May Bulletin 2018

Sofas, socializing, and tulips!

Martha Garden

This garden plan on the endpaper of Martha Stewart's Gardening Month by Month caught my eye while I was leafing through some gardening books. I adore this style of garden illustration--the angle of the perspective, the monochromatic details, and the script labels. It makes me want to wander through all these inviting greenery rooms--down the antique brick path, across the croquet lawn, and into the rose garden to forage a bouquet!

Rooftops and Treetops

My Rooftops and Treetops design is up for voting in Spoonflower's Cityscapes challenge!

New Designs in Shop: Naturals

These green, brown, black, white, and grey designs are now available in my shop as fabric, wallpaper, gift wrap, cut-and sew patterns, and homewares. Here's Greenery Machinery

Avocado Green

Hedgie Ditsy

Bright Idea 

Tangram Marquetry

Greenery Machinery

My Greenery Machinery design is up for voting in Spoonflower's Limited Colour Palette Sewing challenge, celebrating Pantone's colour of the year! I was inspired by my 1953 Home Ecomonics textbook.

Cluster Greenery Kiosk

Here's my original concept, branding, and design for a mall kiosk selling potted plants!

The inspiration for it was my Mossy Mint Chip design.

The goal was a lush, contemporary kiosk with accessible access.

I rendered the model in SketchUp and Photoshop. The top elevation view resembles a C, for Cluster. The circular design allows for maximum client-consumer interaction and display space. 

The kiosk stocks succulents, terrariums, moss, bonsai citrus, and the like, on reclaimed wooden shelves. 

Under the counter and at the back is storage in brand-matched turquoise boxes for plants and materials. There is a rack of brochures accompanying the products. The back of the kiosk is covered in acrylic succulent leaves lit from within, with a geometric surface design and inset pot holes for extra plant display.