May 1st, 2010

Exciting news: We’re branching out our product line in our Darcy Place Studio Etsy store to include 1-inch pinback buttons. So far we have about 24 different designs including funny sayings, my cute animals in different poses, billiard and dart designs, and unique art by my brother Darren and my niece Allyson. It’s not easy [...]

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April 8th, 2010

I’ve recently developed a new animal character: a sheep. In this scene celebrating spring, the sheep holds a bouquet a orange, pink, and yellow tulips next to a basket of cut tulips. Right now, this cute design is available on a blank journal/notebook in my etsy store. We just recently started offering our designs on [...]

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February 13th, 2010

My little cow friend wants to shower everyone with love in this cute new design in my etsy store. On some of the 1-inch printable circles, the little cow is throwing hearts into the air. Other circles feature large hearts with the phrase “with love” in 5 different languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian and German). [...]

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December 17th, 2009

I’ve introduced a new embroidery pattern in my etsy store: “Bear in My Stocking”. It features my animal friend, Bailey, the Brown Bear, hanging out with a candy cane in a Christmas stocking. The photo shows an ornament I am making. I stitched this cute design in red, green, brown, and white using raised satin [...]

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November 6th, 2009

I’ve been thinking lately of new designs for my little penguin and here is the first of many: “P is for Penguin”. In the sample, I appliqued the letter P and the little penguin in soft flannel in baby colors. Then embroidered some details with seed stitch and outline stitch. This will become part of [...]

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November 1st, 2009

I’m busy working on new patterns featuring my little penguin friend. In this design, the little penguin is peeking in to say “hello”! The sample pictured is a burping cloth for a new baby. I stitched this design using outline stitch, seed stitch, and stem stitch in only two colors: black and gold. The fabric [...]

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October 30th, 2009

I recently finished a new embroidery pattern design: “Hug Me Penguin”. This design is part of a series of animal patterns I’m developing. My niece, Allyson, stitched this cute purple version as a gift for a friend. She used outline stitch and satin stitch on the pink background. The overall design she used is approximately [...]

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