Sun, Grass, and Sea

Just added to the shop: Sun, Grass, and Sea Mandala Tablecloth!

Another Treasury!

Lisbeth's Garden Party mandala napkins are currently featured here! Love all the treasury attention we've been getting of late. We have a new batch of summer tees at the printers and will be posting them next week, so stay tuned!

A Mandala of a Different Color

Lisbeth's bold and beautiful *Pinecone Polka* mandala is currently featured in this fine treasury!

And Speaking of Circles...

Lisbeth's Candlelight Mandala is featured in an Etsy treasury entitled Running in Circles!

Unbroken Circle

I found this old photo of me taken by my father in the fall of 1969, when I was fifteen. I am in my basement in Warwick, RI, working on a mandala for my 10th grade art class. I think it's the only one I ever designed. Both of my daughters, Kaitlyn and Lisbeth, make mandalas now. Ah, the circle of Life. What goes around, comes around...

Mother's Day Specials!!!

Hot off the ironing board:

Grandmother's Forget-me-not Mandala Picnic or Table Quilt!

Now available for purchase over at the Etsy shop!

It's not too late to shop for Mother's Day!

Today and tomorrow I will ship priority and cover the extra cost!

Mother's Day Special!!!

Buy ANY two items and get 20% off ANY third item!

And...

Make a purchase before Mother's Day, and I will include a FREE Mandala Art Card with your purchase! Just leave me a comment when you check out telling me that you've come by way of this blog, and which card you'd prefer. There are six beauties to choose from!

So c'mon over to Brainstorm Studio and pick out something extra special for the Mom(s) in your life!

Gramma's May Basket Mandala Tablecloth

I had such fun making this!

My Grandmother was born in 1896 and lived to be 100 years old. She was a wonderful woman, full of fun. She loved to bake and make candy - Ike's Million Dollar Fudge, Potato Candy, Stuffed Dates - and every spring she made colorful May Baskets and filled them with her homemade goodies for her family and friends. Then she would ring our doorbells, leave the baskets on our steps, and hide! Gramma so enjoyed her friends. They played cards together each week and called themselves "The Galloping Grandmothers." Gramma always set a pretty table for the ladies. This table cloth reminds me of my Gram. It is patched together with fabric belonging to four generations of women: my grandmother, my mother, myself, and my daughter, Lisbeth. Lisbeth's mandala is at the center, the rainbow plaid came from my mother's stash, the rest of the fabric is mine except for the white and pink flowered border - this comes from an upcycled vintage tablecloth that belonged to my grandmother. 34" x 34"

Table cloth is embellished with ribbon, ric rac, top stitching, and hand embroidery.

There's great energy in this tablecloth - it will make an extra special Mother's Day, Bridal Shower, or Wedding Gift!

There's a Mother's Day Sale going on over at Brainstorm Studio! Buy ANY 2 items, and get 20 percent off ANY third item! Yay!

Mini Mandala Magnets!

Mmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmm!

My sister, Lisbeth's Aunt Sue, made these neat magnets using some of Lisbeth's mandala designs. She reduced the images and printed them in pastel colors on black, and printed some in black on pastels. Very cool! I have started to send these along to our Etsy customers with their orders as a little thankyou gift. My husband and I took Lisbeth out to dinner last night and I gave Lisbeth three of the magnets in her favorite colors, the colors of Milkweed...

Blue Goddess Mandala Table Quilt

Completed, documented, and now for sale over in Lisbeth's Etsy shop! And I ordered 14 more yards of fabric from Spoonflower today. Stay tuned!

Lisbeth is down with seizures again, but she had a good week and a half or so. I can always tell she's in a good space when she doesn't call me alot - and when she does call, it's to tell me to put money in her bank account! :^) She loves to shop!

Mandala Dreaming

Lisbeth spent the night at our house last Friday night. Unfortunately, she had a seizure and slept on the couch most of the evening. She will not remember being here, so we will have to schedule another sleepover soon! I took this picture of Lisbeth asleep on a pillow made out of fabric that was painted with a big mandala by my daughter, Kaitlyn. Both my girls love those circular designs! It looks like Lisbeth is having mandala dreams...

Lisbeth's Garden Party Mandala Napkins!

Weeeeeee!!!!!!!! I am so pleased with this fabric from Spoonflower! Happy high voltage spring colors! Aren't Lisbeth's mandalas amazing used this way? I am in the process of creating more fabric designs with a more subtle palette, but I just had to start this way, with a rainbow. I will be making more table linens to put in Lisbeth's Etsy shop when my next shipment arrives from Spoonflower - tablecloths, table runners, placemats, and maybe some potholders...so, stay tuned!