SATURDAY SALE EVENT!

 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO SHOP!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ELMerchant

WOWZA! A SATURDAY SALE EVENT! 

Get your hands on some hand made Christmas cards this weekend with 20% off all orders by quoting: "SATURDAYSALE" at the checkout!

Today I've been taking some great new snaps of the newly made cards to update my Etsy shop to show you all the "Merry Christmas" design in detail!

Remember! The whole design has been hand cut out of lino, individually printed and finished with a foiled star on top, making each card completely unique and one-of-a-kind.

Bag yourself a bargain and help make my weekend a little more fantastic 

Big Love x

Christmas Card Launch! GET YOURS TODAY!

WOOHOOOOOOOO!!! So the moment I've been leading up to all week has finally arrived and I am happy to announce that as of tonight, my handmade, typographic Christmas cards are ready to purchase via Etsy!

Each card is hand printed and finished with a foiled star, meaning that no two cards are the same and guaranteeing you a one-of-a-kind design every time! :D

For more information and to BUY follow the link here:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/elmerchant



I'm hoping that this is just the beginning for my little Etsy shop and that there will be lots more to come in the future. Look out people, Emily's empire will be expanding ;) Hehe....

There are 2 styles to choose from: a gold print & green foiled star or a red print with a gold foiled star and both come as either individual cards or packs of 5! Please read the listing properly before committing to buy!

I'd like to put a big shout out to everyone who's liked, shared and supported me thus far! It's always so humbling and exciting to see friends (and strangers) sharing your work. So BIG love to everyone!

Christmassy Creativeness: SNEEK PEEK!

So in the run up to Christmas I've been planning some Christmas creativeness and here's a sneek peek of what you can expect! The design is currently being fine tuned ready for production but exciting things are happening! And they'll be here soon!

I've also just finished cutting, creasing and enveloping cards ready for printing so by the end of the week there will be a finished hand-made festive fancy to purchase for you and your family!

I've been meaning to get back into making things for a long time now and slowly things are taking shape, fingers crossed the launch of my new card designs will inspire me to keep creating more and more and more in the evenings to share with everyone! 

Practice Makes Perfect: Calligraphy / Hand Lettering

Once again, it's been a little while since I've last updated my blog! Since beginning my job at a great little design company in Leicestershire, I have a whole new respect and understanding for all those 9 to 5 (or longer) workers out there! I feel your pain! I know your tiredness and it's taken me a little while to get into the swing of things.

In any case I'm not complaining - I realise how lucky I am for going straight into a job after finishing university and it's already provided me with so much more insight and knowledge in the world of graphic design.

In my spare time, I've taken to practicing my illustration skills in the form of typography and calligraphy! I even took a small morning course to get to grips with the correct way to write calligraphy this weekend, which was great fun! Now I've just got to stay in practice!

It shouldn't be hard - I absolutely LOVE it!

Welcome Back to Blogging!

Hello! Good day, good evening! It's been a long while since I've been active on this particular blog, but now that I'm beginning to get my head back together after graduating university, getting a job (OMG!) and beginning to prepare the foundations for my own creative business - I think it's about time I get back to what I do best! Talking!

So what's new with me?! Apart from the aforementioned series of events (Yes, I graduated with a first class honours degree in Graphic Design and Illustration and managed to get a job as a Junior Designer) I have been busy with freelance design work, whilst absolutely falling in love with calligraphy!  

As of yet, I haven't had time to invest in any beginner tools yet so instead I've been practicing getting to grips with how you'd hold a pen / brush by strapping two pencils together! 

It's actually really fun and I'm beginning to find my inspiration again after what seems like an age of having no spare time since leaving university. Of course, I can't and won't complain about being busy - I'm very thankful for all the work that has come my way. But sometimes... just sometimes it'd be amazing to just sprawl in bed for the day and do nothing but play xbox....

Logo Design: Airforce Themed

A few months ago, my friend asked me as a quick favour to design him a logo based on the Airforce's current design without it being exactly the same. It was only a for a few t-shirts he was having printed, but it's something that's given me time to de-stress from work about so I gave it a go!

Here's what I came up with!

Print Room Previews

I've been in the print studio a lot this week, trying to catch up on some work from last term and also to try out some new techniques for a project that's been giving me so much grief with what to do with it!

Hopefully I can make something of these prints so I can reduce my stress levels when it comes to this project. They look cool and quirky but it's the treatment of them now that is going to define whether they are fit for purpose or not...

(Vague much...?) :P

Muesli out of Museli: Typography project experiment

Apologies for lack of blogging recently, Christmas was crazy busy and I've only just got back into the swing of things with uni work! (Sorta...)

For one of my projects which is typography based I've been trying out some words using the food they're mentioning! Here's my experiments with 'Muesli' made of Muesli! :)