pattern observer feature

i hope 2015 is off to a fun start for everyone!  i'm excited to be this year's first featured designer over on Pattern Observer!  click here to check it out and read a little blurb about how i started designing fabric.

my updated portfolio

lately i've been working on updating my portfolio.  i added a bunch of new work  and changed the layout so it's all pretty and responsive.  feel free to take a look!

oh, and i'm pretty excited to have my "bewildering beauties" series featured on The Jealous Curator!  included in the post is a little blurb i wrote about where my ideas come from and a few photos of my workspace.  fun!  click here to check it out.

also, just for fun, here are a some daily drawings i did recently for Spoonflower's drawing challenge. each day, for most of august, they gave prompts to get you started.  here are some of my faves:

"cat stack"
(prompt:  cat)

"the perilous commute"
(prompt:  platypus)

"father"
(prompt: tea)

"hair river"
(prompt: river)
prints available here

"where i wish i was right now"
(prompt:  landscape)

trending dinos

thanks to all those who chose one of my designs for free swatch day at Spoonflower.  it makes me happy to see my dinosaur fabric at the top of recent trends!







for those who missed it (like i almost did) you can purchase a swatch for only $5 and a fat quarter for less than $10.  that's not bad for fabric designs that you won't find anywhere else!  click here to visit my Spoonflower shop:

thank you, molly ringwald.

we were pretty pumped when we found out (a week ago!) that Handsoap would be included in People Magazine's holiday gift guide...  we didn't know until we saw the issue yesterday that it was selected by Molly Ringwald and that she says "they're soaps but also cool sculptures.  i place them in a dish to display on a shelf"...  talk about icing on the cake! 



oh, and happy thanksgiving!

handsoap in uppercase!

look what arrived in our mailbox today...  issue 17 of uppercase magazine!  always full of inspiration, this one's extra special because there's a little story about handsoap on page 10!  the text tells how i first made hand-shaped soaps for an art project while in grad school.  you can see photos of the project and read the story here.

bonus:  as an uppercase contributor i get to share a special coupon with you:  use the code 'contributor17' to receive $10 off a subscription or renewal.   (click here to subscribe).








side note:  i have been drawing lots of pigs lately.  here is a good way to get a close look at a teeny tiny swine-y:

good weekend

cheers to the kind folks at australia's good weekend magazine for such a nice write-up on handsoap!  my hand is becoming a real globe-trotter.

(click on the image to see a readable version).

uppercase

just because i like to write in lowercase letters doesn't mean i don't like uppercase. you may have spotted a few pretty issues on our new shelf in a recent post.   we were really excited to receive the current issue (14) because our name illustrations appear on page 30! 

i illustrated my name using the negative space between plant-forms and david hand-lettered his as an actual maze!

(contact david if you'd like a custom name maze).