Berry Berry Quite Contrary

Hi, my name is Lisa and I'm addicted to berries. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries... any kind of berry out there I'll eat AND I'm not afraid to admit I can plow through a whole carton of strawberries in one sitting. (I'm not talking about those little cartons. I'll pay upwards of $15 for one of those big guys.) So you can imagine how much my grocery bill is this time of year, when I running to whole foods every week to feed my habit. A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine suggested I go to one of those u-pick farms where you pay a standard price for a bucket of berries. If you can cram it the bucket, you can take it home. You can imagine how elated I was to go on such an expedition. In one picking I carted home 5lbs of strawberries (which I polished off already), 3 lbs of blackberries and 1 lb of raspberries.
Berries were on my brain for a good week after visiting the farm. I put them in everything I ate; oatmeal, yogurt, salads, smoothies...I felt like the bubba-gump of berries. So needless to say when Jen and I started concepting or new card line, berry patterns and colors kept popping up.

Lisa: What about this color pink? (as I show her a color swatch on skype)
Jen: (sigh) We already have 5 pinks for our color palette. We need to revise.
Lisa: Really? (as I pop a few more strawberries into my mouth)
So, to get these berries out of my system once and for all, I thought we'd share some of the inspiration we found over the past few weeks and prove to you that others love this fruit as much as I do.

We found 2 really great pattern designers that we absolutely love. Their work is clean, cute and original. Here are the links to their websites if you want to explore more of their designs:
Emily Harris & Lara Brehm

I wish I could eat these strawberries (by emilyharrisdesigns.com) right off my screen.

And these adorable raspberry designs (by Lara Brehm) are the cutest thing we've ever seen.

Etsy is also chalk full of berry inspiration. There were so many items we liked, we thought we'd just post about a few.

Not sure what to do with these strawberries, but they sure would look yummy in your kitchen or playful in a child's room.

This dog collar reminded me of a belt I used to have when I was little. I wish I still had that belt!

A sweet cherry ring. It could be a cute felted button, too.

Definitely a fun wristlet for the summer.

So fellow addicts, relish in this time of year, and don't feel so bad about your addiction. This is one time where you're allowed to overdose and it won't break the bank. I think I'm going blueberry picking this weekend, so if anyone has any great recipes they'd like to share, send them my way! I'll be needing them.

~LGT