Are you ready for another fantastic Summer Spotlight? I’m excited to introduce you to talented Seattle artist and surface designer Roberta Graver. She has a wonderful origin story that will inspire you to lean into your creativity this summer and beyond. Watch part 1 of her interview today and come back next week for part 2. You don’t want to miss it!

Hello my friend and welcome to this week’s blog. I’m so excited to talk to you today about my student and now dear friend, Kathleen Lambert. After taking my 10-week signature course, The Pattern Design Academy®, Kathleen overcame her fear of technology and discovered that learning Adobe Illustrator was not only fun but was a way for her to highlight the trail blazing nature of her artwork and creative process.

You are in for a real treat this week. Meet Swedish watercolor artist Maria Ahl-Zanier. She shares her passion for watercolor and her beautiful studio in Berg, Sweden, with us.

Hello, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog post. I'm really excited to announce a summer Spotlight Series which will feature students from my Pattern Design Academy® program. I'll be sprinkling in these stories over the summer to help inspire and motivate you to continue to make progress in your own creative journey.

Hello my friend. Today let’s talk about overwhelm, which comes up in various ways from time to time. In my creative community overwhelm can happen when we're just getting started in my 10-week paid program, the Pattern Design Academy®. And you get worried about keeping up. But it can also come up for many other reasons.

Well, it’s decision time. My friend Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber closes enrollment to her signature program, Leverage Your Art, tonight at midnight. Stacie did two live interviews with me and I thought I’d share some highlights. Perhaps these are the same questions you still have about joining the program?

Hello, my friend. I am soooo excited to tell you that today my friend Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber opens enrollment to her signature program: Leverage Your Art. I am a huge fan of Stacie’s and a proud affiliate of her programs. When you enroll through me, you get access to three exclusive bonuses!

Have you met, Stacie Bloomfield? She runs a very successful creative business and is offering a free mini course starting TODAY called: Creative Powerhouse. Join us and discover how to work with what you’ve got, find your voice and create your own unique success path. It’s gonna be amazing. Click HERE to grab your spot.

Hello, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. If you have been around for the last several weeks, you know that I’ve been covering all the different ways that you can make money as a surface pattern designer. If you’re new to my blog, welcome! Today’s post is a highlight reel of the five big categories for success in surface design.

Welcome to this week's blog. Today I want to share my three secrets to success in Surface Design. For those who are new here, I always like to start with a quick description of what Surface Design is because I had never heard of it until about five years ago when I had to reinvent myself after being laid off from my fancy corporate job.

Hello there, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. Today is a very exciting day because enrollment is open to my signature 10-week Pattern Design Academy® program!

I’d like to personally invite you to join the Pattern Design Academy® and become a member of the Class of May 2021. This class is going to be spectacular!

Hello, my friend and welcome to this week's blog. I am super excited to be here this week because I have a bonus for you about another way you can make money in Surface Design. My dear friend and mentor, Stu McLaren, is offering a free workshop right now, all about memberships. Read on…

Well, hello and welcome to this week's blog. I am excited to talk to you about my free mini course, From Doodles to Dollars®. Enrollment is now OPEN! This free mini course is only offered two times per year, so you don't want to miss it.

Hello again, my friend. I am super excited to continue this blog series about the four major ways to make money in Surface Pattern Design. If you missed any of my prior blogs on this topic, go back and read them to catch up. This week is all about in-person and virtual workshops, as well as digital courses - more great ways for you to share your passion for the artwork you create.

Welcome back to this series about the four major ways to make money in Surface Design. Two weeks ago, I talked about Licensing. Last week, we discussed Direct Selling. If you missed them, go back and catch up. This week we're going to talk about Indirect Selling. You may also hear this referred to as passive income or making money in your sleep.

Hello, my friend. This month is all about the four ways you can make money in Surface Design. In reality there are many more than four, but I’ve organized this information into four main categories to keep things simple and help you understand your options. Last week we talked about category #1: Licensing. This week we're going to switch gears by discussing category #2: Direct Selling.

Hello my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new series, all about the different ways that you can make money in Surface Design. Over the course of the next four weeks, we’ll break down each of four major categories so that you can understand how each one works and determine which one(s) might be the best fit for you.

Hello there, my friend and welcome to this week's blog. Last week we talked about how to shift from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance. I want to dive a bit deeper this week and talk about our fears around success. It’s an interesting dichotomy because sometimes you can fear success more than failure. Let’s get into it.