Product Release: 2013 Matchbook Calendar

My new succulent matchbook calendar fits in your pocket. It features a detailed succulent paper cut on earthy paper. These are great stocking stuffers for loved ones that love plants, but always kill them. 

So, how does a matchbook calendar work? When you get to the end of a month tear or cut out the last month to reveal the current month in the front. Keep it in a pocket or on your desk. 

Stock up on the matchbook calendars here. 

Design Process

I want to share some of my design process with my most recent calendar project. There is a lot of work that goes into each calendar month, and so I wanted to show you how I translated some of my photographs into graphic patterns.

This is the original photograph I took while I was traveling and I made a paper cut based off of this leaf. I made a simple paper cut from this above photograph.

The micro-pattern was inspired by the craziness of Roman streets. I spent so much time staring at this map as I was lost most of the time.
This is the pattern that I came up with. It has bits and pieces from the map above, but some of it is made up so that it repeats.
I hope you enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes of how I make my illustrations.

2012 Calendar Sneak Peak

The past couple weeks I've been working really hard to get the 2012 desk calendars completed. Here are some of the botanical paper cuts I made for the calendar. I've been translating some of the photographs I took during my round-the-world trip into graphic paper cuts. It's been a lot of fun, except my hand is complaining from all the tedious exacto work. Can't wait to see the finished product. I'm so close! Stay tuned for the screen printing process.