New Look at Zazzle & Blogger!

Hello everyone! After a while of inactivity, I have decided to start fresh with a new blog design that matches my new Zazzle Storefront! I opted for two of my favourite colours for this fresh, summer / spring look. See my Zazzle Storefront Here!

While I have been inactive on the blog front, I have been busy with working full time along with adding new products to my Zazzle, DesignByHumans and RedBubble shops! I have been focusing a lot of my efforts to my DesignByHumans shop lately because I do really well there, however I would like to start dividing my time between Zazzle again because I have TONS of patterns that would be suited for the wide variety of products there.

On My Zazzle shop I have decided to start updating my fabric line with new patterns. I have a beautiful pastel line coming up, and have recently added a purple ornate pattern collection and updated my summer time fabrics collection with some new patterns as well!

Purple Ornamental Patterned Fabrics by Tanya	Trending: Summer Fabrics by Tanya

I have also been updating my DesignByHumans store with some exclusive, text based designs! Since DBH is mainly for wearables, typography and simple graphics work really well there, whereas my patterns do better on RedBubble and Zazzle. Some of my designs were even added to the DBH summer collection! :) 

I've got a lot of catching up to do, but my goal is to have my Zazzle shop fully caught up with my new designs by November, giving me lots of time! Not counting the new designs I plan on making, of course. Next week I am taking a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, which will mean lots of sketchbook drawing for me and hopefully the start of a brand new pattern... :)

New Fabrics & Zazzle Shop Update!

I have started updating my Zazzle shop again, woohoo! My work is cut out for me this month. I missed at least 8 new products during my off time, and have made so many designs since then! I am going to share with you some of my new fabric designs, but first I want to talk about the new shop I set up! :) Here it is: 

My new shop is going to be dedicated to all the nature pictures I take in Canada. It will be landscapes, plants, animals & insects mainly. Sometimes I will include pictures of animals that aren't native to Canada, but that I took on my journeys around Canada. My last adventure was to New Brunswick, where it mostly rained but I got some lovely photos from the Zoo, the tourist sites we went to, and of course the gorgeous landscape. I am really excited to be able to do something with my nature photography, other than just staring at it! ;)
I will be working on getting my photos on this shop bit by bit, while also working on my TanyaDraws shop.

And I have been updating that shop, as well! I have about 50 new patterns to add to fabrics, so my fabric collection on tanyadraws shop will be ginormous when I am done. On top of that, I also have some new designs to add to all products, such as my lily of the valley pattern & my rainbow chevron hearts collection. I also never tried Zazzle collections, so I am going to be utilizing that tool very soon to see what the commotion is over that. I will be busy busy busy! Luckily though, I recently adopted a new cat from our backyard (she was a stray!) and we took her to the vet to find out she is pregnant and will be having kittens! So the upcoming days (maybe weeks) I am spending some time with her in my room, rather than out and about like I would be usually.... giving me some time to work on some stuff.

As for the fabrics, most of the patterns I have to upload this time are abstract, decorative patterns. These patterns are perfect for fabrics! You can customize the pattern to be larger or smaller print, depending on what effect you want to have. I also have a collection of patterned heart patterns coming up, where the background will be customizable. :) Here are some of the patterns I have added so far!!

Chevron rainbow hearts! I decided to take an existing pattern and add it to
a heart shape, making a unique heart pattern. I can see this one being popular
around valentines day, and I would love to one day see it on a dress!!
This pattern looks great on white, but try it on a blacks, purples & greys
for a completely new effect.

Cute Rainbow and Textured Chevron Hearts Pattern Fabric by TanyaDraws
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Salmon is always a lovely colour as an accent for home decor projects. This is
a pattern of 6 petalled salmon colour flowers surrounding circles. The background is
a muted cream colour, giving it a vintage feel.

Pretty Salmon Pink Flowers & Dots Pattern Fabric by TanyaDraws
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This pattern is really fun! It is inspired by 3D glasses and also has a
picnic inspired look. The colours really pop and the pattern of star
shapes and overlapping colours makes it endlessly interesting!

Retro 3D Colours Geometric Burst Pattern Fabric by TanyaDraws
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Another variation of the 3D glasses inspired pattern! This one has rings
of overlapping colour, and a vintage cream colour can be seen in the background
more so than the first pattern. This is a fun pattern but is definitely more controlled!

Retro 3D Colours Geometric Pattern Fabric by TanyaDraws
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I made this pattern around Canada Day, and since I was unsure about uploading products
at the time, I didn't add it to my shop! So this is a little late.. but at least it will be on my shop
for next years Canada day! The watercolour leaves are a modern twist on the traditional
bright red maple leaf.

Canada Day Watercolour Maple Leaf Pattern Fabric by TanyaDraws
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