I recently discovered the awesome website, Spoonflower while reading one of my favorite blogs how about orange. Jessica Jones, the author of this blog is such a talented designer and I was totally in awe that she designs textiles too, something I’ve always been interested in. I was thinking about sending her some fan mail asking her about how she got into that, but then I saw on her FAQ’s page she already answered that question. She mentioned Spoonflower as a resource to use if you want to try printing some of your own designs digitally.

Of course I checked out the site to see how much it costs to get some of your own fabric made. It ranges, but is about $18/yard for basic quilting fabric. Well then I also saw that they hold weekly design contests (I sense new obsession!). This week they have a 50s style design contest so of course I had to try to come up with something. I think this will be a great way for me to test the waters on doing textile design, then maybe I will get something printed when I’ve had more practice.

This was what I submitted, it’s inspired by something you might find in the background of a 50s cartoon:

I try to make all of my cards I give out. I mean I’m an artist I probably should do that myself rather than shuffle through the fart joke/wacky old lady cards at Walgreens (not that those cards don’t have their place and time!). I put this little design on a card for my boss’s birthday, which also actually lands on boss’s day. Isn’t that convenient?! I thought it turned out pretty cute for the boss with a sense of humor.