New Spring Sets

   I have a few new sets to show you all this week! They are all old designs, but they're new to my shop. They're almost all flowers, so they are just in time for spring (and summer!).

   This first one you saw in my last post. I really liked how it turned out and think it will go over well with my customers. You can find it here in my shop.

   This one is from several months ago (you can read the original post here). I've always really liked this one; colorful and trendy, but simple. It was inspired by some fabric that always reminds me of an art deco print. You can find the set here in my shop.

   This one was inspired by some pretty stationary by the Rifle Paper Company. You can see the original post from a few months ago here. You can find the set here in my shop.

   This last one was a custom set for a customer on Etsy. You can read the original post here and find it in my shop here.

  I hope you all have a fabulous week/weekend!

Illuminated (Again)

   The illumination book strikes again! I've yet to try out any actual illumination, but I'm still in love with the pictures in my how-to book. This week (I'm finally caught up!), I was inspired by one of the corner details in a border illumination shown in the book.

   There was actually a lot more to the detail, but I liked this little quarter of it best for my design. It was a pretty flower-like deisgn, with these pointier petals around the outside (it had some softer, round inside petals that were small).

   To make this design, I started out with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Jungle Gem. Then I thinned out a little bit of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Barracuda, to make it a little easier to create the thin lines of the petals. For the yellow insides and dots, I used Revlon Colorstay Buttercup.

   I think I'm going to have to turn to the calligraphy book more often for my inspiration, it has such pretty designs! I might also put this set up in my shop; I think it might go over well.

   I hope you all have a great week!