a reflection on the Spoonflower Faded Resort challenge, detailing the creative process, struggles, and eventual design solutions involving floral motifs and faded colors.
Category: Floral Delights
Chintz Revival Project
Chintz Revival challenge process: focusing on motifs with trailing vines, abundant blooms and layered detail for final revision.
Weekly WrapUp Spoonflower Challenges
Ongoing design projects for Spoonflower challenges, focusing on Chintz Revival and Faded Resort collections, with future insights promised.
Weekly WrapUp May 6
artistic updates: digital paintings, challenges completed, and tips for using Procreate and creative techniques
NaPoWriMo When I Was Young Thinking
In the 1950s, childhood memories of playing near lilac bushes highlight innocence, imagination, and the lessons learned about nature and faulty thinking.
NaPoWriMo Sand’s Pink Carpet
A visit to Crescent Bay revealed a beautiful pink blanket of wildflowers, prompting a haiku about pinweed's striking beauty.
NaPoWriMo Less Traveled
At Crescent Bay, a tough path fosters mindfulness, revealing beauty like Phlox longifolia and inspiring creativity.
Weekly WrapUp A Bit of Art But Poetry
The blog features weekly insights on art and poetry, highlighting a birthday card creation, notebook designs, and daily poems for National Poetry Month.
NaPoWriMo For Fruit in the Winter
Crab apple trees from the 1940s provide seasonal enjoyment and nourishment for wildlife, inspiring art and poetry about their beauty and significance.
NaPoWriMo The Dandelion
celebrate the resilience of dandelions as a metaphor for embracing diversity and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of kindness, self-acceptance, and coexistence.
