MarchMeetTheMaker® (MMTM) is a 31-day social media challenge for creative businesses. This event runs throughout March every year and starts on Tuesday the 1st of March this year. It takes place primarily on Instagram which makes this a really interesting visual event during which makers, crafters, creators, and artists can share their work and themselves using visual storytelling in the form of daily social media posts.

If you have ever worked with a graphic designer before, you will probably have discovered the importance of the graphic design brief. It is a crucial step in the design process and one that is necessary to save you time, money, and get you the design you want.

LUXLife magazine recently announced the winners of the 2021 Global Vegan Awards and I am so pleased, on behalf of Novel Notes, to accept the award of 'Best Sustainable & Vegan Stationery Provider UK' given by LUXLife, a luxury lifestyle magazine that highlights high quality products to its readership…

A notable creative project came up for me in 2021 that was just the right mix of logical branding, minimalist abstract art and poetic conceptualism to get my brain cogs turning and creative juices flowing. I was excited to work on this, not just because the themes were right up my alley but because the organisation I would be creating for was one that is close to my heart.

Start the new year as you wish to go on…

🕸Special spooky notebook covers, painted by hand - every piece is unique!

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