'Design Hog Greetings'
Before I had my beautiful Twin girls I had my own Greetings card publishing company for 5 years. Selling my designs to over 340 independent UK retailers and garden centres with the professional skills
of freelance sales agents. I also had sales overseas from showcasing at Spring Fair at the NEC.
I supported 'CHUMS charity' with every sale I made for such a fantastic cause.
Belly Button Designs
Artworking greetings card singles and packs for Belly Button was exciting. I created emboss & foil dies for some new designs for Sainsbury's and also Christmas charity packs for 'The Christie'. Working with the team on print ready files also for their big Welsh translation brief with 60 individual cards was great fun.
Galanna - Irish publisher
I headed up the Garland studio for 3 years when I moved to this beautiful country for work. Managing a 4 man design studio I was immersed into concept boards, visiting retailers, creating collections from cards to plush and doing the artwork for print and character development managing product and projects
even over to the Far East. www.garlanna.com
Anker International - Giftmaker
Now called IG group, I managed the curation of the Giftmaker catalogue outsourcing and time managing freelance designers and working internally with the design studio, the products were created and manufactured in the Far East. It was a year from start to finish bringing the range and collections together.
Riverside Cards
Riverside created a new division in which one other designer and myself created and developed new product collections and new single cards for a new market for the company, looking at florists, book shops, personalisation etc which was separate from its core offerings. www.riversidecards.com
A Gift from the Gods
These elegant greetings cards and prints were created with strict brand guidelines in place. The quality and finished product photography show just how good they look with their shiny foil and quality board. From design to print ready, this was a lovely project to be able to work on. www.agiftfromthegods.com
