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Work in Progress Wednesday

January 12th, 2011|Spoonflower & Fabric Design|

Mostly digital artwork this week.
Updated etsy shop banner and redesigned the front pages for all of my patterns.  Now they look cute no matter what size or aspect ratio they are cropped to in the various views on the site.  I also put together a unified color scheme – 8 colors that coordinate with the banner.

This is a snippet of another piece of art I am working on.  A little [read more…]

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Homework

January 10th, 2011|Everything Else|

I am taking an online class about publishing an e-book.  I have been thinking about this for a long time and I think it could be awesome.  One of the things we are talking about in class this week is market research.  So I want to give you guys some ideas for books and let you tell me what direction you think I should go.  Very simple survey:

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Best Sellers 2010

January 2nd, 2011|Sewing & Design|

Sometimes you can’t tell what will be a best seller and what will be left at the table.  These little flower pins I made for the show at Cafe Wren in Luck WI were a big hit; I sold more than 30 of them.

They are made from scraps from costuming projects and various other bits of mostly polyester and nylon.  The edges were melted with a candle flame, I stacked up about a dozen layers and then beaded the centers with a few pearls and crystals.

And of course these were [read more…]

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