Design Bean

05/01/2026

Welcome back folks!!

Hope you all had an awesome Christmas’s break 🎄🥳
Now come on 2026 … let’s do this 👊🏻🤓

#2026

23/10/2025

Bluebell Financial Management is officially Trademarked 🙌🏻

Well done Carolyn Matravers and team 💜

A big thank you to the wonderful Sally Maidment at Design Bean for updating our branding which now fully reflects our Bluebell trademark going forward. The trademark application has been a costly and necessary step to protect all the hard work over the past 3 years as we support vulnerable clients and their families. We are not a large business, but we are mighty and it is so important our branding reflects this important change.

💜🤔Have you ever wondered where the name Bluebell comes from?🤔💜

👉We have the most wonderful Bluebell wood where our offices are based at Courtmoor Farm and the bluebell flower denotes 'kindness, caring, nurture and support' which encapsulates our services perfectly👈

Sally has been right by my side from the very beginning and has created such a vibrant and attractive colour palette for the Bluebell brand which is instantly recognisable and permeates throughout the business.

Our paperclips to our post it notes all reflect the brand colours and it is always a talking point. Our clients really do notice and yesterday we had a client visit who was a vision in tones of lilac and purple. Having a clear identity really does make a difference and has set us in such good stead.

If you want to be seen and work closely with someone who takes time to understand your vision and your business and is able to create something unique, enabling you to build and develop on solid foundations (and I might say, she is bursting with delight and enthusiasm when it succeeds!), then look no further - I cannot recommend Sally highly enough 💜

31/12/2024

Well folks ... as the year draws to a close, so does my Christmas Selfie Competition! 🎄 The winner was chosen by my 14 year old niece, so totally impartial! 🙌🏻

So without further ado, drumroll please...

The winner is... Rachel Walker-House 🏆🥇 (Photo 7)
The lovely Rachel will win a Gift Voucher for a Taunton business of her choice! Rach I will message you 😘

Thank you so much to all who took time out of a busy December to take part... being a small business, it really does mean the world to me, plus, it's just a bit of festive fun!!

I will take this opportunity to wish my family, friends and clients (who I class friends) a very Happy New Year!! 🥳 You are all wonderful and I couldn't do it without each and every one of you!

Here's to 2025 🎉

07/12/2024

First competition entry is a strong one 👏🏻😂 good work by the amazing Aisling Magill Photography 📸🤪🎄

07/12/2024

Ok folks, to celebrate Small Business Saturday it’s ⭐️ COMPETITION TIME ⭐ 🎄

It’s time to get festive and creative! Snap a selfie with the Taunton Christmas Tree Banner featuring my awesome ‘Design Bean’ logo, and you could win a £25 Gift Voucher from a Taunton Business of your choice!

Here’s how to enter:

1️⃣ Visit the Taunton Christmas Tree
2️⃣ Take a selfie with the beautiful banner (with the Design Bean logo in 🤓)
3️⃣ Post your selfie on any social media platform and tag Design Bean

It’s that simple!! Here’s mine to kick things off!!
My neice will be choosing the BEST one… that means the funnier the better 🤪

Hurry! The competition ends 24th December!
The winner will be announced New Years Eve 🏆

Good luck, and let the festive fun begin! 📸 🎅✨

21/11/2024

Thanks Taunton Town Council for asking me to design the banner again for this years Christmas tree kindly donated by Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm! And I am very proud to be a sponsor this year too! 🤩

Very much looking forward to the official light switch on on Sunday! Let’s get Christmas started 🎄🎅🏼🥳

Watch this space for a little competition next week 🥳😝🥂

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❄️🎄❄️❄️🎄❄️ This morning we met our Christmas sponsor, Sally from Design Bean, and admired her handywork on the banner around our tree. Thanks also to Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm for donating Taunton's Christmas tree. The banner has details on Enchantment at Langford Lakes, an illuminated trail through their Christmas tree forest! Grateful to Wheeler & Son Ltd for their help with transport and installation!

01/07/2024

So here we are in July folks 😳 wowzers! And you know what that means? July welcomes the start of my 8th year in business!!
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Yes that’s right, June always marks the anniversary when I left full time employment, and this year it's my * 7th business birthday * 🥳
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7 years has honestly flown by!! With tears, laughter, ups, downs, highs, lows, you name it!! 🤣 But I’m still here and still so proud to be designing for some amazing companies and really am lucky to be doing something I love for a living!
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So to celebrate starting my 8th year in business I thought I’d show one of my favourite designers from each year so far… These certainly bring back some amazing memories and I’m so excited to see what the next year will bring!! 😍
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Sometimes we (briefly) lose that “sparkle” or “mojo” when things get stressful or you almost reach burnout… but the key is to just KEEP GOING, and never give up!! So watch this space folks… I’ve had some incredibly exciting projects over the last year and looking forward to sharing them with you all over powers of social media!
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And speaking of exciting projects… an AWESOME new one starts today so I better dash and crack on with it 🤓🙌🏻
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Hope you all have an awesome July … let’s do this!! 💪🏼
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15/01/2024

Blue Monday you say? Nope not here folks!!

Ok well maybe 😝 …here’s a little blue fella, he played a decent role in my childhood, so my first drawing of the year was the one and only this weekend!

The perfect way to get some chill time away from the screen!

Take those blues away by getting back into a hobby you loved… or start a new one! 🤷🏼‍♀️

22/12/2023

Well folks that’s a wrap for 2023 (maybe 🤫)

Car packed up and that means there’s only one song to play and it’s by the awesome Chris Rea!

Just want to say a massive THANK YOU to my wonderful clients, supporters and suppliers. I may not have been at my speediest this year, but sometimes this ‘sole trader’ malarkey gets a little overwhelming. So thanks for the continued support and patience where necessary. It means a lot!

I hope you all have an amazing Christmas and get to spend it with your loved ones. And just remember folks, make the most of every second!!

So on that note… Merry Christmas ya filth animals 😜!! 🥳🎄🥂

From the Bean x

10/11/2023

Thank you to the lovely Louise Newton at Style by Louise for the continued support, fun coffee meetings and phone calls 😆

… we discussed everything required for the event at the The Castle at Taunton from business card updates to flyers and a shiny new Banner… and we pulled it off with a day to spare 🙌🏻 and the event was a huge success, even with Louise recovering from an operation, what an amazing gal!! 👌🏻

What a lovely client to have, someone who is genuinely passionate about her work and goes above and beyond to help us ladies look and feel better!! Oh and a wonderful friend now too… 🤩🥰

20/10/2023

How is it Friday again already?! 😳

This time last week I had the privilege of being a guest of the lovely Carolyn Matravers from Bluebell Financial Management to the fantastic Diva Lunch 🤩 at Haselbury Mill, Crewkerne

What an amazing day to celebrate Carolyn’s first year in business!! 💜 So many fabulous ladies around the table and within the room… all helping to raise a whopping £12,500 for Action Medical Research …I think we all had a tear (or two 🙋🏼‍♀️) in our eyes hearing some of the stories and the brilliant work they do!! 🥹👏🏻

A huge thanks to Carolyn for including me in this lovely day, I had a blast!! 🥂🥳🤩

And I always love to see the branding work in the flesh too 💜🤓

Great catching up with these gals too; Style by Louise Kit O'Brien Kim Barnard, Heather Rybaruk 😊 All About You