Karen Blake Studios

21/04/2026

🚨 QR Codes! ✨ We get asked a lot to generate them for various marketing materials. Our AI consultant and collaborator, Fran, has been building some really cool stuff recently and crafted this awesome tool for generating your own (very pretty) QR codes.

Try it out for yourself!

Need a QR code for your business—one that's actually print-ready for your business cards, banners, signs and more?

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31/12/2025

Happy New Year to you all! 🎉 🥳 🥂

2025 was a busy year and someone made themselves soooo busy and important that they forgot to update the socials. 🤦‍♀️ Hopefully 2026 will be the year that sees some action around here. 💪

The studio is officially back open on the 5th January, hitting the ground running with two websites to build, two rebrands to present and a book to design and publish for a client.

In the meantime, have an awesome New Year, may your glass never be empty, and looking forward to making 2026 a successful and prosperous year.

~Karen 🌸

07/01/2025

Happy 2025! 🥳 How has the last year gone by so quickly? 😨

In 2024 I launched several new websites and I didn't tell the world! 🫣 However, I love to publicise my clients and their work instead.

Louise (AKA St Lady Feckinghull) is a delightfully eccentric Kent-based YouTuber, pub reviewer, piano, trumpet, saxophone, and drum teacher as well as a wine expert and fellow leopard-print hat wearer. She has several ideas for new websites in the works but we started with this one that was originally meant as a simple book review blog but soon evolved into focusing on wine, cheap recipes (the lentil curry one is rather good), and advice on how to live with joy, freedom, and fun. She also hosts wine-tasting events, accompanied by her collection of musical instruments, the aforementioned hat, and purple feather boa.

If you're into wine, check her out for a £40 discount at Laithwaites 🍷. www.houseoffeckbooks.com and if you're looking for a music teacher, she's available in person and online. 🎹🎺🎷🥁

16/07/2024

Being a pet lover, I was ecstatic to be asked to work on this project! Scruffle is an online pet store and the brainchild of the inventor of the awesome Petweighter, as they wanted to expand their pet product range to more than bowls and develop a community of pet lovers in the UK.

The branding was based on my two little 'Scruffle Brothers', Oggy and Bobby, the tiny terrors (terriers) 🐶🐶 who will also be testing out many of the products! Especially the Pawfumes, as Bobby is a bit stinky after rolling in unknown substances on his walks. 😂

The website has been built on the Shopify platform, and will be constantly updated with new products every week, if not every day! https://scruffle.co.uk

Having been so used to WooCommerce as my go-to for all things e-commerce, it's been great to get onto working with Shopify and I do hope that when you need anything for your pets, you check it out! The site will constantly be evolving and expanding, with a new theme being developed over time.

If there is a product that you really want but can't see on the site, the Scruffle team will find it for you. So, go on, give them a Scruffle!

29/04/2024

If you're in Jersey and you get a dent in your car/van/camper etc, what do you do? Call Jersey Dent Removal! 🚗 🎉

I'm delighted to have played a hand in getting this new business up and running with my signature "Brand + Web" package, which includes logo and sub-mark design, stationery, a 5-page website, and social media graphics, so they can hit the ground running with a cohesive brand identity. Along with a great new uniform!

Check out the website at https://www.jerseydentremoval.com

✨ Huge thanks to Frame and Print for printing branded sweatshirts, hoodies and polo shirts, and Steers Printing for printing business cards and flyers, often at short notice!😘

04/03/2024

Aaaand.... it's live! 🥳 Yay! Just launched today, the new website for Accountancy Enterprise Ltd.

The client's previous site was looking a little tired, hadn't been maintained, contained some questionable irrelevant keywords, and wasn't really showing their services in the best light. So we got to work quickly and had a new website created in just one day!

If you have your website's content written, and the images are readily available, along with access to your domain name, you too can get a website launched in just one day on our VIP Design Day service.

Get in touch to see how you can get online, look fabulous, and stand out among the competition at a lower price than you would expect. 🦩

20/02/2024

Every day is here!

My Four-Legged Barketing Executives, Oggy and Bobby 🐶🐶 are regular attendees at client meetings and even networking meetings! It never hurts to have a prop at a networking event. 😂

Oggy and Bobby are happy and yappy little Biewer Terriers (terrors, more like) we adopted a couple of years ago and I can't imagine life without them. They're not too clever, no use with admin, I can't get them to help with design work, if they were asked their opinion on something, well, the lights are on but no one's home. They might make a good sales team one day though.

But, as office companions go, they're pretty amazing. 🫶 They are the best stress relievers I know, even if they can get a bit noisy on Zoom calls. These little boys have a great life (and even have a doggy pushchair for trips around town) but they give as much love as they receive, and they receive it in bucketloads. 🥰

19/01/2024

Happy Friday! 🥳 One of my favourite Brand + Web Package projects has been working with the absolutely delightful people of Downtown Sips in St John, US Virgin Islands, which opened last year. Right now, with this cold winter weather 🥶, I wish I was there instead! 🏝

Downtown Sips is a tiny but adorable coffee shop ☕️ and wine bar 🍷 serving speciality coffee, tea, freshly baked food, and fabulous wines. If you ever find yourself travelling to the Virgin Islands, do pay them a visit! They are such nice people, so lovely to work with.

For now, their website is just one page, while we work on a new menu. I want to showcase more of their gorgeous imagery as time goes on. 😍

https://downtownsipsvi.com

15/01/2024

Where has the time gone? 😲 Today I just realised that exactly 20 years ago I officially became self-employed and it's just flown by!

I originally walked out of corporate life to set up my own business because I wanted more flexibility. Back then it was just me, my daughter, and a couple of cats. I created a website for a personal trainer, he recommended me to his clients, one of whom worked for a huge pub group, and that's where it all started! 🎉

Taking a client who is just starting out or needs a branding facelift and helping them become a flamingo 🦩 in a flock of pigeons with beautiful branding, a website to match, and digital marketing services such as email and social media to complete their offering is something I'm really passionate about.

I don't want an empire, or a 7-figure business, tons of staff, and a swanky office (although I'd love a chandelier in here.) I'm happy with my simple life, networking with awesome people, living close to nature, and doing what I love, which is helping my clients to grow their businesses.

I recently added to my services, including web and branding Power Hours, and have become a Growth Partner. So here's to the next 20 years! 🥂 Let's hope they go a little slower! 😂

12/01/2024

Aaaand, it's live! 🥳

I'm so happy to say that this website is now finally live, showcasing the BEAUTIFUL Snowdonia Stone Cottage holiday let. 🏠

I loved, loved, LOVED working on this, the cottage is gorgeous and it's also the perfect place to escape and unwind amid the breathtaking scenery of Beddgelert in North Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You can book the cottage online and I can't wait to be able to stay there myself! It's dog friendly 🐶 too. 💖

If you have a holiday cottage or a boutique hotel, B&B or holiday home you're keen to promote, get in touch to see how I can help you make the most of your business.

https://snowdoniastonecottage.com