Society6

Back by popular demand...my older girl prints and mugs! I have listed them in my  shop.

Christmas cards and cute little tote bags, pillows and phone covers :)

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I also would like to thank you for your support all these years and to say how much I'm grateful <3 .="" p="">
Hope you are having a great holiday season :)
xoxo

Christmas

   

  Wow! Doesn't feel like summer was just a few weeks ago?!..  I've been so emerged in my work that times just gets away from me and..all of a sudden..it's Christmas season!! Actually it feels to me that this whole year just flew right past me..

  I've been working on holiday cards and gift wrapping paper for the last few weeks and would like to share it with you. The paper is available in my  Spoonflower shop.

Holiday cards are now available in my Society6 shop. I hope you'll stop by and have a look.

xoxoxo

Camping foxes

 

 

Here's another fox theme. This time it's happy camping time, dancing and gathering flowers in the forest :)
xoxo

Sisters

 

Here's a little tribute to all the sisters out there. Having a sister is the most precious thing in the world! Friends will come and go, but a sister will always be there :) and even if you don't always see things, eye to eye, at the end of the day she is the one you will share your secrets with, the one who will be there to support you, no matter what.  cheers!!
xoxo

Foxy Flowers

Here's a little something I've working on.. Baby foxes and flowers and birds, lots of them! Both of these are patterns that can be applyed on any surface.

Hope you're doing well my friend, creative juices flowing, and working on new art :)

xoxo

Greek island inspiration

    

 

If you've ever been to a Greek Island, I'm sure you've seen the countless white washed churches. Most of them tiny, simple in their design, fascinating to look at, at least to me. I just can't get enough of them, so when I returned to the studio, I turned all my sketches into a digital illustration. Aaaa, yes, I had to have some kitties in there too. They're lots of them on the islands too.
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Milos

Hope you're doing well my friend! I'ts been a long time and I blame it all on Instagram, which has taken over slowly but surely. I hope you will join me there for daily updates on my artistic journey and other cool stuff, I'm up to :)

 

 

 

On my last post..yikes..which was umm... a couple of months ago, I promised pics from the Greek Islands. Well.. here is a few from gorgeous Milos and the tiny island of Kimolos which is a short trip by ferry.

Needless to say, it was real hard once again to come back to Athens.. Even though the islands are so close to the mainland..it really is like visiting a whole different country. I must find a way to move to one of them.

xoxo

There's good in everyone

My new take on Red! I do have an obsession with this story and keep making art about her. I just haven't figured out why..

Well,  my next post will be loaded with lots of pics from the Greek Islands!! yay! finally vacation time is a couple of days away!! and I can't wait!!

" Follow the sun "

 

For the last week of SOC, I made this little fox dancing in the sun and he's so happy and inspired, in his glowing forest..dancing among the trees, enjoying his time alone, dreaming and planning his day :)
xoxo

Blue Elephanti

My entry for SOC is ''Blue Elephanti" which I loved creating!!
     Working with such a limited color palette has been real interesting for me and with no real effort and that really surprised me, since I am all about color! lots of it!!  The very first week of SOC, was a shock for me, only two colors and a splash of a third one...yikes!!  There's no way I'd be able to stick with these weekly challenges, but I did and I'm loving this!! Thank you Kristen for your inspiration <3 p="">
Hope you all have a great weekend!!
xoxo

The Pink Cat

 

 

 

Kitties are always fun to paint, especially when they're pink!!  This is my entry for
Twinkle, twinkle SOC.  Please go and check out the wonderful work on Kristin's blog!


Have a great weekend!!
xoxo

Fun on the farm

      I'm so super thrilled that my design for the Spoonflower contest,  made it to top 15!! just had to share it with you :) yayyyy!!
xoxo

My Lotus

 This is my entry for week three over at  Twinkle, Twinkle.This is not my usual color combination and I was a bit taken aback when I saw it, but when I started layering these colors on my canvas I could see why Kristin chose them. It is an elegant combination, isn't it?  I've hung it right above my desk so I can study it a bit...I'm still not sure if I should add some lime and orange to it..tempting.

