Pretty mistakes :)

My latest fabric pattern designed for the "Woodland Creature" contest. It was the first time I used Illustrator to lay out and color my base line work. It was tricky at first, especially fill/stroke option. Quite a change from Photoshop. While I know it is wrong, and even weird to render them the way I did, I kind of liked it. I got sort of a geometric/abstract monochromatic shapes that gave the woodland creatures a new modern edge. Here is the final result used with a mirror pattern:

Fat Quarter Preview

Full Yard Preview

Detail Preview

It's Gourds Time!

So my obsession with Spoonflower is still going strong. As I said before, I really want to win one of the weekly challenges, and I haven't so far, but I like it, because it keeps me motivated and productive in fabric designs. Tons of ideas are flying in my head, if only I had the time to explore each one... But I'll tell you one thing- sooner or later I will open an Etsy shop where all my best ideas will come to life and will be up for sale ;) Soon.... soon... Meanwhile, I am in the top ten this week, the theme was "Gourds" - basically, a pumpkin ;) Here is my design that took home SECOND place, YEY!

Publish Post

Check out the winner and the top ten of this week, and go vote for me in the next contest " Vampires" ! Ohhhhh!

My new obsession

It has been a while since I blogged, but I kind of had a really busy week. All the preparations for Alina's birthday party, which took place this past Saturday in our backyard, sucked all the juices out of me. I guess a party with 14 people, 2 kids, all homemade food, hadmade cake, crafty decorations CAN be tricky and a bit stressful. I should remember it for the future. But thanks to my family - clean up was a breeze!
Now, you know how I like fabrics? I am always on a lookout for some fabric cuteness ( plus still looking for the perfect ( by that I mean great looking, good quality, affordable) fabric for master bedroom. Check out what I found  - Spoonflower . You can design your own fabric and they will print it for you, pretty affordable too. Or you can browse through hundreds of other people's design and buy it.  Plus, they hold weekly contests which everyone can enter. Simply create an account and sumbit your design based on a particular theme. Then people vote and the winner is announced the following week. I could not resist entering this weeks contest "tractors", here is what I submitted - go vote for me starting September 1st!