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Thoughtbox Creative

Ideas generator and maker of pretty things
Freelancer. Creative. Collaborator. Consultant
Social media Manager, Marketing, Strategy
and anything creative.
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08/10/2026

A little branding magic, a few very fancy feathered neighbours and a whole lot of Garden Route inspiration. 🦚

Meet Hugenot View, a gorgeous little self-catering garden cottage in George, where the mountains are beautiful, the beach is just down the road and the local peacocks clearly think they own the place.

And naturally, we thought they deserved a starring role in the branding.

We had so much fun bringing this one to life at Thoughtbox Creative. From the logo and colour palette to the little details, patterns, stationery and website, we wanted everything to feel like Hugenot View itself. Calm, charming, a little bit fancy, but never trying too hard.

Because good branding isn't just about making things look pretty (although we do love making things pretty). It's about giving a business its own little personality.

And then making sure that personality looks just as lovely online.

Have a little peek at hugenotview.com and see what we've been up to.

And if your business could do with a little Thoughtbox treatment, you know where to find us.

GardenRoute CreativeStudio BrandingSouthAfrica

05/10/2026

These colours deserved better than “blue” and “beige”.

So I took it upon myself.

A few colour combinations I’m loving at the moment, with names that make them even better.

I think Peach Please might be my favourite. Which one is yours?

03/10/2026

We all know a Brenda.
Some days, we are Brenda.

Luckily, we love this stuff.
Let us make your marketing look easy.

19/09/2026

I’ve worked with so many people who are worried about what others will think of their content. And fair enough. Posting something you made and knowing your old school friends might see it is a very specific form of bravery 😂

But the person you’re imagining cringing at your post probably isn’t the person you made it for.

Somewhere, someone is looking at the exact same post thinking, “Wait, I actually need this.”

Marketing is weird. Post the thing.

15/09/2026

Apparently I have favourites. Quite a few, actually...

13/09/2026

A page full of rough ideas slowly became a family of custom icons, each with its own little bit of SumtingFresh attitude. Then came the logo, colours, cheeky one-liners and wrapping paper we’d happily frame instead of throw away.

Seeing those original scribbles wrapped around an actual meal will never get old.

A lot of thought went into making this brand look like this much fun.

Still one of my favourite branding projects for SumtingFresh

11/09/2026

I’m a Virgo by birth, but not by trait... except when it comes to random details no one else will notice.

10/09/2026

WE'VE JUMPED IN THE DEEP END

Little Champ got a little upgrade and we had way too much fun doing it.

New logo → new Froggy → new colours → new patterns → a whole new brand world.

BRANDING, BUT MAKE IT POOLSIDE

The rebrand didn't stop at the logo, we've officially taken over Little Champ socials too.

New look + new content + a whole lot more Froggy coming to the feed.

Go give Little Champ Swim School a follow + watch us make some waves.

Warning: frog puns are inevitable.

SIMPLIFIED, NOT BORING

A stripped-back version of the logo for when Froggy doesn't need to steal the show.

Clean + recognisable + made to work everywhere, from towels to merch + all the little brand moments in between.

WHERE WE CAME IN →

We took the Froggy everyone already knew + loved and gave him a fresh new look, keeping his personality, but making him softer, friendlier + a little more expressive.

From there, a whole new Little Champ world started to take shape around him.
A familiar little face.

Just ready for his next chapter.
And yes... we're pretty hoppy with him.

06/09/2026

FELMO feels like comfort food.
Rafaella is pizza. Obviously
Regality Script needs w**e somewhere nearby.
Goldray feels rustic and sunny.
Florishia feels old school fancy.

05/09/2026

Just wanted to let you all know what I know, in case you thought I just filmed food and drew pretty pictures all day.

I mean, I do do that too.

But there’s a little more going on upstairs...sometimes.

I majored in Art Direction, so yes, I’m judging the design on everything! I actually can’t switch that off.

Then came copywriting + digital marketing + SEO.

And then I found my slightly unexpected niche… healthcare.

I’ve always been fascinated by medicine, but unfortunately wasn’t blessed with the maths brain required to become a doctor.

So I found a loophole.

Medical copywriting + healthcare communications + Social media pharmacovigilance..

Basically, science + creativity. My happy place. And probably best for everyone that I'm not an actual Dr...

Then there’s my wild card: Art Therapy ♡

We touched on psychology and human behaviour in my degree and I wanted MORE. More about people, connection and why our brains do what they do.

Also, I had an almost-teenage daughter at the time - she's now a full blown teen. Seemed wise.

Turns out understanding people is pretty useful in advertising.

And VERY useful in gifting. We really do think about the person on the other end of the gift above everything.

So when I say “nope, something’s off” and change it…
There is usually a real reason.
And it’s not just because AI suggested it...

Although I am also now studying Generative AI + Marketing/Creative Strategy too.

Because if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em right? Then get really, super amazing good at it.

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