Summer Updates

Well, it’s almost mid-August and I’ve taken a longer break than intended. It’s been a busy summer with a lot of family time and life changes for me and my family. It required me to be more present and so I took a summer sabbatical. Here are some updates on what I’ve been up to this summer.

Summer Vacation

In June, I had the opportunity to go to Japan! We visited Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Akihabara and while it was a pretty exhausting trip (look, I’m from the suburbs, so walking EVERYWHERE - along with public transportation - my poor feet were pretty mad at me), but it was the most amazing trip!

Me at Osaka Castle, Shibuya at night, the most delicious pancake at a breakfast place in Fukuoka, Japan.

There were so many beautiful sights to see, delicious food to eat and a lot of beautiful Japanese fabric and stationery patterns to see as well (we shopped A LOT). I had heard that Japan is so clean and safe and it really was such a lovely place! Every train we rode had beautiful, velvety, comfortable cushions - I had never seen such clean, well taken care of public transportation. Everyone was so polite and respectful. It was really cool.

Ramen Neon Sign, Dazaifu Tenman-gū Shrine and Garden, Loved this mint green train that belongs in a Wes Anderson movie.

After such a big trip, we’ve intentionally had a slower summer filled with quality time with family and taking advantage of hot summer temps to enjoy a lot of pool time!

Pattern Updates

August started another pattern challenge on Instagram (hosted by Melanie Johnsson). I have been participating this month (every prompt so far!) and would love it if you followed a long. Pattern challenges are super fun and I love how fast-paced they are (for me anyway since I’m not great about planning for them a month in advance). It’s a super fun challenge and one of the best parts is seeing how so many artists in the community interpret and execute the prompt!

Prompts for Orbit, Shell and Snack for this months Instagram Pattern Challenge.

I love coming up with so many patterns at a time because many times these prompts will lead me to some great collection ideas to get out. Follow along with me @cloudeight on Instagram!

Over the next couple of months, I will be working on getting holiday collections out so stay tuned for that too!

Much love and thanks for reading. I hope you’ve had a great summer too!

Kylie