I thought it would be fun to share a new holiday design collection I've worked on called Holiday Hoopla. Below is the original painting where I've definitely taken a less traditional approach to holiday and concentrated on the visual hoopla of it all.

I designed the painting so that it could easily be repeated for items such as giftwrap, or table textiles, etc. Below its shown in repeat pattern & you can see where the different elements pop up and repeat themselves.

Some types of products may have different coordinating pieces, such as paper tableware, that has 2 sizes of plates and napkins. For that situation I will usually pull out just a few elements of the main design and create a seperate design, to break up the monotony. I think of this process as how I would layer pillows together and how I would want to mix size, color and detail. Here's a few examples:


So there's a festive glimpse of another day in the life of this studio! If you have a hard time enjoying these holiday images during the beginning of fall, do what I do and just flip on Johnny Mathis Christmas and jingle all the way. This technique of mine has also proven to completely confuse my sweet children.
Happy Holidays!!
xoxo,AM
I have a peppermint garland for my tree that looks a lot like your fabulous bottom photo. What program do you use to cut out and reassemble your images? They're wonderful.
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Those are great!! I would love to get some fabric like that painting.....hint...hint... Wouldn't that have great, nearly endless possibilities:) I will buy some of whatever it ends up as when it comes out! The painting seems almost magical - I think it is the sparkling snowflakes maybe:) can't decide...lol..
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Thanks Heather!!
ReplyDeleteI use a program called GIMP, I know thats a weird name. My husband being a programmer, he's a fan of Linux, so all our software is Linux based. I'm guessing it would be the equivalent o something like photoshop.
Your tree sounds yummy!!
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ReplyDeletelove the peppermint idea...absolutely adorable. Nice blog you've created here! How's everything going??
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Very "charlie and the chocolate factory" (new and/or remake, take your pick). Reminds me of the scene in the book where the children discover the lickable wallpaper. Love these designs!
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Love the peppermint garland, it really makes you almost "taste" the fun of the holidays. What type of paint do you use for your art? Curious minds wanna know :)
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Hi Lucy-thanks for your kind words! I use good ole Liquitex acrylics, most of the time!!
ReplyDeleteAnd from what I can tell they have no harmful side effects, like overnight stays in the hospital for surgery :)
xo,AM
Johnny Mathis. Oh Lord. Reminds me of a time "way back" when my brother and sister and I would roller skate in our basement while his Christmas album (33-1/3 rpm) was blaring from our portable record player. Spring, summer, fall or winter, we'd play the record and zoom around. Life was simpler then.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the memories. ;-)
WOW! Be it paper or fabric, I'll definitely buy some. Can't help but feel happy just lookin at it!
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