Say hello to Pegasus Lullaby, my entry in this week’s Spoonflower Challenge, “Room-Specific Wallpaper.” The assignment (I’ve started thinking of these as assignments, as opposed to contests) was to choose a room and create the perfect wallpaper design to adorn the walls.

I had a few false starts on this one. I was determined to do something truly different as I felt the laundry room, bathroom, kitchen and nursery designs would be well represented. I had landed, instead, on an idea for a tack room design. For the uninitiated, a tack room is where you store horse bridles and saddles. I spent a good chunk of my weekend on a horse bits concept, a common theme seen in fashion, that I felt would translate well as wallpaper.

When I paraded a couple sample layouts in front of my local critics it was not well received. It happens. I’m always thankful for their honesty … mostly.

At this point it was now Monday evening. I had a full day of meetings scheduled for Tuesday, so it was crunch time. I decided to join the masses and submit a nursery-themed design.

In the interest of not staying up all night I started by playing around with my previous Lunar Rabbit design. I simplified it by removing the botanical elements and adding some clouds. It became a simple night sky scene, but with a bunny. It was a decent concept and I was ready to call it a night, but my muse would not let me rest. I felt compelled to just roughly sketch a Pegasus to see if it would be an option.