Pattern Magazine: A Love Letter to Creative Living
A quarterly, printed publication by Bonnie Christine exploring how artists build intentional lives of purpose, rhythm, and beauty through seasons, art and creative entrepreneurship.
Pattern magazine is a quarterly print publication dedicated to the art and business of Surface Pattern Design for creatives everywhere.
Pattern Magazine is a return to what’s real - paper, ink, thread, texture. Born from a scribbled-down dream and years of purposeful intention, this publication is the first of its kind: a magazine made specifically for surface designers.
Pattern magazine was born from a love of tactile experiences, for community and creativity that breathes. It’s a love letter to the handmade, a reminder that the most powerful work is created by humans, for humans. It’s here to honor the beauty, color, joy, and purpose of the surface design industry, and to place it in your hands.
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Pattern Magazine is for people who are:
- surface pattern designers
- creative entrepreneurs
- artists and makers exploring creative lifestyle and rhythm
- emerging creatives and aspiring professionals
- creative collectors
- pursuing intentional, creative living and tactile experiences
Pattern Magazine translates creativity into a way of living, offering artists and entrepreneurs the inspiration, strategy, and community to build beautiful, intentional lives through their work.
Each magazine celebrates Patterns of Living & Lifestyle, Patterns of Business & Strategy, Patterns of Productivity & Creation, and Patterns in Motion.
Patterns of Living & Lifestyle
The Art of Every Day Creativity
This section explores the spaces and rituals that sustain the creative spirit. Readers step into real studios, gardens, and homes; places where artistry meets everyday life. It's where we talk about slow mornings, creative habits, homegrown inspiration, and the textures of daily living that shape our work.
Each story is an invitation to live with more awareness, intention, and delight.
Patterns of Business & Strategy
The Art of Creative Entrepreneurship
This is where creative dreams meet structure with practical, empowering articles and resources. Business and Strategy demystifies the world of licensing, wholesaling, collaboration, and marketing to show readers that business can be a beautiful part of the creative process.
We share real-world advice from artists who have built sustainable businesses rooted in passion and purpose. We talk about how to price your work, pitch your ideas, and grow your visibility while avoiding burn out and compromising your values.
Each article feels like sitting down with a mentor who's been there.
Patterns of Productivity & Creation
The Rhythm of Making
This sections honors the sacred act of creation. It's the quiet, focused, joy-filled process that lies at the heart of every creative. It's about showing up for your craft, managing your energy, and finding flow between inspiration and discipline.
We explore the creative process, studio practice, tools, and mindset from a place of harmony. It's about creating meaningfully. You'll find reflections on creative blocks, systems that support sustainable output, and profiles of artists in the act of making, helping readers see their own process as something worthy, evolving, and alive.
Patterns in Motion
The Expansion of Creativity
This is where is all comes together. Where creativity moves beyond the studio and into the world. It celebrates transformation; how ideas become collections, collaborations, and movements. It shows growth, innovation, and the living legacy of creative work.
Here, we explore how art travels through fabric, form, story, and impact. It's the forward-facing pulse of Pattern Magazine: new trends, color stories, and community challenges that invite readers to participate.
This section is alive, dynamic, inspiring, and outward-looking. It's where readers see their creative rhythms mirrored in motion/proof that creativity ripples outward.
Pattern Magazine is the space that gives creativity a place to breathe, belong, encourage, and grow.
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Hey there, I'm Bonnie!
Years ago, I scribbled down a dream to create a magazine for surface designers. I tucked it away in my list of someday maybes. But slowly, it kept bubbling to the top, becoming clearer, louder, more urgent. The world of surface design is bursting at the seams with creative expression, beautiful stories, and meaningful work, and it deserves to be held in your hands.
The heart behind Pattern is the same heart that’s carried me all these years: that big dreams are worth pursuing, and that creativity is one of the most profoundly human experiences we get to share.
Welcome to Pattern. You’re holding something rare, words written with intention, printed with purpose, and created by real artists, designers, and business owners just like you. Every page is infused with heart and every story is a reminder that creativity is how we live. It’s who we are.
With all my heart,
Bonnie
