Flowers are one of my absolute favorite subjects to work with so when I saw that Spoonflower was having a “Hand Drawn Florals” design challenge, I was all over it. I spent a few hours researching wild flowers, specifically ones native to North Carolina, where I live. I kind of got a little lost in the process. I love flowers. Have I said that yet? Anyway, I did an ink drawing of the flowers I decided to work with such as chicory (so much fun to draw), wild roses, rose hips, and thistles to name a few. There were over a thousand entries for this challenge so I didn’t place anywhere in the top 60 this time but that’s ok. There are a lot of talented artists on the Spoonflower platform and competition is tough, but it’s worth it to enter when I can. I see Spoonflower challenges as opportunities to create new designs and collections, it’s always helpful to have a prompt to work with and they’re usually subjects I wouldn’t have thought of on my own. I didn’t create a huge collection from this one, maybe I’ll add a few more designs later but in the meantime there’s a darker color way of the main design, an option without the grid lines and a clover coordinate available in two options. Click here to shop this collection in my Spoonflower shop where it’s available on fabric, wallpaper and an assortment of home decor items.

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