Digital Creative Spark

03/08/2026

Today I am home from the Creative Business Summit the business thoughts are all filtering through. Definitely can recommend. If any of my creative friends want to join next year tickets for a table of 6 at Early Bird prices are an option :) Thankyou to all my fellow creatives it was wonderful to connect what a fabulous day. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bd4chPmib/

28/07/2026

**** Websites They are sooo expensive and take soooo long**** ????

Do they though?

Did you know that if you are somewhat organised with images and content and i am talking basic pages like home, about, contact, a product and services pages, a bit of an idea on what you want to be known for in google ie. SEO basic and a couple of other bits and bobs a website could be done anywhere between half to 1 day';s work? Thats 100% doable.

The technical bits can come together pretty quickly if one knows what they are doing (ive been doing it over 30 years) and i have recently built websites that are not necessarily 100% polished in that time i wont claim that but to the point where you have a working framework and content that you can tweek and get going by the COB.

The content or deciding and moving bits around are the bits that take time and would flow into the next "session" but you can have a framework that you can work with i with a bit of planning and organisation in a day. *



Did i tell you that my day rate is in the not in the thousands of dollars ;) it is in the hundreds.

* Note Must be organised & willing to do a bit ground work.
I work with WordPress and Divi 5 theme. :)

28/07/2026

NOTICE: Doing a bit of digital declutter :)
If you have been a past client of mine and I have your design files from prior to 2025 please contact me in the next week to receive your files, any design files which includes website graphics, backups business card designs, strategy calls and videos will be deleted unless otherwise arranged for those past clients who no longer hold my services. I have broadcast this a couple of times but this one is the final :) All of my current and existing clients ofcourse your things are kept but its good to have a backup in your reference files. Please check you are keeping these.

Thankyou. Ps. for new potential clients yes i do hand over your design files if needed :)

21/07/2026

Having a native design file? vs. ai graphic. Thoughts to ponder...

The ai graphic creation is amazing i am so in awe of how quickly things come to together and something that would have taken me hours to produce can be done in 20 secs. Technology and keeping up with the advancing tech is overwhelming i too feel like i am unable to keep up. I see it all the time things being designed and printed all created by some who wouldn't have opened a graphic program in their life.

However a thought to ponder, among all the others is this... (something that was pointed out to me recently) that the ai design is not an asset you can get into later, if you want to change a word make an alteration you will need to get the ai to create the whole graphic again and more often than not it will not come out the same. Your resources at the beginning mean you are starting again from scratch and that leaves room for discrepancies in lots of areas which affect your branding.

And even if in your first creation all your branding and everything was great the first time, as the ai learns new things from different sources and trends change your branding will slightly change and look more and more like everyone else's graphics, i see flyers which use the same colours the same layouts the same messages for all different businesses.

I have been in design for over 30years. My suggestions have never been about the showy stuff, but it has always been in taking the time to work out who your business is for, what it is you want to acheive, how are you going to use it in the future which can often be cumbersome when someone just wants something now. But having a moment to think about that means later on down the track you dont have to start again and there are things that can be done now to save time later.

The value to me is not in the time it takes to create the graphic cause anyone can do that with today's tools years ago it was the clients neighbour's kid who can play with microsoft paint, today its ai & canva...

its in the decisions of the branding, the messaging and then the graphic creation is just a part of that. If you have a native design file you can make alterations pull parts out that once created can be reused in other things. It's understanding why you dont have 5 different fonts in a document, its being able to create assets that can be pulled upon but rationale as to why something is done the way it is .. not just cause today i felt like using yellow :)

Don't get me wrong i am not saying we have to go back to the old way of doing things but I do consider there is a balance between the new tech and the value in considering the strategy rather than just doing cause you can :)

Thoughts to ponder :)

25/06/2026

Image: Totally unrelated but cute :)

WEBSITE & SEO: Recently I have been jumping back into website and SEO work. Yes there are ai tools that can do the work for you but its knowing what to do where and when to use it and using it in a way with a strategic focus that makes the difference to everyone else.

ai will tell you lots of things and kinda what you want to know and you can run with that what about the strategy or implementation of all of that, unless you are a wizz at that you can be running in the wrong direction.....

And plz don't get me started on the design of flyers that all look in THE SAME style and colours with which people have all been playing with chatgpt and i swear it all loosk the same :) yes its so great how quickly its put together and it looks fabulous but if it looks the same as every other business it will get lost in the crowd. So please don't do that, do it with a bit of strategy around your branding and your customers and be a point of difference :)

So meanwhile...

Hope you are having a good week if you are interested in graphic design, websites, SEO or what I specialise in is having a session to help you have some clarity on what you need to do, where you are heading and guide you on allowing you to create your things your way for your business or support if you need it- let me know :)

PS. the latter involves talking to a human ... sorry :)

PPS. obviously i have not used ai to write this post hence the spelling and grammatical errors i am only human ;) please pardon me :)

09/06/2026

After over 10 years with one of my clients she is retiring and shutting up shop. So honoured to have such long term clients support with website & online shop, printing setups, marketing tech help from time. Enjoy lovely all the best!

26/05/2026

Availability: From next week I will have some spots early in the week and in the following weeks opening up for graphic design - getting files ready for printing, web design, fixing website issues, SEO bits and bobs. Yes the ai/canva can do things fast and finding more and more clients using this but sometimes they are missing some of the key decisions and behind the scenes things and then run into problems later. Like getting the specs right for printing depending on what you need it has to be redone a different way. A consult or enquiry is a good idea before you spend the time "designing" or just getting it done with the right tools in a combo with the technology and a bit of help is easier and is usually more cost effective that spending time faffing about and having to redo things or having things come back not right.

If you need some guidance or small fixes they work well with my schedule so you can book in for Quick Fix session or a Long Fix depending on what you need. Send me a message to ask but I am not always on the socials so email is best :)

05/02/2026

Need a 2026 refresh?

We have had a few regular customer reach out for a website or branding refresh for the start of the year, if you are considering a design refresh please send me a PM or an email with a bit of background info and I can perhaps swing a few ideas backwards and forwards of options. 15mins Complimentary :) Just enquire and we can go from there :)

07/01/2026

Happy New Year!

These been lots of changes in recent years but some good things still stay valid. Towards the end of last year I had the pleasure of working one on one with a few lovely people with creative / art mentoring both online but also in real life ;) Just thought i would share this blog post from a couple of years ago about this service which is still great and I am opening up my calendar a bit more for for 2026.
I also have more information on my art website if you are keen on reading more just PM for the link (no bots). :)

If you are, or a parent of a student who is studying in the areas of Design & Animation or Art it might be useful for you to have some 1 on 1 tutoring or mentoring to complement your studies. In the past, I have taught high school, uni, and NDIS students as well as […]