My mother was an amazing spirit. I really do wish she was here to see what I have become. She saw a gift in me and helped me develop it. She was arty herself learning to sew and bake and always encouraged me to be an artist. Here is a photo of my mum, holding up my first ever creation. I live in Cairns,North Queensland, which the Cairns City Council had a competition to bring art to the streets and bring joy. They gave everyone a piece of canvas that was…
You are starting a new business and you want to differentiate yourself from your competitors with a logo that is so unique it gets everyone talking. Last year, I had a client who is a personalised travel agent. She travels between Cairns and Sydney to give her clients a beautiful experience of some of Australia's iconic places in Sydney +Australia. In North Queensland, you have to travel sometimes on foot to go into the beautiful outback of North Queensland into Daintree. It's an amazing experience to see cassowaries, freshwater turtles and…
Creating chalkboard art can brings a new awareness for your business. Do you know when the first blackboard was first used? It was in 1801, a headmaster and geography teacher called James Pillans, at an Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall to get his message across to the children. As a child in the 70's, it was every child's dream to be ask to write on the blackboard. Chalkboards are used a lot now in the wedding industry and some of…
Check on your moods Every day the world is dealing with coronavirus. It's is in our faces. Coronavirus doesn't judge who it wants to infect + kill. In my lifetime I never thought I would be dealing with a pandemic. I think of my grandparents ~ my nana who would talk about having a ration book for things like meat, sugar and butter. Maybe we should go back to having a ration book because this would mean that everyone gets a bit of everything. Even in Cairns here, I still can't…
5 Tips for custom wedding invites. My 5 tips for creating beautiful wedding invitations is very simple + easy to do. Pinterest is your going to be your best friend or at least similar to a best friend. It can help you pinpoint elements you like for your wedding invitation. You might have done this already and have a Pinterest account with several images and ideas for your ideal wedding style. Tip 1 Check to see what the wedding invitation trends are for the year. All you need to do is…
In this post, I will talk about the process of a letterpress printer, that more colours is not necessarily better and how having someone believe in you helps you grow. In 2019, I was contacted by a client who opening a nightclub here in Cairns. We met to discuss the details of the printing process and the time frame. I was very excited that they had found me on Google. I had managed to get a review from a client. The nightclub was opening in two weeks and they couldn't find…