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Southerly Design’s New Website: How I Overhauled My Website on Squarespace
I overhauled my website last year right before my baby was born to utilize Squarespace’s new content editor and I am so happy with the result. This was the perfect time to switch over since I wanted to start blogging regularly (…)
A Design Trend I Am Loving Right Now: Chinoiserie
Chinoiserie is a design trend I am loving right now. It loosely embraces and embodies East Asian artistic styles. This was a style of art and design that was actually developed in Europe (…)
One of My Favorite Things about Living in Texas: The Bluebonnets
Bluebonnets are one of my most favorite things about Texas. They adorn the roadsides with pops of color for miles. The beautiful blue flowers bloom in the oddest of places (…)
How to Quickly Transform Your Designs into Coloring Pages
Desiging patterns is one of my favorite things to do. It is so fun to quickly transform designs or full patterns into a coloring page that you can use for a free download or to sell in an online shop (…)
The Timeless Pattern that Never Goes Out of Style: Gingham
Pattern designers keep up with trends in the market, but there are some types of patterns that never go out of style. They have a classic, timelessness and elegance that is useful in textile design (…)
Mini Valentine’s Day Pattern Collection
My Mini Valentine’s Day Pattern Collection is filled with pink and red hues, florals, hearts, and little love notes. The Mini Pattern Collection features the prints: valentine floral toss, valentine hearts, valentine plaid, and valentine love letters.
A Blooming New Design in my Spoonflower Shop: Magnolias in May
Last spring, I reopened my Spoonflower shop, with a renewed sense of eagerness to see my designs on fabric. This week I have my Magnolias in May pattern available!
The Art of Annual Planning: How I Plan Creativity in My Design Business
Annual planning allows me time to reflect on my goals, as well as what I need to improve in the coming year. This allows organization to my design work…
Spooky Sweet Pattern Collection for Halloween
I created a mini Halloween Pattern Collection last year featuring cute ghosts, leaves, and candy, and this year decided to finish it into a complete collection featuring my standard 9 patterns.
Mini Pumpkins and Zinnias Pattern Collection
Another mini pattern collection for fall featuring pumpkins and zinnias in a bright color palette! The Mini Pumpkins and Zinnias Pattern Collection features the prints: pumpkins & zinnias, fall zinnnias, painted pumpkins, and orange pumpkins (…)