and the rainbow exploded ! . . .

So... I was listening to Gnarls Barkley, and... KABOOM! the rainbow exploded in my head! Love it when it happens. Hope your eyes aren't hurting:)

summer fields . . .

Summer brings the green grass. I love the green grass! Not the manicured weed free kind. Not the 'stay off the lawn' kind... but the free for all, slightly wild and alive kind! I want to see the bugs and weeds among my grass. It means it's REAL. Please, if you love all things living - don't use pesticides (weed killers) on it. It's not astroturf. It's alive!

Dedicating this pattern to 'all things alive' friendly lawns:)

surtex trip . . .

This year the trip to Surtex was full of adventure. Bad and good. On the way there we (me, Mike and Lola) got stuck in Toronto for a whole day (due to the heavy fog). It rained almost non stop the entire time. A bottle of perfume exploded in my suitcase. I had forgotten to eat on Sunday... but did not forget to drink... which was followed by a 'fun night' ( I know you know what I mean:)... but that's the not so good part.

Here's the good part: I got to meet a bunch of people I have been loving from a distance... like Sarajo Frieden, Hsinping Pan, Lisa Congdon, The BlueQ crew... not to mention the old friends I only get to see once a year - like Mike Lowery, Suzy Ultman, Jillian Phillips, Alison Cole, Susy Pilgrim Waters and Carolyn Gavin. Phew... really, a lot of wonderful people. Plus, a surprise meeting of Lotta Jansdotter! Worth waiting all year just to meet this group of super creative fun people:)

The show itself went well. I had a chance to walk around and see what's floating in the surface design stratosphere. Some new, interesting and creative things inspired me to start painting more. I'm going to try and bring more texture and chaos into my art.

On the down note... I've noticed that the trend of copying has reached it's peak. A lot of people can't make out a difference between trend and stealing. Very sad about that. Hope it's temporary and everyone would find their own style and blossom:)

On the up note: Lilla Rogers Booth was one of the best!

Aaaaaah . . .

I'm back from Surtex... before I get into telling you all about it... I've decided to relax and make a floral pattern first. Sort of like cleaning the palate:) Nothing like summer blooms to start anew...

off. . . off . . . and away . . .

I'm off to NYC to attend Surtex. Hope to see some of you there!

I'll be sitting underneath this banner ( see above)

I will be back in a week:)

Tuileries at LAGOM . . .

I've got some fabulous news to share with you today! My card collection is now available at lagom! The collection is titled Tuileries and includes 12 cards that feature some of my favourite patterns. So happy to be a part of the wonderful lagom shop!

virtual letters . . .

I'm sending you all a 'virtual snail mail' letter. When you open it in your mind it would read:

This week is going to be great!

Love,

H:)

p.s.: stop looking so grown up and start smiling a bit more...

sweet little forest . . .

A shower of forest animals coming at you... destined to entertain babies while they are drooling on their onesies... I think. Or, maybe, this is future stationery. Hope it's both and then some...

my surtex flyer 2011 . . .

Made a little flyer for the upcoming Surtex show in NYC. I'm dizzy with anticipation.

color study . . .

It's been raining... and raining... and raining... but it's warmer. Brings in the warm grey feelings. I decided to do a little bright color study on top of some photographs I took recently... to cheer up the greys... a little:)