There are important, exciting shifts in the horizon, which always makes me a little introspective and asking a lot of meaningful questions. What do you do when you’ve poured yourself into a glass and found that even though it’s full, it’s still missing something? A teaspoon of sugar perhaps. Some milk? Or maybe you were meant to be drinking a …
Enchantment of the Tangible Kind
This is how my day normally unfolds: I tiptoe lightly to my studio just as dawn is breaking, leaving behind the soft snores of my sleeping better half. Some days I go for a run but many days I reach guiltily for my phone, like a child stealing a cookie before dinner time, taking a peek into my inbox and …
My Brand Design Interview by Brand Master Lisa Haggis
Every now and then the universe sends a kindred spirit my way and the connection and mindmelding is so dazzling it’s like we’ve known each other forever! Lisa Haggis is a Brand Master/Strategist and she recently contacted me for an interview series for her blog to chat about my brand design philosophy. A 30-minute interview became a three hour jam …
The Heart Revolution
My dear imagineer, this story today has been scratching at me lately like a little puppy looking for attention. I can’t shake it off and I know I want to give it the love it’s asking for so here it is! Today I’m sharing a very special post. I want to take you on a little time travel to 5 …
The Meaning of Things
When it comes to giving someone something to mark a special occasion, saying thank you, or just because it’s expected, the phrase that often comes to mind is: “It’s the thought that counts”. But that phrase doesn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy and do-goody inside. To me it’s an excuse. An excuse to be frivolous and flippant about choosing …
A Fun Little Tool for Making Quick, True-to-You Decisions
My dad likes to tell this story every time my mom and I run into a color-choosing dilemma when we shop together. A little over 10 years ago when I was an impressionable college student in Perth, Australia, my dad visited me and we went shopping for my very first Princess Phone. I had my own room in a house …
The Concluding Story of a Little Metal Box
My darling imagineer, 2 weeks ago I asked this curious little question: Can I transform how a simple, ordinary metal tin is perceived by narrating different {visual} stories for it? The answer? Well, it blew my mind off like a celebration champagne bottle cork. Not only was it the most fun I’ve had with a creative challenge yet, the kind …
Story of a Little Metal Box
Do you remember that moment in front of the mirror just before you rouge your cheeks with a pinch of crimson gel, or press a soft chocolate-brown pencil to your eyes? You know, that few fleeting seconds where you wonder how a few dabs here and a stroke or two there can entirely transform the way the world perceives you? …
Your Treasure Box of Self
My mom and I are craft buddies. As a talented craftsperson (see her hand-crafted creations above) she is my main source of inspiration in what I do as a paper artisan and brand designer. Recently, while we were hanging out watching our favorite home decor design show, I asked her what she would have been if she wasn’t a schoolteacher …
Elegant Imperfection: YOUR Design, Hand-Crafted.
My most beloved readers, this is a post I’ve been wanting to write for a long time-to share with you the single, most important value guiding my work as an artist and designer-the concept of elegant imperfection. Wabi Sabi (the philosophy behind Japanese traditional beauty): “Wabi Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. It is a beauty …