The main icon of my Laugh, Smile, Grin surface pattern design collection, which debuted at Surtex 2012, is a striped spiral with these words inside the spiral: “laugh, smile, grin, giggle, wink, chuckle.” I designed this collection with pre-teen girls and slumber parties in mind, with a fun color palette of pink, purple, lime green, and
Of all my surface pattern design collections that will be on display at Surtex 2012, I think Fleucy Lucy is my favorite. I got my inspiration from girly lace trim and delicate eyelet fabric. My mom is an excellent seamstress and when I was growing up, in any spare time she had, she was either
The ZOO, with all it’s wild, wacky and weird animals, not to mention its beautiful flowers, lush greenery and unique landscapes, is a great place to get design inspiration, especially for surface pattern design. I recently had the opportunity to go to the Ft. Worth Zoo with my cute little niece and nephew. We had
Here is a sneak peak of one of my collections that will debut at Surtex 2012 in less than 2 weeks. (Surtex is the premiere trade show for selling and licensing original art and surface pattern designs.) The Birthday Balloon Doodle collection combines handwriting and doodles with subway art and brightly-colored stripes and dots. The girly
Every since I attended Surtex (along with the National Stationery Show) in 2008, my dream has been to become a surface pattern designer and to exhibit at Surtex. I am so excited to announce that my dream is coming true this year!!! I have had so much fun designing patterns and envisioning them on a
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life down his life for us. – 1 John 3:16 Share your faith as you celebrate Easter with this Easter invitation design with bright pastel stripes and dots. I had so much fun designing this invite because this is my favorite color
As I was designing this cute elephant, I was reminded of God’s faithfulness. Thank you, LORD, that you promised to never leave me or forsake me. And thank you that you are faithful to all your promises and loving toward all you have made. Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear
I partnered with Little Card Company at Christmas and now I am thrilled to have some new Easter invitations on their site this Spring. Here is one of my new Easter Invitations with a fun, lacy typography called Easter Lace. The bottom of the card has a place for a Scripture. This one comes on the invitation
I believe that life is worth celebrating…because God is good, all the timeand He is always worthy of praise. I especially love celebrating life at Easter and spreading the JOY of Christbecause without the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, we would not have eternal life with God, nor would we have peace, joy and
I’ve been interested in surface pattern design for quite a few years and my interest sure increased after I attended Surtex in 2008. Although interested, I always seemed to be too busy designing cards and wedding invitations to try my hand at pattern design. But I have decided that is really what I want to
