While in the think of preparing for my son’s birth, I was desperately trying to create the perfect “nest” for him to come home to. I had found the most darling whimsical woodland create prints from Sea Urchin Studios. I loved them so much that I wanted to create the entire nursery around them, but I couldn’t find any patterned fabrics to match their modern primary colors.
So, what’s a pregnant artist to do? Compromise her vision?! No! She designs her own fabrics, of course!
Forest Friend prints by Sea Urchin Studios and Modern Nursery Prints fabrics by Jennifer Colucci.
That’s when I met Spoonflower — a company that provides print-on-demand textile services. (Think CafePress or Zazzle but for fabric yardage, wallpaper and giftwrap.) In Photoshop, I created several different designs — chevrons, sketched alphabet, leaves, stripes, gingham, diamonds and polka dots — in a variety of modern primary colors — carrot, sunshine, teal, taupe and chocolate. Then I uploaded the images to Spoonflower, configured them in a few different sizes and ordered samples. I was pleased with the quality of the fabric and print job, so I ordered yards and yards more to full furnish my sons Woodland Adventure Nursery.
UPDATE: Even though I made the fabrics just for my son’s nursery, I set the Modern Nursery Prints as available for purchase. Now, every few days or so, I get an email saying someone favorited or purchased one of my designs. Pretty sweet passive commission!
UPDATED AGAIN: One of these Modern Nursery Prints, Large Colorful Leaves, was featured in the HGTV Magazine July/August 2015 edition! I feel like I’ve “arrived”!