Smackdown! It’s Cookie Wars 2018, Snickerdoodles!
What happens when you eat all the cookies in the holiday cookie tin? Now what do you do? It's an easy solution: Cookie Wars 2018 has begun.
Replenishing My Creativity with Inktober 2017
In which I practice small, fun drawings for the entire month of October.
The Bristol Family Eclipse Experience (Plus Colorado)
My family just got back from a week+ trip to see Monday’s total solar eclipse. Since we had to drive so far (Arizona to Wyoming), and you never know if Mother Nature will cooperate, we wanted to see some people and places along the way. Then, if for some reason the eclipse was a bust,...Read More
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #12: Market Yourself
The final result of my playing around with designing my own fabric.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #11: Optimize Your Design
In which I finalize my pattern and order a sample printing.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #9: Discover Repeats
Another short day today! You may have played with it some when you uploaded your artwork yesterday, as I did. But today is about choosing repeats for your design. The ones on the Spoonflower site are Basic, Half Drop, Half Brick, Center, and Mirror. Depending on your design, one or more might work better than...Read More
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #8: Upload Your Design
Today we just upload our design, and maybe, if you want, add embellishments. It's an easy day!
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #7: Create a Digital File
At last. I have completed digital art.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #6: Create Design Elements
And... how is this different from yesterday's task?
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #5: Sketch Ideas
It's only time to sketch now?!? Been there, done that. Still, today's task has plenty of great advice.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #4: Choose a Medium
Today I chose a medium in which to make the fabric art. I'd pretty much already decided, though.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #3: Develop a Color Palette
Today I spent some time looking through color palettes, and chose some possibilities.
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #2: Pick a Theme
Day #2 in the Spoonflower challenge has everyone picking a theme. What will yours be?
Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #1: Inspiration
Day #1 in Spoonflower's 12 Days of Design is all about gathering inspiration.