is a mash-up of dark, ornate, mysterious Victorian Gothic design with bright unexpected colours and boho modern touches. So here is my take: I pictured an old stone castle with Gothic stained-glass windows, ornate velvet furniture in dark moody colours, fading tapestries and dusty chandeliers...Thus the name of this floral: "Castle Rose". BUT I also made sure to create the flowers and leaves in a semi-abstract way (look closely) in, what else? Fuchsia Pink! Public voting for this Challenge opens Thursday Sept 7 and closes next Tuesday Sept 12. You can link to the Voting Page HERE! And if you'd like to SHOP this design, click HERE to see the LARGE-Scale version. It also comes in a SMALL-Scale and MEDIUM-Scale version too!   I must say this week's Spoonflower "Vintage Sportswear" Design Challenge was a tough one! I mean, what do you think of when you think of 70s, 80s or 90s sportswear?! After trying and tossing a bunch of ideas, I ended up with my "Anemone" retro floral in bright 1970s colours (first pic)! I can see a pretty cool fleece jacket or ski suit in this (what do you think, my Nelson, BC ski buddies?) Public voting is open now and you can link to the Voting Page HERE! . I also want to thank the team at Make It In Design whose "Creative Tip Of The Week" posted on their Blog on August 25 about how to use Adobe Illustrator's Blend Tool inspired me to try something new! . Click the IMAGES below to link directly to the Medium-Scale versions of this design in TWO colourways in my Spoonflower Shop. They also come in Small- and Large-Scale versions too!   |
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