Dept. of Design & Creativity

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!

22/08/2026

This week (22nd August) I’ve mostly been:
- Overseeing the Sandcastle Competition in Partnership with Whitley Bay Round Table. Well done to all who took part!
- Watching a pre-season Newcastle United friendly with the family
- Educating customers on how distance affects design 👀
- Updating the indoor signage in the studio
- Refining the blog section on my soon-to-launch website

We did manage to:
👜 Design a tote bag for the new Great North SCITT brand
🟧 Help SI Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District with a design for their Soroptomist orange petal initiative
🧖‍♀️ Produce a gift voucher prototype for TYDE Seaview Sauna
🎾 Print certificates for NET 360 CIC
😀 Run business cards for a local resident
🛳 Design and print a poster for a travel show for Destinations by John
🖨 Print out posters for The Living Room
🎵 Run leaflets for Cast Iron Shoes UK Tour
🖼 Produce art prints for PMitchell Artwork
💍Design and print stationery for a wedding couple
🍋 Print a poster for two new local entrepreneurs!
.. and now we are heading to Newcastle for the Quayside Festival! Have a good weekend everyone!

21/08/2026

Have you tried the acai cups from eatclean.uk yet? Delicious!

I loved updating their machine to create a branded design. Great menu choices too!

15/08/2026

Well, a different kind of fortnight to talk about!

This week (10th August), I have mostly been:
- Walking up Mainstreet USA
- Riding rollercoasters
- Piloting the Millenium Falcon
- Eating funnel cake
- Sharing a bike with ET
- Queueing at the Ministry of Magic
- Enjoying quality family time; after all, this is what we work for!

Returning to the office yesterday, I have managed to:
🪣 Liaise with Whitley Bay Chamber of Trade members and Whitley Bay Round Table to put the last of the plans in place for tomorrow's Sandcastle Competition
🚘 Print leaflets for Greenside Valet
🪟 Help enlarge a print for a stained glass design
🥣 Print stickers for Crumb
.. and now we are chilled, watching the European Athletics and getting excited for the Sandcastle Competition tomorrow. Hope to see you there!

25/07/2026

This week (20th July) I’ve mostly been:
- Celebrating the Bluerock Homes development at The Old Police Station in Whitley Bay after organising a street party with local residents
- Updating our studio window
- Working with members of Whitley Bay Chamber of Trade and Whitley Bay Round Table to help organise Whitley Bay Sandcastle Competition
- Chatting about composition and creating intrigue in communication with Siroptomists UK
- Preparing for a wedding event and offering stationery options at Spanish City

We did manage to:
🍵 Print menus for eatclean.uk (I did also have to pick up a wrap while I was there!)
🏖 Print stickers and business cards for Destinations by John
🍾 Design and print a bottle tag for a wedding gift
🚔 Print an first draft of a manuscript chronicling the history of the Old Police Station by a local resident
🎁 Print loyalty cards for Meander Gifts
🌸 Print more gift vouchers for Room 305
🎧 Print information posters for Awesome Silent Discos
🍺 Print posters for Kerry O’Shea’s
☺️ Print flyers for The Glow Room by Naturally Helen Bee
🌻 Print stickers and business cards for M'Body'D
🧖‍♀️ Design gift vouchers for Tyde Sauna
💒 Produce on-the-day stationery for a wedding couple
🕹 Print A0 posters for Tyne Tees Amusements
☕️ Design and print gift vouchers for relishwhitleybay.co.uk and Crumb
..and now, we are getting packed to go away on holiday. See you in a couple of weeks! 🛫