I have been asked to share my “new and improved” creative space (this is for you mom!). The pics will you will get a little insight into my world. First you will notice the desk I refinished. Over the last few months I have really broken it in and made it my own. Check out [...]

Martha Stewart had a “good things” DIY project for a homemade desk blotter on her website at one point, but for the life of me, I could not get it to pull up when I was ready to make it. So, after seeing the picture of it on her site, I decided to wing it. [...]

This week’s super color palette is HappyPanic by ZicoCarioca. The purple in the palette reminds me of a black grape…So beautiful and rich. I also love the salmony orange color. It is perfect with the teal and purple. These would be great colors for a mural on an outside wall of a house…Maybe that has [...]

I shared some of my favorite fonts a while back, but  I thought I would share some more now. I just found this little gem, Honey Script, courtesy of dafont.com. I am always looking for good script fonts, and this is an excellent one. I also like “The Real Font” from 1001freefonts.com. It has some [...]

I have to say I am a fan of The Project Runway. I also have to say that I am a real fan of color (as you may have noticed if you are a regular reader of my blog). So, last year when Christian Siriano showed his final collection that won Project Runway, I liked [...]

It is finally here…The opening of my new store on Etsy! You can visit my store at purplelemondesigns.etsy.com. I have been working towards this day for about 8 months now. I have 5 folded note card designs offered in my store now. As many of you know, I also design custom orders. The five cards [...]

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have a fun and/or restful weekend planned. This week’s Friday Freebie is Fortune Cookie Greetings. Below you will find a link to download templates and instructions for a “Fortune Cookie” that you can make as a birthday greeting or a “Just Because” note. Download Fortune Cookie Template and Instructions [...]

This week’s color palette is provided by Colocat and is named Sun is Setting. It makes me think of the sun setting over my Tuscan villa in a remote area of Italy. Ah, sigh. Anywhoo, back to reality. I think this could be a great color scheme for a note card, or even better, a [...]

I love Etsy. It is so addicting. For those of you who haven’t heard of Etsy yet, it is a place to buy and sell all things handmade. I hope to have a shop set up very soon, but until that day comes, I love to browse other shops. I thought today I would share [...]

I recently ordered some prints from Emily Martin of The Black Apple during her sale to help her beautiful Miette. I simply adore her work. Rosie the Pirate and Violaine and her owl came to live with me. I recently got them framed, and hung in my office to inspire me in my work. I [...]