Awesome Entries & Winner of the JANUARY PATTERN CONTEST!

It's that time again! Time to showcase the entries, and lucky winner, for the first Pattern Contest of the new year! Special thanks to everyone who participated for taking the time to make these excellent patterns! It's always hard to choose a winner and this month was no different!

This month's topic was Food, and it's pretty obvious the majority of people are split into two camps; sweets and veggies! That's cool, I'll take 'em both!

Without further ado, let's announce the winner!




Congratulations to Rebecca Greenwood for making these three awesome patterns! They're all super cute and deserving of praise, but my personal favorite is the orange themed one! So let's call that the winner! See more of Rebecca's excellent work on her site and give her a big round of virtual applause!


But of course it was a hard decision because we had a lot of great patterns submitted this month! So let's check them out!


Heather Tubwon knows the secret to our hearts at Paper Bicycle; Cupcakes! Looks tasty, although I wonder what some of those cupcake flavors are! See more of Heather's work at her site!



Cupcakes were a popular food in this contesnt, and Anne M Bray bring makes an excellent contibution with this super cute pink number! See more wonderful work at her blog!



Previously featured Anna Rodighiero has a very sweet tooth, because pure marshmallow in fluff-form is about as sweet at it gets! The color on this one is just icing on the cake! You can find out more on Anna's website and blog!




Previous Featured Guest Emily Muschinske sent in not one but two super cute, fruit themed-patterns! You can see her work at her website and follow her on twitter @emilymuschinske. Also (and this is super exciting) she's now offering art courses!



Abbey Freundschuh brings more of the cupcake love with this dessert-inspired pattern, but she doesn't discriminate! All desserts are welcome! Check out tons of great work on Abbey's website!



Alexander Bielovich titled his pattern "Mystery Ingredients" so I'm not so sure I'd want to eat whatever it is. But I sure like it anyway! Super colors! Check out Alexander's portfolio!



Good to see some people are thinking healthy! Emily Harris represents the power of the veggie with her gardentime pattern! See more on her site and get inspired on her blog!



Whoa! It's a childhood dream in this this bright, super-fun, sugary-rush of a pattern by Tammie Bennett! See a lot more work on her site and follow her on twitter @tammiebennett!




Melanie Schultz sent two awesome patterns this month and proves a person can appreciate all types of food. From light, fresh and delicious sushi to comforting, greasy fries. Be sure to check out Melanie's site and her ambitious blog!


Thanks again to everyone that entered! We're proud to show off your work! And be on the lookout for the announcement of our next contest shortly!

Amazing Entries & Winner of the JULY PATTERN CONTEST!

We are super excited to announce the Entries of the July Pattern Contest! Thank you so much, everyone, for working so hard on these! I am so excited, you don't even know! Twelve fantastic artists took the time to make a pattern for our contest and we had a super hard time narrowing down to our July Pattern Contest Winner!



Congratulations, Anna Rodighiero, for making this amazing (and hilariously cautious) Sunscreen pattern! Oh yes, we DO know how important it is to lather it on before going out! There will be no premature wrinkles for anyone viewing her super cute pattern!
Please take a second and peek at the rest of her artwork! Anna, we are so excited to send you one of the cute waterbottles we've designed! Congratulations and thank you!

It was incredibly hard to narrow it down and we had a tie for second place!

YES. This vicious, yet patriotic, July 4th pattern by Jason Norman is to die for. Jason has a ton of crazy work that can be found on his website! Thank you Jason! This is awesome! For being one of our second place winners, we want to offer you the chance to pick one of our themes for daily pattern!

Our other second place winner is...

Melanie Schultz's roller derby pattern! Man, it makes me want to put on my spandex unitard and push some burly girls over! Melanie's other awesome work can be found on her site! Congratulations, Melanie! We'd love for you to pick a topic for our future daily patterns as a second place prize!

We have a ton more amazing patterns where these came from!


Nozomi Arisawa made this adorable (and tasty) pattern! I would love to share that cookie with her. She looks like she's really enjoying it! Nozomi's other artwork (and some other amazing patterns) can be found here!



Have you ever tried to make foliage repeat? It's super hard! I was really impressed by this naturalistic songbird pattern by Dustin Davis. Take a peek at Dustin's other great work here on his site!



Look at this powerful Star-spangled Pattern by Jamie Kalvestran! Jamie has a ton of great patterns on her sites!
Here are links to her website and blog. Thanks Jamie!




Emily Muschinske made two gorgeous patterns (along with some super fun coordaintes!) for July! All of her bird characters are so sweet! Emily has a ton of fantastic work on her site. She also has a teaching site that looks like a ton of fun! Thanks Emily!



I love the simplicity of Gail Rall's Bastille Day pattern! So bright and bold! Please check out Gail's website and blog for more of her great work! Thank you, Gail!



Greg Lindholm made this super refreshing, intricate watermelon pattern! Watermelon is the perfect summer food! You can't have a backyard bar-b-que without one! I love it! Check out Greg's design blog here.



I love birds! How did you know? Thyra Helgesen made this adorable pattern of a sweet parakeet! I love the little food bits! I recognize those!



Lisa Travis made this fantastic, textural July pattern! I love the small details! This would make a wonderful quilting fabric! Check out Lisa's other great work on her website. Thanks Lisa!



And last, but certainly not least, Emily Balsley made this totally adorable lighning bug pattern! I saw so many of these cute guys in real life only a week ago! We don't get them in the city, so seeing them was a real treat! I love this! See Emily's work on her website and visit her blog for more! Thanks Emily!

Thanks again to everyone that entered! We're proud to show off your work! Get ready for our August Contest, everyone! It'll soon be upon us!

One more day! July Pattern Contest!

Just a day or two left to submit your patterns! We will be posting all entries with a link to your site/blog! Submit a pattern that you made while thinking of "July"!
Be sure to send your pattern along with a note about what inspired you! (That way we can post a word or two about your work!)

Send your patterns to us by 11:59pm on July 25th!

Take a look at the details HERE.

We're so excited to do a giveaway to the "best of July" pattern/artist. Thanks so much, we can't wait to see what you've made!

14 days left to submit to our July Pattern Contest!

Don't forget! We're looking to show off your patterns!



Click here to read the specifics! Send us your patterns by July 25th! Hope to collaborate with you!!