June 2008

new patterns: wild shapes, diamond slivers, stars, + nature inspired

Well, I failed threadless again. Next time I am going to just design a shirt and not try to insert a design I already made into the shirt template. I think that’s not working for the threadless audience. you live and learn.

i have so much i want to do. i’m going to do some art submissions this week to companies i’d love to work with, so i spent part of the weekend making more patterns. the ones above are just a sample.

i also went to renegade craft fair. it was scorching hot outside so i had to just run through and then get ice cream and leave. i was happy that i got to meet sian keegan and tara hogan finally. i’ll post some of my renegade favorites later this week.

hope you all had a marvelous weekend. xo.

some recent photos. i like the shapes and colors in them. they feel like patterns to me.

1. dave brought me macarons
2. a cool shadow cast over a recent painting being photographed
3. a giant maple helicopter
4. a pretty orange vase fell off the mantle and the flowers reminded me of pick-up-sticks

threadless: my designs + banjo mom serenades bouncing baby

I tried threadless once before and failed miserably. I am terrible about reading directions. I just do things helter skeltor. So I submitted designs on a white ground and got some mean comments (and some nice) and low scores. sad but kind of funny. here’s one comment that made me chuckle in reference to this design “um gay pride library?”. anyway, i’m determined to try again until i get a shirt made! so maybe it won’t be this time but if you like my submissions please do vote for them over the weekend!!! thanks in advance. i’m not going to send out a letter asking for votes or anything so if you want to vote, that would just be sweet. ok love to all of you. have a beautiful weekend! xo.

p.s if you have a chance, watch this adorable banjo playing mom serenade her bouncing baby. Via Boing Boing.

dinner with erin + creature comforts give-away + week roundup

my friend erin is a photographer. i love her aesthetic. we had dinner in her sunny room the other night. she’s a great cook, and prepares everything beautifully. she takes lots of food photos too and blogs on her blog culinography. i could not resist taking some photos of her room and the peacock mural she has in progress. i also thought it clever that she bought squares of decorative copper (the kind you’ll see in old fashioned restaurants) and hammered them into her wall as a headboard. she also hung a little painting i did of her about 5 years ago for my masters thesis project at columbia.

also, you must must check out Ez’s superb birthday giveaway to celebrate creature comfort’s 1st birthday (happy happy). she’s offering the best, most beautiful goodies. so check it out now and win them for yourself and to send to friends! send one to me please if you win!

here’s the weekly maquette round-up (backwards from today-Sunday)…have a lovely weekend friends/readers:

little news and inspiration
lines, colors, + shapes sans figure
photos based on kids drawings
i married my best friend
my other life
mirror mirror on the wall