  

    In the last few weeks, I kept hearing about friends visiting India and kept falling upon pictures about it and it's been one of the themes I want to further explore.There is something mesmerizing about India and it's a place I would love to visit.
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My dream tonight

     

    

     Have I ever told you that I suffer from sleeping disorder? Ever since I was young I had trouble falling asleep and always wake up several times during the night...ugh.. I've tried every remedy under the sun and moon, well the last few years I take melatonin and that seems to help, but sometimes I get the weirdest dreams..and my dreams are in color!! really!
     The other night I had this really annoying recurring dream about this painting I had just finished, So in this dream, that kept waking me up, like a hundred times, I kept seeing the same painting over and over and over again, but in different colors! Do I like it in yellow?...yes, no, maybe...and then again! Do I like it in blue?..yes, no, maybe....and then again!! and all night long I kept dreaming about the same stupid painting, which I really love in real life..  ughhhhhh all night long I dreamt  the same painting in all the colors of the rainbow!!!
    So for tonight...I'd like to special order this newest painting for my dream....a nice peaceful dream, filled with flowers, stars and with a splash of red, to keep the story interesting and no waking up, please!!! Thank you :)

xoxo
    

Love song

This is my entry for Summer of color. Can you tell how much I'm enjoying this?! It's been a while since I picked up a paint brush and I just feel reborn :)
xoxo

The Summer of Color

I'm real happy to be able to take part in  The Summer of Color over at Kristin's blog, because I missed it last year.. and it has been so much fun participating in the past!! so this year, I cleared my calendar and will devote time for this fun event!! yay!

 So for this first week, our only requirement was to work with two colors, yellow and aqua and a splash of pink. the two main  colors can be mixed to make a third, so lime comes into the picture.
For more amazing art, pop over to Twinkle. Twinkle blog!
xoxo
Have a great weekend!! 

I'm glad we're friends

 

This cute little card made the semi final list of 68 entries, over at the  Tigerprint blog. yay!! I was really thrilled about this even though it wasn't a winner because it was picked out of 440 entries and that's good enough for me, right now. I made the doll out of felt and embroidered the heart and dress Tigerprint is a greeting card supplier for the Marks and Spencer dpt store in Great Britain and they have monthly contests. You should check it out and see all the great talented artists :)

I also started some new paintings and ''Lucky 13'' is my latest fave! I love all the bright colors in this one, it makes me happy when I look at it.
xoxo

Mustache quilt

Here's a little something I created a couple of weeks ago for another spoonflower contest.

 I'm thinking of making a tote out of this funny pattern.
xoxo

cooking up a storm

I entered this design for the Spoonflower contest last week. Head over for a visit to see more fab entries! The theme was utensils and I couldn't complete my design without my little mushroom people!

And then I made a quilt!  I have so much in mind for future designs with these squares!

Hope you're enjoying Spring time weather :)
xoxo

digital quilts

      

   It's been several months now,  since I started working in digital form and I haven't been so excited and happy in my work as I am these days :) I really feel so alive and can't wait to get up in the morning and start creating!  I have been painting on canvas as well but it's this digital form that has me in a dizzy spell :)  and the pattern making! oh wow! to turn one of my designs in a pattern...just mind boggling!!

Well, a few weeks ago as I was finishing up one of my illustrations..I was trying to think of a way to organise and use all these icons, that take me for ever to create and I came up with this quilt idea. 
     

Well, actually I wanted to use the icons again in a new design that would be fast and no nonsense kind of way, so I came up with the quilt idea!  I would make a series of quilts after I'm done with the major design, illustration or pattern and take all the icons and organise them in small boxes, that would make up a new design...the quilt.  Also it would give me the opportunity to simplify my designs. Simple design was the key word :)

Hope you like them as much as I do!!

xoxo

Spring time

  

Now that Spring is finally here all I can think about is blooming flowers and cute little birds chirping away.
  

 

 

My obsession with pattern making is taking over and I'm so loving this whole process even though it's frustrating at times! but I'm determined to overcome the technical part and focus on design. So many new things to learn and not enough hours in the day.

xoxox

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the mommies out there, to all the women with the most important, and most underpaid job in the world!     I love you mom <3 p="">

Happy May

Well, I'm a couple of days late for this, but I couldn't upload the pics from my tablet..ughh tech stuff..
so here is the card I made for May Day. Hope you had a great one :)

Of course I just had to make a pattern too :)

xoxo

Tea Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even though I'm a 100% coffee person.. tea cups and kettles have been an inspiration to create this collection. 
Hope you have a great weekend :)

celebrate the earth

Happy Earth Day, everyone!!

Happy Easter

Wishing you a Happy Easter!!

lots of love,

Joanna and Daisy xoxo