Dept. of Design & Creativity

19/09/2026

This week (14th September) I’ve mostly been:
- Getting back to the weekend grassroots football matches.
- Organising the Whitley Bay Chamber of Trade EGM
- Reading the One Percent Club's book of the month, 'How to Make a Billion in 9 Steps' by Sir Richard Harpin 🤯
- Preparing more pages for our new website
- Helping my nephew press new shirts for Tynemouth United FC U16’s

We did manage to:
🎾 Print stickers for NET 360 CIC tennis club
🍕 Run new menu posters for Whitley Bay Pizza Co
🎨 Produce fine art prints and postcards for Katie Rzedzian
🍺 Create a new pump clip to celebrate The Rockcliffe Arms' 130th anniversary
🖨 Print a 90x90cm large format art print
🥳 Design and print art deco style invites for an 80th birthday celebration
💍 Help a couple choose colours and paper stock to print their wedding stationery
🍕 Print pizza box stickers for a 50th birthday
🌰 Printed more party invitations for Acorn & Oak
🎓 Design new postcards for Great North SCITT
..and now, I am enjoying (is that the right word?) the Newcastle United match and ready for a chilled evening with the family. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

16/09/2026

🃏 PACK OPENED. 🃏

30 years of Pokémon and we couldn't resist making our own card pull...

Meet our Stage 2 evolution: Dept. of Design & Creativity — HP 90, Big Ideas, Creative Strike, and a Community Power attack that hits for 90.

⚡ Weakness ×2 — lightning-fast turnarounds
💗 Resistance -30 — immune to bad briefs
⭐⭐ Retreat cost 2 — we don't leave a job half finished

22 years in design & print, Whitley Bay based, and apparently now a collectable. 😄

12/09/2026

This week (7th September) I’ve mostly been:
- Enjoying a birthday trip to watch the Newcastle Eagles in a pre-season friendly
- Quizzing Mike Soutar from BBC Apprentice about business, thanks to BIG ideas for small businesses
- Talking plans with potential new Whitley Bay Chamber of Trade committee members
- Writing our ‘Services’ and ‘Studio’ page for the new Dept. of Design & Creativity website
- Supporting the North Tyneside Nurdle Clean Up by donating printed leaflets illustrated by Lou Shackelton

We did manage to:
🧡 Print the ‘Orange Petal’ campaign stationery for SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District Soroptomists
👩‍🏫 Print inserts to create a prospectus for Monkseaton Coastal School – I do love seeing what clients do with our logo designs out in the real world
🌊 Print the TYDE Seaview Sauna gift voucher order - it’s definitely somewhere I need to visit.
💫 Run the new Saturday Stage Schools leaflets for Purple Performing Arts
🖨 Print large posters for Mactech Energy Group
🍸Produce a last-minute welcome sign for a 21st birthday celebration
🖨 Run leaflets for M’Body’D to promote their work
🍁 Pre-press and print brochures for the launch of the Earsdon Scarecrow Festival
📚 Help a reading group reach their audience with printed leaflets
🥧 Supply Crumb with more stickers - another new place we need to visit 😋
.. and now I am heading along to Ouseburn to meet friends for some drinks. Have a great weekend everyone!

11/09/2026

Who is heading to the Earsdon Scarecrow Festival tomorrow?

It is always a lovely walk out. After printing the programme, I am really looking forward to seeing this year's designs!

07/09/2026

Nice start to the working week with a breakfast at Flower Cafe Whitley Bay ☕️

Let's do this...

05/09/2026

This week (31st August), I’ve mostly been:
- Enjoying a Bank Holiday at Flamingo Land Resort
- Contemplating the latest book group read – Launch by Jeff Walker
- Learning how to step outside my comfort zone on a business call
- Talking print production with a customer – I like to make sure brochures print as expected
- Launching our September print offer (A2 posters)
- Enjoying he last boys' Rustic Cup breakfast before school started back

We did manage to:
🌸 Design and proof a new menu for Flower Cafe Whitley Bay
🎱 Run some booking forms for Trick Shots Pool Lounge
💎 Produce bracelet packaging for Chasing The Storm Jewellery
🎯 Print leaflets for a darts competition
👰‍♂ Design and print wedding invitations and on the day stationery
💐 Print large signs for a celebration of life
⚱️ Design and print an order of service for a funeral
👨‍🎓 Prepare handbooks for Great North SCITT Trainees
🏀 Produce digitally die cut cake toppers
🖨 Run more plan prints for Kurek Utilities And Construction
.. and now, I am signing off for the working week and preparing for the grassroots football season starting again tomorrow. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

04/09/2026

September sees the start of new monthly offers at Dept. of Design & Creativity.

🖨 This month, the focus is A2 posters (for print ready artwork).

Email [email protected] with your requirements.

03/09/2026

29/08/2026

This week (24th August) I’ve mostly been:
- Having a family day out at the NE1 Carnival followed by food in Newcastle
- Creating a piece of marketing to connect with The Brogue Trader
- Discussing Whitley Bay Chamber with North Tyneside VODA
- Chatting about community initiatives with Fiesta Whitley Bay
- Updating our case files to send out to prospective customers – want to see more? Just email [email protected]

We did manage to:
🪟 Design a selfie frame to support SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District Orange Petal Campaign
🤝 Create a design for the Whitley Bay Chamber's informal gathering next week
🍕 Help Whitley Bay Pizza Co with promotion for their new Pizza Pub Club idea
🕺 Produce a poster for the launch of the new Mitchells Menswear store
🥗 Printed sample packaging for a presentation for The Naked Deli in collaboration with Design on the Tyne
💆‍♀️ Print gift vouchers for The Glow Room by Naturally Helen Bee
🦪 Run menus for The O Co. pitch at Low Quay Brew Co
🎓 Produce posters for Great North SCITT
💒 Create on-the-day stationery for a Bank Holiday wedding; here’s one we did earlier this month
💍Run an extra large A0 wedding table plan
..and now I am catching up with friends at a party. Have a lovely bank holiday everyone!