Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Going back to the beginning....

Like many, January is the time to reflect on the past year and plan new business goals for the coming year.  In order to do that we spend the days after Christmas cleaning and organizing the studio. As we were collecting our ornament sketches and gathering our many sketchbooks we realized we have so many wonderful holiday ideas that might not translate well as ornaments, but could possibly work in other areas.  
So one of our goals for 2016 is to make more art.  Paul channeled his old illustration skills and spent a few days creating some small mixed media pieces using a limited color palette and these are the results: 

He had a blast getting back to this form of expression. Can't wait to see what comes next!
Happy New Year!  -- Lianne

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Our 2015 Christmas Ornament Collection

~ Thanks again to everyone who order and making Swirly Designs part of your Holiday celebration in 2015.
Your continued dedication and support for our handmade ornaments is so greatly appreciated.
Enjoy a few beauty shots from our 2015 handmade Christmas collection.
We hope you will continue to join us on our 2016 journey.
Happy New Year!
xoxo Lianne & Paul