papercoterie

Another online site for cards, book, calendars, etc... is about to launch, callend papercoterie . I've been working on some projects for them. I'll let you know when it goes live. But, until then, visit their site and register and you'll get a Buy One Get One Free coupon via email.... Gotta love Free stuff!!!

Rivetal is the company behind the site. My husband works there and helped some on the original designs of the site. They too have been working hard getting the site ready to launch. Kind of exciting to sort of be working on a project together. In a strange sort of way.

an apron for anna

Char is going to a birthday party tonight for her friend, Anna, who's turning 2. I couldn't resist making her one of these super cute aprons. Then I picked up a wooden rolling pin from the toy store. So fun! I used some scraps of fabric from Char's bedding to make the apron.

Anna's apron. I hope she likes it.

Char modeling her apron and rolling pin.

Wow! That was fast!

I received my swatches from Spoonflower yesterday. Wow! That was fast! I was so excited to see my design on fabric! I love it! In fact, I might just order a yard or so and make Char a dress out of it! I think it'd be worth it. What do you think?





If I were to order more of this, would you like it on a book? I could make it into book cloth. That would be a fun project as well.

Let me know what ya think.

Fresh Lemonade & Shutterfly

I'm so excited to tell you all about the designs I did for Fresh Lemonade that are now on Shutterfly. You can see all of the designs here . Just click on Fresh Lemonade on the left. Here are some of my designs. I have about 15 in the Christmas section and a few more in the baby section. It's so fun to see my designs live. Make me feel good and go buy one of my designs! hee hee hee!

FREE Swatch Day at Spoonflower

Hey everyone!
It's Free Swatch Day at Spoonflower. From now until tomorrow afternoon you can order a free swatch from Spoonflower. Just go here . Plus if you really want, you can order my fabric swatch called dixie that I entered in the Boba Baby Design Contest earlier this year. Or, go and design your own.



Here's a quick screenshot of my order totally FREE. Make sure to click on Test Swatch to get your FREE swatch with FREE shipping. WaaaaHooo!!!



Happy Shopping!

birthday gifts

Sorry everyone for not posting like I should. I guess I've let the summer get the best of me. I've been having way too much fun swimming, enjoying the sunshine, gardening and now watching my deck get built. I'll most definitely post pictures of the finished product, hopefully sooner than later.

My birthday is in a week and I'm so excited for a few things. Is it silly that I order my own gifts? Who knows better than yourself what you want right?

I'm getting these two books.

The first is mostly for eye candy, plus I love baking, hence the nickname, Muffin. I love these ladies blog, The FarmChicks , so why not get the book .



The other one is to help me take my Etsy Shop to the next level, since I really have no idea what I'm doing. I'm hoping to learn a lot from this book , plus it has really good reviews. I also love the cover. It was designed by Emily of Inside A Black Apple .



Third, I'm getting some of these from Sparkling Shamrock. I'm getting the 1/4 inch ones though. I want to make garden markers like these and also see what other types of surfaces they work on. I'm hoping leather and clay to mention just a few!



What types of things do you enjoy getting on your birthday? Do you have any traditions? Mine is to eat lime jello cake . It's sooooo good!!!

rejected patterns

I know what you're thinking....where have I been? Well, I've been super busy designing! But, because of all of my hard work, I thought I'd show you some of the rejects, you know, the ones that didn't make the cut for the projects I was working on. Tell me what you think.

These patterns were for a bold floral calendar I'm working on, I still like them, but ended up going a totally different direction. I drew all of these with a Wacom Tablet by hand, so they aren't as refined as some of my other patterns.

















These patterns are a little more sophisticated, but still fun!