Pricing for profit: How to pay yourself and increase margins in your product business. If you run a product business and aren’t consistently paying yourself properly, something needs to change. Too many creative business owners underpay themselves, underestimate their time, and operate on margins that barely cover materials. Let alone profit. This is how businesses […]
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Decorative feather designs In the last post we dived into the decorative feather trend for inspiration and started exploring how this theme can be applied in different ways. Today I’m sharing a little bit of my interpretation for decorative feathers – from initial sketches to final designs: Want to see more decorative feather […]
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Decorative feather trend My first mood board had to be about feathers as I LOVE them! There is a feather in my logo and this motif is really important to my brand identity. The word Arnold comes from my Grampy who was a pigeon racer, and Bird comes from my Gran’s maiden name. I love […]
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Let’s get inspired Hi there! Welcome to the newly revamped Arnold & Bird blog – I’m so happy you’ve joined me! After taking a blogging break I’m back and ready to serve up creative content to help inspire you in the world of design. So what will you find over in this […]
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In September me and my two friends Kat and Flora headed to Morocco to go surfing with Moroccan Surf Adventures. It was a holiday of many, many great moments, delights and surprises:
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So I went surfing in Morocco (more on that soon). One thing we learnt quickly is that surfing is a very physical activity and we would always welcome the ice cream man, sweet pastry selling man or lunch that was provided for us everyday. And when i say that I mean welcome it with open […]
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Pencil sketch of an eye This weekend I did a 20 minute pencil sketch of an eye. It’s been a while since I sketched so was really pleased with the outcome. It was fun to put pencil to paper – I have been wanting to do it for so long and although I didn’t have […]
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As I said a year ago, I love the New Designers show. I thought this year was particularly good and a few exhibitors really caught my eye. The first was Beth Lamont – I loved her ceramic hot air balloons. The delicate nature of them with the silver works really well and I love the […]
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Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the arrival of their baby boy at 16.24 today. It is lovely to see everyone really excited! Image source: Baby boy cardigan bowtie onesie by groovyapplique via Etsy
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These rough gemstone necklace and earrings are just gorgeous. I love the different minerals combined in the necklace with the vintage chain. The earrings are perfect for wearing something simple but just a bit more interesting. I love the combination of different surfaces as well – very on trend! Image sources: Grey agate freeform chrysoprase […]
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This weekend I finally finished getting my dresses for my two weddings this year. It took a while and I had many returns but I have two dresses and the accessories for the first one at least – which is good since my brother’s wedding is this Saturday – Ekk! So EXCITED! Image sources: Floral […]
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