Ahhh, the lovely gardens in Baja are a feast for the eye. I am always pulling out my sketch book to draw flowers or capture snippets of cool patterns, then put them together for a new floorcloth design. There is an abundance of both in Mexico. Many a lovely Baja garden to explore, and color [...]
What I love most about Mexico is that there is always a fiesta to celebrate something. Even all the open air markets are a fiesta in themselves. Fiestas are full of flowers and colors and shapes. Nothing feeds the soul like a good Baja fiesta. This fiesta design is all shades of orange with accents [...]
Bougainvillea tells you it's time to chill in the tropics and soak up some beauty. It grows anywhere it is planted, a wonderful flowering vine that takes color to a whole new level. Baja bougainvillea proliferates along the streets with cascades of blooms, and brightens up an unexpected hidden corner. A bougainvillea design with a [...]
The Baja bird of paradise is a tribute to the majestic, royal beauty found in the tropical, floral world. An exotic flowering plant with vivid colors and unusual shapes, this beauty speaks of high innovation and imagination. When you gaze upon these blooms, you tilt your head in amazement. That is a winner. These orange [...]
Tulips tell us spring has sprung. The classic V shape symbolizes the whole universe, all that in one way or another exists. In spring, the short lived tulip arrives to remind us of all that exists beneath the ground, slowly germinating, waiting for its moment to shine. We are not so unlike the tulip. Life [...]
You just cannot go wrong in rug design with a yummy color bordered with multi-colored stripes. This stripes design will transition into just about any interior decor you have going at home. I did three of these favorites in warm, cool and earth tones to suit your mood and style. This design has a warm, [...]
I had a request once from a woman who wanted a new floor covering for her entry hall. We got to chatting, and she said she was sprucing up the house to welcome her son back home from Iraq. So I dug around in my books of symbols, and came up with these symbols that [...]
My boyfriend took me to Maui to windsurf for my 4oth birthday. That deserves a design. Maui was wonderful with big mountains, big waves and big winds. I stayed glued to my board after looking down and seeing a big tiger shark swimming along with me. Whether out on the water or walking the beach, [...]
