tis the season

I like how this is coming along. Hopefully I'm going to make the cut-off for printing wrapping paper on Spoonflower.

more bee love

Still playing with little bee motifs. Other ideas are brewing. I'm not a one trick pony, just a little fixated at the moment on the bee. But I've been sketching and thinking about branching out trying new things, sitting down and really trying to focus on developing new work. But it is hard, the day is not long enough, literally. Why does the day have to get so much shorter in winter? At least my desire to knit is engaged now and soup making, those things come easy. But sitting down to draw at the end of a long day, I find that really hard. Just noticed how sunny this is. I guess I can just work on making my own sunshine til the days come back.

another take on flight

little wings

A couple new designs with the patron saint of the blog.

a new bird

Actually a color refresh. But he feels like a whole new bird.

mimi's garden

From the time I was born until I was almost five I lived in a house on my grandparents farm. It was the house my mother was born in and right next door to my great grandmother Mimi. Her tiny house was filled with well-tended house plants that seemed to thrive on the ice cubes she casually dropped in after finishing her sweet tea. A giant asparagus patch and bright heat tolerant annuals were just outside her door. South Georgia heat waves cloud my barely tangible memories. But I do know that every day I ran across the yard to spend time with my quiet, garden-loving great grandmother. It seems a fitting tribute to name these bright, sun-loving prints after her. I have a few more designs to complete for this collection, but at least I know what to call them.

pretty in pink

A complete color way of my Butterflies and Blossoms collection is taking shape. Pink and green, just in time for spring's big show in my garden, which happens to be dominated by pink and green as well. I've also put together shades of golden yellow, lavender and clear sky blue. I think these prints will make a very lovely quilt for a little girl's room. Perhaps the little girl we have on the way right now will have a butterflies and Blossoms quilt someday. I hope she likes pink. Part of me never thought I'd say that, being only luke warm to all things girly most of my life. But these days I'm not afraid to embrace the pink. Bring on the tutus and tiaras, I'm ready. With that said, I can't help but hope she'll also like a little dirt under her nails from time to time like her mother.

color love

I'm very happy with how my hummingbird collection is coming together, especially the color.
Hummingbirds like vibrant colors right? More to come.