May 16th, 2012
… and bad news. The bad news is that I didn’t make it to the finals for the Spoonflower Fabric8 contest. But there were so many wonderful entries, really it was an honor to be chosen for the semi-final rounds. You can vote for the lovely top 8 entries here.
The GOOD news is that the pictures I posted of my niece’s bedroom were found by a writer for the Journal Sentinel who was writing an article about nurseries and she asked if we wanted to be featured in her article! Interestingly, she said that she originally found the pictures on a site where you can rank baby rooms. Who knew?!
Check out the entire article here!
Tags: custom baby room, feminine modern baby room, spoonflower interior design, textile design for baby room, woodland creature nursery
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May 5th, 2012
I am SO so thrilled to have made it into the semifinals for the Spoonflower & Robert Kaufman Fabrics Fabric8 contest!!! My design was one of the 100 out of over 750 designs submitted from all over the world to move on to this round. There are A LOT of wonderful designs in the competition.
Go here to vote!
Tags: blooms, fabric8 contest, garden variety fabric, pen ink textile, robert kaufman design contest, Spoonflower, watercolor fabric design
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May 1st, 2012
A few weeks ago Spoonflower announced the fabric8 design contest that they are doing in partnership with Robert Kaufman Fabrics. The challenge was to create a fabric design that had the look of pen and ink and watercolor. The selected winner will be offered a textile design contract with Robert Kaufman, so thrilling!
I settled on a nice floral and leaf motif. So I did some sketching and filled in the pencil drawing with pen.
I traced some of the flower and leaf shapes on a piece of watercolor paper and painted in some color. I then scanned both of these pieces of paper separately
And after some manipulation in Photoshop…. voila my new funky floral design, Garden Variety!
The first round of voting is up to the Spoonflower and Robert Kaufman judges so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will make it into the semi-final round!
Tags: fabric8, floral print, funky floral print, pen and ink textile, robert kaufman fabric contest, Spoonflower, watercolor textile
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April 25th, 2012
After months of planning and preparation, last Friday Erin and I pulled out our design a-game for our friend Siena’s wedding reception at the South Shore Pavilion and it paid off in a big way!
Siena had a beautiful vision of citrus themed colors and flavors that she put together in her pinterest board. I posted about her invitations earlier here.
I’m not gonna lie it was A LOT of work, but in the end it was so rewarding to see it all come together. And even though we were crazy busy the whole day getting everything ready, I still managed to have a blast and bust a move on the dance floor! I can’t wait to see more pictures, but here’s a sneak peak at the floral arrangements I did:
Tags: citrus wedding, golidluxe, green yellow orange wedding colors, milwaukee wedding design, pinterest wedding board, south shore pavilion wedding
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April 14th, 2012
I recently finished up a wedding invitation suite that I think looks pretty… well sweet! Since it was a long distance job we did a lot of chatting through email so I could understand what she was looking for. She sent me an email with some good descriptive phrases that helped me to get inspired:
“I’d say the theme of our wedding is simple/casual with a touch of elegance. Our venue definitely has a rustic feel and we plan on using candles for centerpieces. Our save the dates had two birds facing each other…”
I also used her pinterest board as a jumping off point make one for myself that I would frequently refer to for ideas. See it here.
And here’s the finished product!
Let’s see a close up of that rsvp card, shall we!
I think it perfectly suits the rustic/modern look she was going for and I love the unexpected color scheme.
Tags: bird wedding invitations, casual, elegant, modern rustic wedding, pinterest wedding invitation design, purple and chartreuse
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March 30th, 2012
Oh my gosh, I’ve been crazay busy lately between coordinating two wedding, a wedding shower and putting together a party package for a baby shower with my friend and partner, Erin. Not to mention, working full time and trying to get caught up with Mad Men!
I’m putting on the final touches to some new wedding invitation suites, which I’m very excited about. I can’t post the whole thing yet since they are not out in the mail, but here are two teasers.
Wedding 1 has the look of a western poster with a modern color scheme:
Wedding 2 is classic, but charming with some whimsical birdies on a branch. Loving this fresh color combo:
Will be posting more on these designs soon….!
Tags: bird branch wedding invite, custom wedding invitations, western poster invitation
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March 11th, 2012
My sister and I put the finishing touches on my niece’s bedroom and it looks SO cute I can’t stand it. It’s feminine and cute, without being frilly. And it definitely has a modern, clean look that will grow with her as she gets older. The inspiration was my Woodland Stripe pattern in shades of lavender and blue. I made the valances and the pillows. The carpet tiles are from Flor and my sister painted an old dresser she picked up at an estate sale. My cousin Kris made the cross stitch sampler based off my design and I also did artwork and a felt mobile to match.
Tags: custom fabric design, lavender baby room, modern baby girl room, modern nursery for girl, Spoonflower, woodland creature room
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March 4th, 2012
I finally made my big upgrade and got a 27″ imac last weekend. Pretty major improvement over the laptop with a bigger monitor attached to it I had been using for the past 4 years.
Here’s 2012 Allison and a late 80s Allison side by side. Same look of concentration, slightly more sophisticated equipment and hopefully a slightly better haircut!
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February 18th, 2012
New wedding invitation designs for my friend are out in the mail! She is going for a citrus theme for her wedding. That’s such a unique and fresh theme so I was excited to take a crack at the design.
A little close up of the fruit slices. I added some retro sparkles for extra zing!
Tags: citrus wedding invites, fresh, fruit wedding theme, lemon slice, lime slice, orange slice
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February 8th, 2012
Last week Molly Snyder, a writer for onmilwaukee.com, caught wind of my “My Fair Milwaukee” fabric and asked me if she could write an article about it earning 4th place in the Spoonflower Cityscapes contest! It debuted online yesterday and wow what a thrill to see my design really out there for more Milwaukeeans to see.
Check out the article here!
If I’ve learned anything from this experience, it’s that people who live here or have lived here are really proud of our city. It’s so awesome to read people tweeting and reposting the article on facebook or on their blogs and saying how they love looking at all the familiar buildings or how they’d like to make a handbag out of it.
My friend Rachel also found a post about it on Cream City and Sugar.. I feel so famous! A woman illustrator originally from here who now lives in Los Angeles, reposted it on facebook and said she wanted to make a dress out of it. I feel like I successfully depicted our city in a positive and artful way if it is giving Milwaukeeans such a sense of pride and I’m glad the word is getting out. So thanks again onmilwaukee, you guys rock!
Tags: allen bradley clock tower, architecture, brew city, cream city and sugar, downtown, miller park, milwaukee fabric design, my fair milwaukee, onmilwaukee.com, Spoonflower, third ward, trocodero
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