New Graphic Tee for the Friends of the National Arboretum's 2025 Spring 5K Race on March 23 2025!4/8/2025 Just sharing this fun project I worked on with Friends of the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. They wanted me to create a magnolia-themed graphic tee design for their race participants. Read on for the story behind this design. . • From Friends of the National Arboretum's Instagram post: "What’s the story behind the 2025 FONA 5K race series t-shirt design? This year’s design features magnolia flowers and cones from iconic U.S. National Arboretum introductions and research programs. The flowers depicted are from the “girls” introductions, which were a set of eight deciduous hybrid magnolias released in 1968. They were named after the daughters of the Arboretum scientists who developed them (Magnolia ‘Betty’, ‘Ann’, ‘Judy’, ‘Randy’, and ‘Ricki’), the daughter of the Arboretum director at the time (‘Susan’), and the wife of the Secretary of Agriculture at the time (‘Jane’). Magnolia ‘Pinkie’ comes from a nickname. The magnolia cones featured in the design are of Magnolia grandiflora, which Oliver Freeman used in his original evergreen magnolia breeding program in the early 1930s. The Arboretum’s logo is a stylized version of a Magnolia grandiflora cone. Thank you to @unblinkstudio [me!] for making this beautiful design. Save the date for our Fall 5K on Sunday, November 9th!" . Photo credits: Beth Haubach and Friends of the National Arboretum. 
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Graphic T-Shirt Design for Friends of the National Arboretum Fall 5K Run in Washington DC!11/24/2024 On November 10 2024, the Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) Fall 5K Run was, well, RUN in Washington, DC, and every participant received their Race T-Shirt which I helped design! I'm a runner myself, and whenever I participate in a race, it's always fun to receive the registration package which usually includes a great souvenir Tee! Although I didn't run in this race, I loved seeing the T-Shirts out there! . PHOTO CREDITS: Beth Haubach and Friends of the National Arboretum, Washington DC.      I’ve entered my "Forest Biome Mushrooms" in the current Spoonflower “Forest Biome Wallpaper” Design Challenge! I had thought I’d do it in more typical “mushroom-y” colours, but I guess you can see how that went! Public voting for this Challenge opened Thursday Feb 1 and closes Tuesday February 13. You can link to the Voting Page HERE! . AND if you'd like to see this fun print design on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in my Spoonflower Shop, CLICK HERE (this is the Large-Scale version which I think is best for Wallpaper). It also comes in a Small-Scale and Medium-Scale version too! . AND of course I couldn't resist adding this design to Graphic Tees in my TeePublic Shop! Scroll down to see!   AND as I said, I couldn't resist...I had to adapt this design for Graphic Tees (and more) too! Now available in my TeePublic Shop!  I'm playing catchup here since I've been away in Taiwan (it was an amazing trip, btw, and I'll try to write a post about it very soon!) BUT, getting back to catching up...While I was away, one of the Spoonflower Design Challenges was "Surrealist Wallpaper", and I did manage to enter my new "Disembodied" design (in the Retro Colours, below left) before I left for Taiwan. When I looked at surrealist art, I just seemed to notice the weird eyes, mouths and hands the most! Voting for this Challenge closed November 14, but this new design is now available in my Spoonflower, Redbubble, Society6 and TeePublic Shops in both Retro Colours and Rainbow Brights! Click the product images below to see these products in my Shops!
These cute Monsters have discovered that pets can sometimes have poopoo accidents! Ah well, they love their pets anyway! I entered my "Monsters and Their Pets" design in Spoonflower's "Monster Mash" Design Challenge! You can now purchase this design in my Spoonflower Shop on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor! AND how could I resist?! This design is also now available on Graphic Tees, Wall Art, Totes and more in my TeePublic Shop AND on Lots of Other Products in my Redbubble Shop too! . DESIGN NOTE: For some reason (not sure why, really), I wanted to try out a design using just geometric shapes. So look closely….These guys are composed of just various shapes which I created by "adding" shapes together or "subtracting" shapes from other shapes! I very much enjoyed this process, it was actually quite Zen! And it was very fun discovering how little changes and details can add personality (check out the biceps on the little guy and the pigeon toes on the tall guy!)…I might have to try more of these!   Graphic Tee available in my TeePublic Shop!  Wall Art Poster available in my TeePublic Shop! I've been super busy the last few weeks, so missed posting about the last four Spoonflower Challenges! I wanted to catch up with them, so I hope you enjoy this recap! Wedding Table Linens Challenge (June 8 2023): "Seahells" For this Challenge, I knew I wanted something not-so-traditional. So I decided to enter my "Seashells" design in the first Pink, Yellow and Green colourway! Maybe perfect for a "destination" wedding in some warm tropical beach locale? You can see all the various colourways in my "Age Of Aquariums" Collection in my Spoonflower Shop!
Tropical Fruits Challenge (June 15 2023): "Tropical Fruits With Lotsa Dots" Although I entered my "Tropical Fruits With Lotsa Dots" in the first Juicy Brights colourway (it's pretty fun on a Food Truck, right?) in the Spoonflower "Tropical Fruit" Design Challenge, I couldn't help trying this design out in a bunch of other colourways too: Earthy Brights, Mid-Century Vintage, Pop Art Brights and Postmodern. Should I keep going? Call me obsessed! They're all now available in my Spoonflower Shop in 3 scales on Fabrics, Wallpaper and Home Decor in my "Fruits and Vegetable Themes" Collection (with lots of other fresh designs too!) Click the images to go directly to that colourway in my Shop!  
Birds of Prey Wallpaper Challenge (June 22 2023): "Woo Hoo" Would these guys be what you think of when you think of "Birds Of Prey"? No?! Well, owls are birds of prey, even if they're funny and cute! I should know, one grabbed my head when I was running one dark morning, probably thought my ponytail was an animal tail (what would that have made my head?!) You can find my "Woo Hoo" design in my Spoonflower Shop in 3 scales; my TeePublic Shop for Graphic Tees and more; and in my Redbubble Shop on lotsa fun products! 
Buttercups Home Decor Challenge (June 29 2023): "Charmed With Buttercups" And FINALLY (for this post anyway)...After some last-minute mind-changing I decided to enter my "Charmed With Buttercups" design in the first moody Coral, Olive and Beige on Dark Purple colourway in the "Buttercups Home Decor" Design Challenge! I did create several other colourways for this design (see below), thus all the last-minute mind-changing, but thought the first colourway would be perfect for Home Decor! You can link to each colourway in my Spoonflower Shop by clicking on the images below! The links will connect you with the Medium-Scale versions (except the Duvet cover which is shown in Large-Scale), but these also come in both a Small- and Large-Scale too! 
PHEW! NOTE TO SELF: Don't miss posting about the Spoonflower Challenges each week! I'll try to keep up from now on. I hope you enjoyed this though!
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