I just wanted to pop in today and share something I’m so excited about this month! Go grab yourself a cup of coffee and let’s get right into it. When I started Charlie Rowan Designs I had no background in surface or textile design. i mean I went to school for Design and Merchandising and I’ve been a buyer and a Marketing Director, I’ve managed creative teams but when it came to actual Photoshop and Illustrator skills my 2 beginner level classes in college were the extent of my knowledge. Over the past year, and through a MILLION Google searches I found Bonnie Christine’s courses on Surface Pattern Design, and…

After receiving such great feedback on our Valentine’s printable I started thinking about what else we could offer that would be a fun monthly printable? I wanted to make sure to create something that I would use in my own day to day life – hence our little love notes? affirmations? words to live by? … I’m not quite sure what we’ll call them yet but I do hope that you find a multitude of uses for them, and they bring you a little joy each time you use one. As for me, I plan to tape these to the little one’s mirrors, stick them in there lunch boxes, write…

Every year I find myself scrambling to find something that’s actually cute and doesn’t include candy for the kids Valentine’s to hand out at school. These are the two I created this year for both my son and daughter. They print 6 to a page, I recommend using a basic cardstock and they can be easily printed out at any local print shop or your home computer. Click the link below for you FREE download.

Again, the rain has finally stopped!  I literally feel like I am writing that every week! Salt Lake has been so crazy with rainy weekends lately…it’s totally cramping my spring vibes! But, good news, this week should be in the 70s!! WOOT WOO!! So in celebration we’ll be embarrassing all things spring over here; sun dresses, hats, sunscreen, picnics, evening walks….at least until the rain (or snow) decides to show up again! 

The rain has officially stopped…I swear Salt Lake is turning into the new Seattle!  We’ve had so much rain, but the sun is shining today and our NEW Geo Mod baby and toddler blanket is giving me all the spring feels!  I wanted to do a new series where I highlight one of our blankets and some of the though that went into the design process behind it.  So these will be short and sweet but hopefully give you a little more info on each of our prints.