notepads

4" x 4" hand stitched notepads, with 16 blank pages made from recycled paper. Fill them up with ideas, lists, pictures.. whatever you want!

wedding perfection

I've just taken up a new project: some friends are getting married this summer and I'm helping with their wedding invitations. It's quite fun and yet daunting at the same time as weddings come around once [in most cases], and everything must be perfect, down to the finest detail! I can only imagine what it's like to plan a wedding, so I'm taking time to pay attention to those little details and touches that will help make the day even better for them.

Designs to come later :)

Working on this as well as various other designs, I'm learning to organise my time and keep to goals. There's a lot of work, but it's a good thing.

pocket calendars :)

Handy sized calendars to fit in your wallet, purse, card case or even Octopus holder!

work work away..

That's been a little saying I've hummed to myself while getting into work, whether it be writing out text, jotting down ideas, figuring out concepts or playing around with designs.. it makes me smile and keeps me going :)

This morning I was asked what my goals were for the day, to which I replied a number of things including exercising, and starting work by 10am, going through photos for ideas, making some pads, creating a card template and blogging. I can pretty much check all of them off.. so it's been a rather productive day!

One thing I have been learning while working on mulberry, is to be realistic as to what can be achieved within a given period. Most of the time we are our own worse enemies [I know I am!] setting high expectations and being disappointed when the list of tasks haven't been completed and then being hard on oneself for not doing more. It's a vicious cycle.. so it's important to have people around you who encourage and support you in whatever you do. I have some wonderful people in my life who are just that to me.. you know who you are. Thank you.

Another encouragement - I had sent a card and some CD's to a friend, and unknown to me, she had a CD player in her room, but only one CD! She found the package in the kitchen as she was making a cuppa..

I made my cup of tea before I opened it - I wanted to savour the moment. I slowly peeled away the sellotape, taking care not to rip the paper, to find a card and two CDs inside.. when I saw the CDs and the playlist, well there was not much else I could do but start laughing, laughing deep from the inside and almost crying because it touched me so much..

Work work away.. it's worth it :)

Focus - faff not.

There's something about having a goal - where there is no vision, the people perish - I know we don't have to be as dramatic as this, but there is an element of truth to it.

It's like trying to climb to the top of a mountain. You have your goal to get to the top and when you're at the base of the mountain, you can see the peak from every angle. However you can keep circling the mountain without getting any closer and still have the peak in view.. which can be soul destroying. With every vision, you need to have a plan, one that is clearly laid out and of course, achievable.

I had started out with a vision and a plan for mulberry, however I seem to have been presented with other routes on how to go through with it all, which has left me a bit flustered. Just focus the concepts and ideas and stop faffing around in order to move up the mountain.

Slow and steady she goes, ay.

A few of the first products

Recycled paper is used, and is acid free, totally chlorine free and is 100% post-consumer waste.





Matchpads - little notepads that can fit in your purse, bag, wallet, pencil case, pocket.. perfect for when you need to jot something down.

inspi[red] - more than a tshirt

Last night I couldn't sleep and started thinking and coming up with different ideas.. it's amazing how the night cultivates inspiration. It's a perfect breeding ground for creativity, quiet, dark and mysterious, the other side of midnight. It was pretty dark before Creation! So I stayed up late [way past my bedtime] with a side lamp on drawing, sketching and writing ideas and concepts down. And you find that once you start, it just keeps going, your creative juices flow and you fill up page after page of scribbles and illegible thoughts. I wrote down a list of things to do before the lights went out so I wouldn't forget. It felt really good and I was excited to start today.. so much so, to curb the tiredness I had an energy drink which left me buzzing for a while! But things are going and the list is being checked off. Yeeaah!

**Received the initial designs for the logo!! Very exciting :) More on this soon**