By: Bonnie Christine

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 5

What Makes a Pattern Collection Stand Out?

Over the past several months, we have coordinated licensing challenges with incredible companies like Loomwell, TWOPAGES Curtains, Illustrated Faith, and Carriage House Printery for the creatives inside our membership, Pattern+. We have received over a thousand submissions, watched collections get chosen,...

By: Bonnie Christine

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 5

Summer holds an unmistakable warmth. 

The sky becomes a palette of bright blues, inviting us to step outside and soak in the sunlight. We spend our days at the lakehouse, water glittering and lapping against the dock. 

It’s puzzles and paintbrushes outside on the lawn. Ollie and Bear squealing with laughter as they skid across the boat's wake on ...

By: Bonnie Christine

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 5

In summertime, my backyard becomes my creative playground, a blank canvas for gatherings with family and friends.  

 The weather warms and the days lengthen, inviting me to create patterns of a different kind: patterns of hospitality, layered amidst dripping candlesticks, lace tablecloths, and a delicious scoop of Jeni’s ice cream. Brambleberry Cr...

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 4

Spring has a way of opening the world, and our work, just a bit wider. Expansion is the making: learning one new thing, adding one new step, letting a simple idea grow. Exposure is the sharing: giving that work a bit of sunlight so it can be found. Paired together, they turn small efforts into momentum.

For me, this looks like beginning with something honest and humble...

By: Bonnie Christine

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 4

I've always wanted a greenhouse. Years before there was a frame or a pane, there was a promise I'd made to myself: "When I finish building the Surface Design Immersion course, I will give myself a place to grow."

I started hunting on Facebook Marketplace, and I found a jumble of century-old bricks, the kind with softened edges and stories baked...

By: Bonnie Christine

Story Adapted From Pattern Magazine – Volume 4

In our Smoky Mountains, the hills wake slowly. Redbuds feather the edges, dogwoods lift their white lanterns, and the garden soil gives beneath the spade.

As the ground softens, so do I, ready to learn something new, to expand with the season. 

I clear out cupboards and make space for the new. It’s a good kind of restless. Taking inventory of ...

A behind-the-scenes peek at the studio space that helps me video record with ease.

As a creative entrepreneur, the need for recording video content is constant. Whether I’m filming for an online course, documenting a creative process, recording an interview, or creating social content, video is the medium I return to again and again.

But for nearly a decade, it was one of the most frustrating parts of my workflo...

Coaching That Fits Your Schedule

Running a creative business can sometimes lead to questions we don't know how to find the answers to. What should I focus on next? How do I approach licensing? Which steps matter most right now? The Group Coaching On-Demand sessions inside the Pattern+ Membership are designed to give you answers when you need them most.

Pop in your earbuds and hit play on a pep talk from me. Thes...

Professional Tools for Your Creative Career

Running a creative business requires clear communication, confident pitching, and professional presentation. That’s where the Pro Business Template inside the Pattern+ Membership comes in. Each month, you’ll receive a ready-to-use business tool designed to help you handle the behind-the-scenes work of your career with ease.

What’s Included in the Pro Business Templates...

AI as a Creative Partner

Every artist knows the feeling of staring at a blank page, unsure of what to create or how to move forward. The AI Prompts inside the Pattern+ Membership are designed to break through those moments and give you fresh direction while keeping your unique style at the center.

What’s Inside the AI Prompts

Each month, Pattern+ provides powerful, ready-to-use AI prompts that support eve...

Bring Your Patterns to Life

One of the most exciting parts of surface pattern design is seeing your art come alive on real products. Product mockups make that possible. They transform a design into a professional presentation, helping art directors, clients, and your audience imagine your work in the real world.

Inside the Pattern+ Membership, you’ll receive two new product mockups every month, created for both Pho...

Stay Ahead of the Season

In the world of surface pattern design, trends drive demand. When you stay ahead of seasonal shifts, you give yourself the gift of time; time to design, refine, and prepare collections that align with what the market is looking for. Designing with awareness of current trends allows your work to feel fresh, relevant, and full of possibility.

What’s Inside the Quarterly Trend Reports

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The Social Media Assistant You've Been Wanting

Social media takes time and energy, especially for creatives who would rather be designing than planning captions. Many artists feel overwhelmed by trying to keep up with trends and wondering what to post next.

The Social Studio inside the Pattern+ Membership is designed to bring ease to the process. It gives you ready-to-use prompts and a mapped-out calendar so you ca...

Create With Purpose

Designing with direction is one of the most powerful ways to grow as a surface pattern designer. Instead of creating in a vacuum, licensing briefs give you the opportunity to practice designing with purpose. You’ll learn how to think like an art director, consider the customer, and imagine how your work will come to life on real products.

When you design with briefs, you also expand your visi...

A Solution for the Overwhelmed Creative

If you’ve ever felt stuck in your surface pattern design journey, unsure of which step comes next, you are not alone. Many designers begin with excitement and a dream, only to find themselves overwhelmed and without a clear path forward. Should you focus on licensing? How do you approach companies? Where do you learn about upcoming with trends?

This is why I created the Pa...

Your proven roadmap to launch your surface design career with clarity, momentum, and a plan you can actually follow.

You don’t need a degree, perfect drawings, or hours a day. You need a clear path and a little momentum.

If you’ve been circling surface pattern design, saving inspo, watching tutorials, wondering if it’s “too late”, consider this your green light. I’m hosting a 3-day Surface Design Fast Track work...