This week’s Friday Feature is the ever so creative, Louise from Two For Joy Illustration. Louise is an award winning (very rightly so!) illustrator and designer – with a focus on cheerful cards and stationery… although, as you’ll read in her interview below, it sounds like she might expand into other products in the coming years, which is a bit exciting! Let’s get started… What inspires your creativity? So many different things. I would say I’m design-led, so i create a range of illustrations around maybe something topical – like my love for postboxes – or an idea I’ve had for a clever card (Like my children’s cards which all

Our second ever Friday Feature is the lovely Jen from March and Bloom. What Jen doesn’t know about good branding and graphic design, isn’t worth knowing! With a focus on brands who want to change their industry or community for the better, Jen brings heart, soul, and passion into her design work – creating brands that really make a difference. We asked Jen some questions to get to know more about her: Why branding and graphic design? Because graphic design is the absolute best. Because the moment I learned what graphic design was (at age 15) I was absolutely hooked. Because I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life.

Well, this is a bit exciting. It’s our first ever Friday Feature (where we share the stories and insights of some wonderful creative women in the UK who own amazing small businesses). And our first feature is a good one… drum roll please… Jess from Thimble and Fabric. From embroidery to friendship bracelets, Jess makes gorgeous kits that are suitable for beginners and provide the perfect opportunity for a little creative self-care and wellbeing. We asked Jess some questions to get to know more about her: What first got you interested in crafting? I can’t think of a time when I wasn’t! I remember my grandma gifting me a sewing