Deco delight

These delightful Deco designs are all available in my Spoonflower shop and are great for decorating the home, whether it's using ready-made items or buying fabric by-the-metre and making your own creations.

This peacock print is lovely and rich in colour and looks great on a cushion cover. It comes in many different fabrics but I especially love the velvet option.

These Art Deco triangles come in a teal colour palette in various tones.

It looks great on these cocktail napkins and could be paired with a classic cocktail.

This teal deco stripe has touches of soft pink and mustard yellow.

It looks great on placemats which come in cotton canvas fabrics or cotton sateen.

Stylised peacocks created this pretty scallop design in shades of teal.

It looks great on this sheet set which comes in five different sizes and includes a flat sheet, a fitted sheet and two pillow cases.

I'm loving this detailed deco floral design that includes stylised flowers and foliage in a teal colour palette.

It looks great on a duvet cover which comes in five sizes and makes a great statement in the bedroom.

For a more subtle approach, this tonal Art Deco scroll design works well.

It looks very pretty on dinner napkins that come on cotton canvas or cotton sateen fabric.

 

Jewel tones

The prompt word for last week's drawing challenge from The Tuesday Collective on Instagram was 'Jewel Tones' so I decided to draw this stunning printed dress, inspired by a dress from Farm Rio. I loved the colour palette and the bold print, and the teal background really sets off the vibrant colours.

The colour palette I chose to use included reds and oranges with a touch of purple and pink.

Bright colours

 I love participating in drawing challenges and try to do one a week. Last week's prompt for the Tuesday Collective drawing challenge on Instagram was 'bright colours'. With most drawing challenges I love to do something fashion-related so I chose to draw this vibrant pose using a coat and wide-legged trousers and made it quite stylised and colour-blocked.

We were given a suggested colour palette which was really pleasing to work with. I loved the hot pink and knew instantly that the coat should be in that colour. The mustard trousers look great paired with the hot pink coat and a touch of red and orange in the handbag finished it off. The dark teal was the perfect colour for the background as it showed off all the bright colours perfectly.

Spoonflower design challenge

 Last week I joined the Spoonflower design challenge which was 'Hidden Whimsy Wallpaper'. My entry was this turquoise damask. From a distance it looks like a traditional damask print but look closer and you will see that it's made up of lots of little folk birds!

I coloured this damask print in the same colour palette that I used for the peacock print as I think they would make greta complimentary designs in the home.

It also matches this peacock scallop design.

This moodboard shows how all the designs could work together and I've included images of deep turquoise painted walls that add drama to the home as well as complimentary colour chips in navy and chartreuse which I see working as accents in accessories in velvet and boucle fabrics.

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Art Deco geometrics

 The latest Spoonflower design challenge is called 'Neutral Geometric Wallpaper' so I decided to create this tonal linear triangle design. It is inspired by the designs of the Art Deco period and I decided to use a colour palette of soft pinks and blush.

This print would look great on a feature wall in a living room, or as a statement in a bathroom.

The teal and turquoise palette is lovely and fresh.

It looks great as a scatter cushion which can be bought ready-made in my Spoonflower shop.

The yellow colour palette is bright and summery.

It works well as cocktail napkins, perfect for a late summer drinks party.

The grey version is soft and sophisticated.

It's perfect for using as napkins at a dinner party.

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Satin scarf

 I recently designed a print for one of the Spoonflower design challenges which was called Wild Grasses. I was inspired by the delicate grasses found in the countryside and included butterflies, dragonflies and bees amongst the foliage.

For this print, I used a background colour of teal with lighter tones of green and turquoise for the foliage and insects.

I've since had this design printed up onto a lovely satin fabric, perfect for making into decorative scarves.

The satin is lovely and soft and really brings out the colour of the print.

This scarf makes a great gift for someone special - it comes gift wrapped in pink tissue paper and an optional gift message can be added at the checkout. It can also be sent straight to its recipient.

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Wild grasses home decor

 My wild grasses print looks fabulous on these home decor items and I'm so pleased with the outcome. Bees, butterflies and dragonflies buzz around the natural grasses on a soft teal ground.

The ready made curtain panel comes in a selection of lengths and you can choose between two thicknesses of canvas.

The cushion covers also come in a variety of sizes and fabric choices.

You can buy fabric by the yard and make your own creative project. I'm planning on buying this print on a satin fabric and creating some delicious clutch bags from it. Watch this space.

These napkins would look pretty on an al fresco dining table. You can also buy table runners and tablecloths in this print.

Why not create a statement wall with this wallpaper print? You could paint corresponding walls in a complimentary colour such as as the lighter teal of the butterflies.

This throw blanket comes in an ultra soft velvet or a minky fabric.

Wild grasses

 Spoonflower regularly sets design challenges and this week's challenge is called Wild Grasses, to celebrate Earth Month. This is my entry, inspired by hand drawn sketches I did of wild grasses and I decided to add some butterflies, dragonflies and bees as well. It was really pleasing to design and the hardest part was deciding which colour palette to submit as I loved all of them. After much deliberation (and help from family members) I went with the light teal version, but each one has its own appeal. Which one do you prefer?!

You can vote for this design on Spoonflower here.

Woodland fabrics

 I've been busy creating a collection of woodland-themed designs for my Spoonflower shop. I decided to use a pleasing colour palette of teals, greens and orange and I'm loving the outcome. You can choose from a selection of fabrics to have these designs printed onto, or buy these prints on pre-made items such as cushions, bedding and wallpaper.

The leaf sprig print makes a pretty design for table napkins.

This fox print makes a crafty design for cocktail napkins on a summer afternoon.

The fox sits beautifully on the cream background and he is surrounded by the same foliage that is used in the table napkins.

The trees and houses design works really well on a throw cushion. Mix it with orange and lime green velvet cushions to enhance the colours.

Why not go bold and use this foxy fella as a statement wallpaper?!

Can you spot the little foxes below, hiding among the houses? This print was designed for the Spoonflower design challenge named 'From My Window'. This is a slight exaggeration of the view from my window, but I can see houses and trees and the odd fox.

This little leaf design works well for home decor but could also work well on apparel. I see it making a great little sun top.

The leaf comes in two colour palettes. I love this soft teal version.

The tree design makes a lovely strong colour palette for the bedroom and this duvet set can be bought through my Spoonflower shop, ready-made.

I used the same foxes and leaves from the other designs in this tree print so that all designs co-ordinate with each other.

The strong colour palette pulls all the designs together so that each one works with the other. This teal leaf design works well as a table runner and you could use the tree design as coordinating napkins.

The teal ground of this fox design really beings out the orange of his fur.

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