Things have been busy as hell here in Lenya-land, with specialty vet trips, breaking beds, 2 year anniversaries and a new job! I’m still finding time to make art, though! There’s a fun tattoo design commission in the works, and I’ve been in a cleaning frenzy that’s unearthed old sketches deserving some attention. So expect to see more activity here soon!
The prompt yesterday was “sad”, so I kept up with the theme from day 4 of body parts and lettering:
Get your sewing machines ready, because I just added four new patterns to my Spoonflower shop – three different variants of my Crystal Coffin design (mint, magenta, and teal) and a pattern based on my Arthropod Tarot series. Which do you like best?
I turned my Stag Party fabric swatch into this cute hand sewn pouch with felt lining and a Velcro closure, and I can’t stop patting myself on the back about it. This project was fast, simple, frugal and useful – my favorite kind!
A test swatch of this fabric is only $5 on my Spoonflower shop, and this pouch only needs one swatch – add the $1.50 felt for the lining, minimal thread, and whatever closure you have handy, and you’ve got a project you can make in a few hours for $10 or less.
Just added two variants of my Honeycomb Coffin design to Spoonflower, arrayed in a floral pattern with white or mint backgrounds:
If you need fabric, wallpaper, or gift wrap covered in coffins in your life, check it out here!
You can get my Stag Party: Beetles on Parade design as fabric, wallpaper, or as gift wrap!
I want to become more diligent about using my sketchbook daily, but I am certainly getting into the habit of illustrating and creating every day!
The feeling of satisfaction that comes from staring at a row of framed art and thinking “Yeah, I made this!” rivals just about any other joy.
Lefthanded Lenya 