Design and Shine

In this episode, we unravel what procrastination really is, revealing its surprising connection to fear. 

I'll explain how procrastination might be rooted in your apprehensions about failure, judgmen…

If you'd like to unlock your true creative potential and build a thriving creative business, you may be surprised to learn just how important it is to develop compassion and resilience.

As creatives,…

If you want true and lasting change in your life, it's not enough just to know what your limiting beliefs are...

You also need to how to change them so that you make the changes in your life that you…

Recently a student of mine came to me and said she was feeling uninspired and having a hard time knowing how to get started designing.

It wasn't that she didn't want to do the work, but that when she…

Imagine if you could STOP overthinking your creative design work...

No more being critical of your work...

No more stopping and starting over...

Just intuitive creativity that makes time feel like it…

There's a specific difference in thinking between surface pattern designers who get stuck and those who thrive...

One way of thinking will keep you playing small, while the other will help you to gro…

If you struggle with pricing your surface pattern design work you are not alone!

It can be one of the hardest things to do when you are just getting started as a surface pattern designer, which is wh…

Are you worried that the surface pattern design market may be too oversaturated? 

This is a common concern that many of my surface pattern design students have, so I've shared my thoughts about it on…

No matter what kind of creative business owner you are, whether you are a surface pattern design business owner or not, you're often told there are certain ways you need to do things...

And though yo…

In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I welcome back Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing…

In this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to be talking about something that is important to think about doing as you’re growing your surface pattern design business and that is creating an e…

On this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, we are going to be talking about some things to think about if you are not selling your designs.

So if you’ve been working hard, you’ve been creating …

In this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to talk about something a little different and that is trying to create work-life balance.

Something I get asked a lot is how I manage to juggle work…

In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Australian textile designer and Illustrator Brook Gossen. And she creates really beautiful and colourful artwork and has a really fun and go…

If you want to be a successful designer then one of the most important skills you need to develop is your critical design eye. 

In this podcast episode, we talk about your critical design eye, why it…

In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for …

In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I’m going to be talking to textile designer and creative director Penny Gale who is the founder of Fabriculture, a new, contemporary design brand with…