Spoonflower's Annual Tea Towel Calendar Contest

It's time for Spoonflower's annual tea towel calendar contest again! It's hard to believe how quickly this time of year comes around and this is the 4th year I have taken part in the contest!  I sketched a few ideas out for the calendar and chose to work up this feathers and flowers design for my entry.  My feathers and arrows fabric design has been popular on Spoonflower, so I thought I would like to add some new feathers designs - starting with this calendar!

My Entry to Spoonflower's Annual Tea Towel Calendar Contest - 2017 Tropical Toucan

It's that time of year again - time for Spoonflower's annual tea towel calendar contest!  This year I decided to go for a tropical theme and created a design featuring a colourful toucan surrounded by leaves (I love to draw birds!).  Here's what the finished design looks like...

Spoonflower Contest - Tea Towel Calendar 2016

It's that time of year again for Spoonflower's annual Tea Towel Calendar contest!  As there is no set theme, there is always a wonderful range of subjects for the entries.  Last year I entered my Budgie design and I thought that I would continue with a pets theme for this year, so created this design with cats and kittens...


The cats design also goes with my existing Kittens with Mittens design in my Spoonflower shop.

If you would like to see the other entries to the Tea Towel Calendar contest (and vote for your favourites!) you can see them here: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/3710342

In other Spoonflower news...
My Microorganisms design from a few weeks ago came 59th out of 326 entries (with 179 votes) - thank you if you voted for my design!  There were some interesting and colourful designs in the top ten - you can see them on Spoonflower's blog post.
This week I also received the swatch sampler I ordered with some new designs on.  I haven't had chance to photograph the swatches yet, but I'll be sharing them soon and making them available to buy from my Spoonflower shop.

November Free Printable Calendar

I wasn't sure what theme to choose for November’s calendar, so had a look back through all my surface pattern designs to find something which I hadn't already used for the calendar this year.  I decided to use the pattern made from my drawings of vintage buttons but gave it a new look by changing the colour scheme.  As it’s autumn here, I used my Autumn Shades set of baker’s twine as colour inspiration – I hope you like it!

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

October Free Printable Calendar and New Phoenix Trading Card Design

The days are getting shorter and the leaves are starting to change colour and fall here in the UK; so October's printable calendar has an Autumnal leaf theme.  Autumn is not my favourite time of year, mostly because I don’t like the long dark nights ahead, but there are still things to enjoy like the colours of the changing leaves.  The end of September was quite summery and warm, so the leaves that have fallen were crisp – there is something quite satisfying about walking on crunchy leaves!

Despite Autumn not being my favourite time of year, I think this calendar design for October might be my favourite of the year so far!  (I created this design by adapting elements from my Woodland range of designs)

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

On other news for October 1st – I have a new tractor birthday card design out with Phoenix Trading today! 

September 2014 free printable calendar

Recently my head has been too full of other things to keep up with blogging, some work things and some not but all taking up a lot of time.  Unfortunately that has made this month’s calendar rather late.  Sorry :(  I didn’t want to skip September altogether though, so thought better late than never!  I would like to be more regular with blog posts, but I have come to realise that I can’t do everything and I need to not feel bad when some things don’t get done.  So I’m trying to focus on what is most important right now, and when I have more time I can do all the blog posts I keep thinking of doing.
Anyway, here is September’s calendar design with a red apple theme (inspired by my new range of 'Apples' printables)…

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

August 2014 free printable calendar

It’s August already!  I almost had this month’s calendar up early (which would have been a very rare achievement for me!) – it was all designed but my internet connection has been so slow over the past few days I’ve barely been able to do anything online.  Still, getting it up for the 1st of August is better than the 2nd :)

August means it’s summer here in the UK, schools are on their long summer break and the weather’s been hot, so ice creams seemed the perfect theme to choose   While designing this calendar I also found a fun way of creating a rainbow hundreds and thousands sprinkles inspired background.  I hope you like it! :)

 

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

July – free printable calendar

2nd of July already!  I was so busy yesterday I didn’t get a chance to do this month’s calendar, but it’s ready now.  This month I used elements which are in my Hot Air Balloon designs to create a summery design with bunting, blue sky and fluffy clouds.  It reminds me of summer fetes and fairs :)

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

June – free printable calendar

Another new month, so time for a new free printable calendar...  It’s the start of summer here and I picked the first 2 strawberries from my garden yesterday!  So this month’s calendar design features lots of strawberries with strawberry flowers and leaves. (If you like this design you might like these other designs with my strawberry illustrations too!)

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

May flowers – free printable calendar

Every month I think how quickly time is passing, it can’t be time for another calendar!  This month’s design is inspired by May flowers, it’s also a sneak peek at a new pattern design which I’ll be sharing more of very soon (just waiting for some swatches to arrive in the post!).

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.
Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

April free printable calendar

It’s the start of another new month, so time for a new printable calendar! As Easter falls in April this year I thought the pastel stripes and rabbits designs from my Easter printable range would work well on this month’s calendar…

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

March 2014 Free Printable Calendar

Sorry I’m a bit late with the calendar this month – better late than never?!  I seem to have been falling behind with some of my plans again.  With lots of non-work stuff going on it's been hard to do much more than just the basics of keeping up with emails and orders. Although I have been doing some new paintings and designs, they are for projects I can't share with you yet!  The last deadline is this week though, so I should be able to spend more time working on my shops and finally get going with some of the new things I have been planning and researching!

It has started to feel like Spring here, the daffodils are popping up in my garden and it’s lovely to see the Spring flowers everywhere – so this month’s calendar features a daffodil pattern…

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digitally or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

P.S. if you like the daffodil pattern on this calendar you might like some of my other Spring / Easter themed designs in my shop - see them here

February 2014 Free Printable Calendar

It’s February already, so time for my second free printable calendar page of 2014!  Inspired by February’s big date, Valentine’s Day, I designed a background pattern of grey hearts for this calendar…

You can download the PDF here and you can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The calendar is A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digital or printed).  You may not modify the calendar or claim it as your own.  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)

January 2014 Free Printable Calendar

This year I have decided to make a free printable for you to download each month – so first up is a calendar for January…

It’s A4 in size, but you can scale it to fit different sized paper if you prefer.  There’s enough space to write your important dates and I’ve added a few dates to get you started – including National Hug Day on 21st January!!

Click here to download the PDF.  You can view and print the calendar with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

You can print onto any type of paper you like, for best results I recommend using your printer's highest quality setting and a good quality paper.

Please note this calendar is for personal use only!  You can print it as many times as you like for your own use but you may not redistribute it in any form (digital or printed).  If you would like to share the calendar on your blog, Pinterest, facebook etc please include a link back to this page (not the download link).  Thank you!  I hope you enjoy using it :)