Moodboard | peachy & typographic

Well hey this blog post has been a long time coming. And by this blog post I mean, any blog post. Ah well! Just stopping by to share a recent mood board I created for a small business branding project I'm working on at the moment. I'm pretty excited about this, particularly the peachy colour palette! There's so much of that going on over on my pinterest at the moment! 

I've also recently started up a new instagram account - mostly because I'm just monumentally crap at keeping up with blog posts at the moment! And it's a nice way to share snippets of design work - follow along here! 

moodboard | i like it, what is it?

Well I haven't shared one of these in a while! If you haven't already noticed through all my instagramming, I recently moved to Sydney, yay! (more on that to come soon, promise!) It's all great so far, summer in January is wonderful, and I'm feeling ridiculously inspired. I've got some mega 2016 goals, one of which is to blog more often, but more importantly to design and be creative more often! I'm loving calm colours and clean lines at the moment, and you can see way more of that over on my Pinterest! I put this little moodboard together for something I'm about to start working on, which hopefully I'll be able to share with you very soon!

Recent Work | Kate & Ian's wedding stationery

I'm fiiiiinally getting around to sharing some more wedding stationery which I designed way back at the start of the year, for some very good friends of mine. Kate and Ian wanted something colourful and fun and in keeping with their gorgeous summer wedding. I combined hand painted type with a clean and modern font, and had all the fun painting watercolour dots and pencil circles to add to the design. It was great to see all the different elements of the wedding stationery come together, and loved the end result! 

You might have noticed I'm waaaay behind on blog posts! I'm hoping to catch up on it all and get back to it properly soon! 

moodboard | a playful brand

Well it's been aaaaaaages since I've shared a mood board on here with you guys. But wanted to share this one with you, as I'm pretty damn excited about this project! This is for a branding project I'm working on at the moment, and I'm hoping the final result will be modern, bright and playful. I'll be back to share more of this when I can! 

designer | katt frank

If you've been on pinterest lately you've probably come across Katt Frank already! Her work has been filling my pinterest feed lately, but I couldn't resist sharing as it's all completely dreamy gorgeousness. I love her delicate illustration and typography, and the way she marries it with bright and natural photography. Perfect and pretty inspiration for a grey Sunday... 

Katt Frank is a designer and illustrator based in Cornwall, UK. You can see more her work on her tumblr and pinterest. 

right now | 5

Things have been a bit hectic crazy lately, hence the radio silence over here! Sometimes managing a day job with freelance design work is really flippin' difficult and I'm trying to find a bit of a better way to balance everything out at the moment, and to stop my head from exploding. That being said, I've been working on some really exciting projects lately, which I've really been enjoying, and thought I'd share a few sneak peeks with you...

+ Some hand drawn typography that I did for a save the date design recently.
+ A mood board for a branding project I'm working on - can't wait to share this with you!
+ A fun floral pattern I put together, just for fun - i'm starting to realise patterns are my fave. 
+ And a small detail of an order of service, which I'm just wrapping up at the moment.

So I'm trying to remember this. It helps. 

modern calligraphy class

This Saturday I went to a wonderful calligraphy class at The Blacksmith & Toffee Maker in Angel, organised by Quill London, and taught by Imogen Owen. I'd been looking around for a calligraphy class for a while, but all the ones I'd found seemed too lengthy or expensive. So when I found out about this through Quill's twitter feed I jumped at the chance and signed up. It completely outdid my expectations, and was super fun. The course was structured perfectly and realistically, and Imogen was a great teacher - I seriously cannot believe how much I learnt and achieved in just three hours! I cannot wait to get stuck in and start using this new skill in my design work! 

nice pins | 6

1 | Your favourite photo blown up all big for your wall? Sure, I might just do that. 
2 | Milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre (that's 1984 to you and me) make the prettiest loveliest scarves of all time, non? 
3 | These beautiful wedding stationery designs by color me carla are mindblowingly gorgeous! 
4 | Yep. This skirt please. 
5 | Summer is here and I would like to wear a flower crown every day, okay? 
6 | I'm a little bit obsessed with patterns at the moment. This pomegranate one by Miji Lee is totally fun and totally swoony. 

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nice pins | 4

1 | Love this adorable book cover design. Plus, those recipes look pretty great too. 
2 | Really love this neon text installation art series by Jung Lee. I think they're so beautiful. 
3 | Magazine floor shelf. With lovely art. I totally love this look. Yep. 
4 | Pink hair is everywhere. I so wish I could pull this look off.
5 | I loooooove everything about this home. Swooon!
6 | Heart shaped tea bags. Adorable. And I mean, who doesn't love tea?! 

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polpo | a venetian cook book (of sorts)

A bit of an unusual post for me, but I couldn't resist, I mean have you seeeen this cookbook?! My mum gave it to me for Christmas, and I love love it. Polpo is one of my favourite London restaurants ever ever, and the cookbook is totally amazing too. I love the way it's bound with red thread, I love the gorgeous gold typography and the thick cream paper. But the design layout and photography used is beautiful too. I can't wait to get stuck in and try to create some of the recipes, especially the spinach, soft egg and parmesan pizzetta. My fave. 

Photos - iPhone 5 + vsco cam.