Creekside on a Lazy Afternoon

Take an lazy afternoon hike along a babbling creek and discover the beauty that nature holds.  Spy birds building nests, hunting for food, and teaching their young to fly.  The sweet fragrance of wildflowers fills the air and transports you back to your childhood.  Ripples in the water dance with the reflection of the hazy sun, and LIFE is abound everywhere.  The gentle wind rustles the leaves as they call out your name.

Nature...take a walk and take it in.

Inspired by nature...Introducing "Creekside".

Slice of Life

Fresh fruit and veggies all summer long....YES!!  There is nothin' better than the sweet smell of a freshly peeled orange...or a sweet bowl of juicy red strawberries....or a mason jar filled with fresh squeeze carrot and cucumber juice....YUMMMMMMM!!  Such wonderful gifts of SUMMER!!  More like YUMMER!!!  

fresh fieldbloom in the fall

Finally finished fieldbloom!  Such a fresh colorway to make this collection POP!  :)   I know I should be focused on fall and Christmas patterns, but this collection was just calling to be completed! OK...now I need to focus on FALL and Christmas!  Still LOVE this "fieldbloom" collection!! xx

Memories from my childhood

Marigolds and Alyssum are the flowers from my childhood.  The path along the back of our house was always bordered with these lovelies.  Because of their dense clusters, they just happened to be the perfect place for toads and frogs to hideout.  I remember many summer days spent searching with my sister for toads in the Marigolds and Alyssum.  Their scent always transports me back to those summer days of long ago.  Introducing "Miss Mari".

Printed Village Scarf Floral Design Challenge

I really love scarves!  They are so playful and add that splash of fun to any outfit. I recently heard about the Printed Village Scarf Floral Design Challenge and decided to give it a go.  I entered several of my designs into the competition.  These are just of few of the designs I entered.  If you would like to see all of my designs just click this link and it will take you to my profile page with the rest of my designs.  There will be a vote at the end of the month.  I would really love your support!  I will follow up with another link when the voting is live.  If you love my designs I WOULD LOVE YOUR VOTE!  Thank you again for your support! 

NEW Summer Designs Added to my Society6 Store

I am FEELING THE HEAT ALREADY!!!  I am looking forward to the hot summer days when I can kick back, put my feet up and have a nice, cold, refreshing glass of lemonade while the sun beats down on my face.  Aren't we all?!?!

BUT....in the meantime...while we all wait PATIENTLY for summer to arrive...we can grab one...or two...of my new summer inspired designs in my Society6 store to help us keep focused.  It can be our daily reminder of the many wonderful things coming...very soon!!  Hope you like them!

Summer inspired designs...

Summer...I LOVE SUMMER!!!   These are a couple of designs that were inspired by SUMMER, my local farmer's market, and my own garden.  My garden is full of flowers and caterpillars...monarch caterpillars!  My kids just love collecting the caterpillars, growing them in to beautiful butterflies, and then releasing them back in to my garden.  It is great fun to watch the caterpillars grow and turn in to graceful butterflies!

Farmer's Market

Flutterby

Summer Folly...Ahhhh...Wishful Thinking!

In Minnesota, 9 times out of 10 Memorial Day weekend is rainy and cold.  And yes, this weekend certainly lives up to those statistics.  Okay...they are not really statistics...just my opinion.  But if you ask any Minnesotan they will probably agree with me.  So, since the weather is damp and gray, I decided to create a little bit of sunshine myself.  Inspired by vintage prints, here is my playful summer folly print.