#August2016crayons Spoonflower Weekly Challenge

Design brief: "Life is like a box of crayons, so color your world! Create a design with color and fun!"

find this on Spoonflower 

I did some sketches of crayons (using the color of the crayon to sketch it) a while ago.
Thought they'd be the perfect thing to use for this week's Spoonflower Weekly Challenge.

Here's one of the sketches:

Crayolas have the craziest names now!

Wacky Print Wednesday: Lost at Sea

The stabby compass points are a bit scary and the islands look like they're having earthquakes. 

An old rayon print from Larry's stash. Perfect for that retro day dress.

Wacky Print Wednesday: Faces

A hand painted silk hankie. Probably a class project, I found it in the trash at the Otis Fashion campus, early 00s.

Wacky Print Wednesday: Beavis and Butthead

This is a napkin? Bandanna? A 10 x 13" piece of printed cotton from Severo's collection.

Wacky Print Wednesday: And the dish ran away with...

the cheese grater!

This, another gem from Larry's stash, is on a doll dress!
Wacky print designs lurk everywhere.

Wacky Print Wednesday: The Erie Canal

Yes.
I know you always wanted a blouse with the lyrics to "The Erie Canal Song" on it.

Need a jot to your memory?

From Larry's amazing stash.

Wacky Print Wednesday: Groovy Trenchcoat People

Letting their freak flags fly on a golden yellow ground. Groovy, baby!
Obtained from Larry's stash.

Wacky Print Wednesday: Tropic of Couch Potato

This one is from the archives, worth repeating:

Spotted at The Whole 9 Yards in Portland, OR.
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Wacky Print Wednesday: Playmate Puzzle

I found this treasure in a Vintage shop on Haight in San Francisco.

The shirt was way too small, so I snuck in a photo in the dressing room.

Love the concept, I'd probably choose a landscape over the sun-kissed girls.

Wacky Print Wednesday: Is It Pizza?

Candy Corn???

It's wacky, that's what it is!
I discovered this at Dressew Supply, 337 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, BC
I made many unique finds there, which I'll reveal over the next few weeks.

Wacky Print Wednesday: The Puppet Master

Another gem from Larry's stash. 

Wacky Print Wednesday: Stagecoach Melange

I found this recently in a box of prints I had culled from my friend Larry's collection:

Stagecoaches on torn scraps of French newspaper, floating in the black abyss and decorated with pretty flowers? Okaaaaay.

Tropical Fusion Blog Hop

I'm joining up with 42 other surface designers in a blog hop inspired by the Pantone Color of 2014, Radiant Orchid.
If you are blog hopping you must have arrived here after enjoying the colorful and bold patterns of the talented designer Carrie Tasman. If not, be sure to check them out here!

For my collection Tropical Preppy,
I was inspired by a madras that I found on the internet and adapted for a post over on my fashion blog SpyGirl called Know Your Plaid.

I added another plaid

and a conversational of tropical drinks, recolored from a design that I did for my day job.
This was originally used on mens lounge pants for the Michael Morgan line at Fred Meyer -- NOT in this colorway!

My muse is Cameron Silver, the owner of Decades in Los Angeles, who I've seen (and sketched) sporting very flamboyant ensembles. I've outfitted him in my collection:

So grab yourself a radiant pink martini and hop on over to see Dawn Clarkson's colorful interpretation of the Tropical Fusion theme on her blog Nice and Fancy.

If you've just joined our blog hop please go to Groovity Designs where you can start from the beginning. The party continues through 1/21 so you have plenty of time to peruse all the designs.
A big thanks to Mary Tanana at Groovity, who did a fantastic job getting us organized and hopping to it!

print design: good find

Isn't this print adorable?

It's on a vintage apron that I recently rediscovered. I had never really studied the print. I'm going to digitize it at work today. Borderline "work" appropriate.