Fireflies

It's a new week and a new contest at Spoonflower.  This week's contest is Fireflies.  Here is my mod style design titled Synchronized Fireflies.

Synchronized Fireflies

Synchronized Fireflies Throw Pillow

Come to think of it, I haven't seen a single firefly this summer.  Hope you all have been lucky enough to see them flutter about in the night sky!  That's always such a magical experience.  I've seen plenty of mosquitoes this summer though.  So glad this contest isn't about mosquitoes!  Yuck! :)  

Strawberry Rice Flour Pancakes

One word!  YUM!  

Strawberry Rice Flour Pancakes

1 cup rice flour (Bob's Red Mill Stone Ground White Rice Flour)
2 squirts of 100% pure raw & unfiltered honey (Nature Nate's) 
2 teaspoons of aluminum free baking powder (Rumford Reduced Sodium)
1/2 teaspoon of sea salt (Celtic Sea Salt Fine Ground)
1 egg
1 cup of milk
2 teaspoons of melted coconut oil (Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil Unrefined)
handful of sliced organic strawberries

Mix rice flour, baking powder and salt with a whisk.  Add milk, egg, oil and honey.  Whisk until smooth.  Let sit for about 10 minutes.  Add the sliced strawberries.  The strawberries will sink to the bottom of the bowl so be sure to scoop some out each time you pour a new pancake.  Heat the griddle with coconut oil.  The pancakes will soak up the oil so you will have to repeat this part when you are ready to flip the pancakes over.  

Top with butter and maple syrup and enjoy!  Our favorite maple syrup is Coomb's Family Farms Organic Maple Syrup Grade B.  

This recipe goes great with blueberries too.  We have also made this recipe with delicious chocolate chips (Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chip dairy, nut & soy free). 

Farmers Market

This week's contest at Spoonflower is the Farmers Market Contest.  My piece is titled Sweet Taste of Summer.  Every summer we would visit my Grandparents in Iowa.  My Grandfather grew his own juicy tomatoes that we ate like apples.  My favorite was a plate of Grandpa's tomatoes, buttery Iowa sweet corn, Anderson Erickson cottage cheese and a slice of watermelon.  To me that was truly the sweet taste of summer.

Sweet Taste of Summer

  

 

Hope you all are out there enjoying the Farmers Markets in your areas.  Support your local farms and thank a farmer!

 

Live.  Laugh.  Farm.  :)   

   

Mod Wallpaper

This week's contest at Spoonflower is the Mod Wallpaper Contest.  I titled my design Mod Shells.  I'm in such a beachy mood :) all of the time that my designs are starting to reflect that.  I'm also not a very big fan of wallpaper so wanted to try my best to create something that wasn't over the top and would be soothing to the eye.  This particular color of green has always been very calming to me. 

The Mod Shells design can be found at my shop at 

Society6 and at Spoonflower.

 

Fabric8: Geek Chic Semi Finals

This week's Spoonflower contest is the Fabric8:  Geek Chic Semi Finals Contest!  I am not in this contest but wanted to share with you three very talented designers who made it into the Semi Finals!  These three designers along with 97 others will have the opportunity to make it to the next round which is the Final 8!   The winner of that contest will be offered a contract with Robert Kaufman Fabrics.  So let's help these fab designers get to the Final 8!

Modern Geek by Ottomanbrim

Geek Garden by Demouse

Bow Tie by Akwaflorell

Voting has ended for this contest. 

Sailing Contest

Come sail away!  Come sail away!  Come sail away with me!!  This week's contest at Spoonflower is all about sailing.  Here is my design titled Come Sail Away!  Sounds like a great idea to me.

Come Sail Away by Art Tree Designs at Spoonflower

Come Sail Away Throw Pillow by Art Tree Designs at Society6

Come Sail Away (Smaller Print) Throw Pillow

Come Sail Away (Centered) Throw Pillow

If you would like to check out my entire Sailing Collection please click here.  

Bookemon Books

Along with creating fabric designs, wallpaper, wall decals, art prints, throw pillows and more...I also enjoy writing children's books.  Bookemon is a fun website where anyone can create their own books.  The first book featured here in this post is the book   What Did I Do With My Shoe?  The story was inspired by an early morning conversation between the girls about a missing shoe.  

What Did I Do With My Shoe?

The second book called  Madison's Bubbles is a story about a little girl who uses her imagination while blowing bubbles and is a story that is very near and dear to my heart.  

  

Madison's Bubbles

The third book is It's A Full Moon Tonight about a little boy, his bear and his love for the moon.  It just so happened that I was inspired to write this story while pregnant with this little guy you see here. :)

It's A Full Moon Tonight

If you would like to check out all of my books currently for sale please click on Bookemon.  I have about ten more in my head but it is finding the time to get it down on paper that's the trick.  Hopefully soon I will make time so that we can share them with all of you.  Thanks to all who have taken a look at my books online already and to all of those who have made a purchase.  I am so grateful for the support that I have received!  If anyone is interested in creating their own books at Bookemon please contact me if you have any questions.  I think that Bookemon is a great site and that the quality of the books are fantastic!