Shop Talk Tuesday: Tools for Optimizing
Last week, we talked about balancing it all, and how simplifying and focusing can help immensely with finding a balance between our professional and personal lives. Well, even if you've done that, let's face it, you're still going to be busy. …
Spotlight: Work Spaces
In the spotlight this week are the fantastic work spaces of two AFB Members, Christa Sorauf and Angie Bowman. We can really see how each designers' workspace influences and reflects their designs.
First, we'll take a tour of Christa Sorauf's…
Shop Talk Tuesday: Balancing It All
Hello! We've decided to devote Tuesdays to "shop talk" - the topics that matter to us as designers, entrepreneurs and business owners. To kick off this new series, I'm going to start with a topic that is near and dear to me and A Fresh Bunch…
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…
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…
Designer Spotlight: Meet Liza + Leo!
In the spotlight today are Liza + Leo, our cracker jack team of pattern scouts for the soon-to-launch AFB Art Marketplace.
Liza (the human) travels the globe with Leo (the feline) on great pattern adventures, searching the globe for the freshest…
Peppy Pastels
We've got Bonnets & Bunnies on the brain now and that means peppy PASTELS are the colors we love this week!
Designer Spotlight: Laura Mitzelfelt
Today Laura Mitzelfelt is in the spotlight and talks with AFB and founder Jenny Morgan about designing through AFB and more.
Jenny: Laura is one of those designers who is so prolific that I sometimes wonder if she sleeps! Above is a map…
Seeing Green & Feeling Lucky
Shamrocks are on our mind & we're feeling lucky to have such a talented bunch of designers on our team! There's a plethora of green out there in these days. We're loving every shade of green, from minty greens to grass green…
Designer Spotlight: Jill Broadhacker
Today Jill Broadhacker is in the spotlight and talks with AFB and founder Jenny Morgan about designing through AFB and more.
Jenny: Jill has been a member of AFB since Day One. We "met" through an online paper forum and then officially…