sketching

Buried in new work and planning for future adventures has me excited and stressed...

studies for a new collection

Friday eye candy

Have you seen this video by Kina Grannis??  Take a little break and be inspired by the making of this video.  Then watch the final video below.  Truly amazing!

Hungarian jewelry designer - Krisztina Stomfai

I kinda have a big birthday coming up this weekend.  In an early gift to myself I bought a ring from local Hungarian designer, Krisztina Stomfai .  I have had my eye on this ring for over a year.  When I went to WAMP last weekend and saw she was at the show and selling the exact ring in the exact size for tiny finger I felt it was meant to be.  I love that this ring is one solid piece of metal-how cool is that!  

Krisztina Stomfai

stomfai.krisztina@gmail.com

These are some of her other designs that I think are adorable!

a finished quilt

I received a lovely email from Jennifer Matuska.  Attached were images of the quilt she made using the Bonjour! fabric collection.  Jennifer, thanks so much for sending the images.  It is so great to see how others put the fabrics together.

Quilter: Jennifer Matuska

Pattern: Sparkle Punch from Elizabeth Hartman

Fabric: Bonjour! by Diane Kappa

The back is adorable!  So cute and unexpected!

society6 new design!!

Finally some new Society6 designs!

Introducing "Twisted Floral"

getting messy with paint at printa

I took a screen printing class at Printa with 2 friends on Friday.  I took a class years ago but wanted a refresher and wanted to work on a 2 color print which I have never done.  The staff was super nice.  I should had planned on more time at the studio.  I felt a bit rushed....screen printing takes a long time.  The actual producing of a print is easy.  It is the set up and preparation that takes forever and is difficult.

Unfortunately we ran out of time and I never got to work on the one print I was so excited about.  But the screen is made and the prints will be made in the next few weeks.  We did get to work on the other two prints that I brought.

A little sneak peak at a project I have been working on with Parna!

I am so excited about this!  I love this print!  I can't wait to show the you the final product!

The drying rack.

 

Pulling the second color

So exciting to watch it all come to life

mmmm.....mixing colors!

This is the print we ran out of time on.  And it is my favorite!  It was one of my black and white paintings I did at Christmas.  I will be making 20 prints and will be selling them on Etsy in a few months.  So stay tuned!

I am thinking about doing a bunch of designs on a big scale - A2 size.  I would love to go even bigger.....hmmm.  Any thoughts?

sketches

april sketches.