Today's Freebie: Rainbow Polka Dotted Polka Dots

Yay for using patterns in Inkscape!

Print and Pattern Book Submission

I've been a fan of the Print and Pattern blog since I went full time crafty and began subscribing to crafty blog feeds. It is a source of daily inspiration for me - it's on my BOOKMARKS BAR for the love of Mike. I was *tickled* to learn that the author was accepting art submissions via email for her upcoming book. I sent in these 2 designs:

The competition will be way out of my league, but it was fun to participate. I'll buy the book no matter what. STILL, wouldn't it be *dreamy*? *Sigh* (I like to use *. Deal with it. *)

Coffee + No Sleep = Cupcakes!

It's our last day in Oregon. In fact, our plane leaves in a few hours. We are staying in a luxurious corner sweet of a lovely hotel in downtown Portland. I spent most of the night working on this luscious cupcake fabric. This bed is so delicious, I'm rolling around in it with both glee (because, hey, cupcakes!) and sadness that I didn't spend more time in it.

So, what we have here is the blackline from my sketches, the color tile, and a prototype of what the fabric will look like, although lots of color matching work remains to be done. This is style 1, "rainbow cupcakes on white" and a number of variations are in the works. Spoonflower, here I come! Look for cupcake goodies in the shop in September.