sometimes things don’t work out the way you think they are going to. as i had mentioned in an earlier post i had a rough idea of what i wanted my holiday cards to look like:

i did lots of tweaking but nothing seemed to work. the tree seemed sad and not at all festive. not that i was looking to design a card with a large jolly man on it or anything but just something that was happy without being overly “christmasey”. eventually after much trial and error i came up with this:

and this:

one of things i love most about the end of the year is shopping for a new calendar. i always have the worst time making a decision about which one to buy, there’s usually three or four (or five…) that i want but honestly how many calendars does one girl need?

a few of my faves for the coming year -

snow & graham always tops my list. i love all of their paper products:

i love this calendar from jhill design, part of the places i have never been series:

this letterpress one from dutch door press is perfect:

i just posted my robin ornament in the shop.  i’m going to be adding others soon.

this is an idea i’m working on for holiday cards. i sort of like it but it needs to be more festive… brighter colors, maybe some leaves on the branches. not sure, i’ll post the outcome whatever that may be.

a new pattern i’m working on, kind of makes me miss the warm weather already…

i went on print & pattern this morning for a little eye candy and inspiration and i ran across myself! (i’m the tea towels with blue print) that was unexpected and a little funny since it’s one of the places i go for inspiration in my textile work.

a new art nouveau inspired pattern for fall:

working on some small scale patterns for the fall season: