Entries by suzday11

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Pattern Picks of the Week

The beginning of April puts us in a playful mood and our pattern picks this week are full of zip & whimsy.  Here’s a preview of some of the delightful designs in the NOVELTY category that will soon be available for instant license and download in the AFB Art Marketplace when it launches.       […]

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April Fool’s Day…A Real Novelty

It’s the first of April and we’re playing along with the foolery by giving you glimpses throughout the week of some patterns from our NOVELTY category that will be available for instant license and download in our soon-to-launch AFB Art Marketplace.  And along with the novelty patterns, we’ll be exploring office spaces and finding out […]

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Designer Spotlight: Erin Dorholt

Today, Erin Dorholt is in the spotlight and talks with AFB and founder Jenny Morgan about designing through AFB and more. Jenny: Erin Dorholt is an amazing Chicago based designer who has a fun, bright style and until this week, was a full-time in-house designer for Sears.  Erin is taking the brave leap into the […]

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Natural Beauty

The beauty of Spring is that all these wonderful colors start emerging outdoors, which gives everything a fresh, new feeling!  We’re feeling all that natural beauty around us–purplish blue crocuses appearing overnight, forsythia branches bursting with greenish yellow buds and nests cradling robins eggs have certainly influenced our color picks this week.       […]

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Welcome, Spring!

It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of March already, but the vernal equinox just passed and we couldn’t be more ready for Spring!  Amid the lingering snowdrifts, the sight of some tiny buds on trees and daffodil shoots popping out of the ground around the Midwest gives us reassurance that Spring-time is, indeed, here. […]