Christmas cardinal

Last week's drawing challenge for the The Tuesday Collective drawing challenge on Instagram was a pleasing colour palette of red, pink, orange and green. After some backwards and forwards and some designs that didn't quite work, I decided to rework this cardinal design. I created it in a folk style and surrounded it with flowers and leaves.

The colour palette was fun to use once I got the hang of it and placing the images on the dark background gave it drama and allowed the other colours to sing.

 

Beautiful birdhouses

 I really enjoyed creating this decorative birdhouse design. It uses a folkloric style and includes birds and foliage on a cream background. Each birdhouse has a floral decoration around it and each bird has a decorated belly and wing.

You can buy this sweet birdhouse print in my Spoonflower shop on a variety of wallpaper options and it makes a great print for a kid's bedroom. There are peel and stick and pre-pasted options as well as a gorgeous grasscloth version. And if you're feeling really brave, there are also silver metallic or gold metallic options.

It looks great on a statement wall in the bedroom to give it a summery feel.

It would also look great in the kitchen. There is a vinyl version of this wallpaper so it's easy to wipe down and keep clean.

Folk fantastic

 I do love a folk print and this one comes in a fabulously bright colour palette. This folk print cotton pouch is perfect for using as a pencil case or as a cosmetic bag or gadget pouch.

It has a white zipper closure and is fully lined in a dark pink cotton fabric.

This makes the perfect gift for someone special.

Alternatively you can buy this print by-the-metre in my Spoonflower shop.

Damask reimagined

 I created this print a while ago for my Spoonflower shop. I wanted to create a traditional damask print that had some fun hidden elements. I love traditional folk designs and feel that their images lend themselves perfectly to being incorporated into a damask print, so chose a simple bird motif. On closer look, you can see there are quite a few birds nestled within the design. How many can you see?

This black and white colour palette makes quite a strong statement and works really well as a cushion cover. I could see it making a nice combination with other scatter cushions in solid bright jewel tones.

The turquoise and white colour palette is much softer and prettier.

It looks great on napkins, the perfect addition to a summer table setting.

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