Who’s got the cutest little baby face?

I shared this collection with you back in the fall (refer to the September 28 posting) when I debuted these cutest little baby faces. I made the basic pinks and blues to keep with tradition but created an additional colorway for the parent who may want to veer off the pink or blue path.

When our first baby came we were prepared to be surprised, not knowing if we would get a boy or girl. It was important to me to decorate in colors that would work for either kind of baby and my color choices were olive green and tomato red. This coming from a person whose favorite colors are pink, moss and robin egg blue. However, the room needed to be gender neutral and so it was.

Back then it was impossible to find any bedding in olive green and I remember finding a great set of vintage sheets in that very recognizable “avacado green” from back in the 70’s. Now I can pick up a crib sheet in any of those great colors, but this family has moved on. It’s time to decorate for a college dorm room and our search is on for anything 80’s. I could just pull out my old college room decor, but my daughter has her own ideas. That’s okay. Every generation needs to believe they are the first to discover that latest trend (even though the parents have been through it once already and the grandparents, at least twice). Now you have gotten my opinion on trends. Let’s just say, give anything 25 to 30 years and here it comes again.

Okay, so back to Baby Face and the need for a neutral palette. The patterns and icons developed for this collection were also designed to be gender neutral with lots of basic shapes and typical baby gear. The added element that this collection provides is a family tree. I believe in the need to learn and keep family history. This is a little project I designed to personalize the “rock-a-bye baby” with a “family tree” theme.

Our kids may believe they are the first to know trends, or go through experiences, but they need to be reminded once in a while who has been there before and who those family members were. We all know the apple doesn’t fall far from the family tree.

Once upon a time . . . in a land of little creatures

Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved to doodle around on scratch paper. Her favorite subject matter was of little creatures with personality. The artists she admired were Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Charles Schulz, many Disney illustrators, especially the art of Mary Blair, and two other women she hoped to one day be like. They are Holly Hobbie and Betsey Clark. Many hours were spent mimicking these amazing artists and hoping to one day be in her own studio creating characters just as she imagined these artists to do each day.

As the stories go with these icons of illustration, each had a road that did not lead directly to a studio every day. However, each found a path that eventually lead this little girl to discover their amazing talents and a desire to become an artist in her own right.

Today I am sharing a collection that originates from those beginnings back when I was that little girl hoping to become an artist like those I admired. The collection is My Deer My Darling. It has a nostalgic flavor I have pulled from my earliest memories of my little toddler outfits and room decor, as my memory serves me. These are my childhood doodles turned current collection. Just like with your own children, you can never pick a favorite, but I would say this collection holds a special place in my heart.

Emma and Ethan

This is the first fabric collection that I designed for Northcott fabrics. It is a baby collection for girls and boys called Emma Louise and Ethan Michael. Unfortunately, the collection is not easy to locate anymore, but once in a while I spy bits and pieces here and there and I believe the collection or pieces from it can still be viewed on Northcott’s website if you go to the designers section and click on Sheri Berry.

A new baby/toddler fabric collection will be out very soon. I will let you know of it in the next few weeks. I am still waiting to see samples of it myself, but will share them with you as soon as I have them in hand.

Sheri Had a Little Lamb . . .

Today I have the Little Lamb collection that I worked on for baby bedding and room decor. It is not a collection that is out on the market yet, I’ll let you know when that day comes. In the meantime I want to share it with you. Hoping to find a permanent home for it, but until then . . . everywhere that Sheri went, the lamb was sure to go!

Fine Feathered Friends

You know spring has arrived when every morning begins with our little fine feathered friends serenading us. I love this season. Those cheerful little birds along with the many themes and phrases they are known for have given me inspiration for an entire Birds of a Feather collection. Some have described my feather friends as looking a little Seussian. I like to think of them as SeussSherian! Here is a look at my fine feathered friends.