Jenny Bristol

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

Aug 25

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #12: Market Yourself

The final result of my playing around with designing my own fabric.

Mar 1

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #11: Optimize Your Design

In which I finalize my pattern and order a sample printing.

Feb 1

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #10: Changing Colors

Today we play with color!

Jan 28

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

Jan 27

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!

Jan 26

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #7: Create a Digital File

At last. I have completed digital art.

Jan 24

Chococat’s Blizzard. Day #3.

Chococat believes in himself. He can make it through.

Jan 21

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #6: Create Design Elements

And... how is this different from yesterday's task?

Jan 20

Chococat’s Blizzard. Day #1. Accumulation Commencing.

Jan 19

Chococat’s Blizzard. Day #1.

And so it begins.

Jan 19

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.

Jan 19

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.

Jan 18

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.

Jan 17

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?

Jan 16

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Day #1: Inspiration

Day #1 in Spoonflower's 12 Days of Design is all about gathering inspiration.

Jan 15

Spoonflower’s 12 Days of Design: Introduction

Follow along as I complete my first-ever Spoonflower 12 Days of Design Challenge. I WILL design some textiles. Oh, yes. I will. And then you can buy them.

Jan 14