Musing about cats, crafting and creativity.

What’s better for logos- hiring a designer, using a logo generator or going DIY?

Are you new to business and looking for a logo? Wondering whether to hire a designer or use a logo generator? Perhaps you’ve pondered DIY? Allow me (with the help of ChatGPT) to help you decide the best option with the pros and cons...

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5 business lessons from a non-business person in business for 5 years

This year I celebrated 5 years officially running my own show *full time* as a largely independent designer working with brands to tell impactful and compelling visual stories. In my mind, this is a milestone worth giving myself a pat on the back for,...

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Semi Permanent 2022

After such a long wait for many of us creatives to get together at a design conference (thanks to the pandemic for this and all the other goodies that you have delivered over the last couple of years), it was such a treat to...

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Failure and the God Complex

Failing at achieving a vision has designer Miss Pip Creative pondering failure, learning about the God Complex and realising that success metrics are often incomplete.

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The power of accountability buddies

I’ve been setting goals for myself for years. Every New Year’s Day (or there abouts ?), I’m off to an area of greenery and, surrounded by nature, I think about things I want to achieve and put pen to butchers paper, jotting some often...

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“Do you do anything creative in your spare time?”

It was an innocent enough question but I felt paralysed by it. Perplexed. Undignified too. I’m always creative, I tell myself, and it’s literally my job. Do I have the spare time and the energy outside of what I do to be that self...

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