Print Life Podcast: For Surface Pattern Designers

Join me today to chat about our role in sustainable fashion and how we can implement design practices that are in line with slow fashion. Let's work toward intuitive and market led design in 2023 so that we can work more efficiently freeing up time to sharped our skillset and becoming better designers. If you are a surface pattern or print designer who wants to learn more about how you can build a creative business doing what you love, head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/freetraining and let's work together!

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Happy Designing!

Leslie

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Join me today to chat about one of my favorite things to do at the start of the year...choosing a word of the year! Where could you be one year from today if you held yourself accountable to a feeling? Today I will share with you my process for not only choosing my word for the year, but how I can put small actions, habits or goals in place to support that word. To keep myself accountable in feeling into that word and embodying it in a way that keeps me on track all year long. When you choose your word for the year, don't forget to tag me so I can cheer on your progress. https://www.instagram.com/lesliekenehan/

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Happy Designing!

Leslie

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The Print Style Challenge!

Uncover your unique style in 5 days!! Join the print style challenge to learn how you can best differentiate yourself in the marketplace doing the work you love to do! Having a signature style is key in attracting not just more clients, but the right clients as well as developing into your own brand. Join the FREE 5 day challenge below! See you inside. x

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Happy New Year! Join me today to chat all about getting grounded back into our purpose and passions in 2023. When building a creative business, it's not hard to get lost in projects, growth, income goals or building that social media following. We end up saying yes to a lot, over filling our plates and we might even find ourselves completely off course for our big picture vision. Today I am offering up the idea of grounding back into our purpose and to our passion to gain clarity on what to focus on this year. Being grounded in your purpose often allows us to build our creative career with confidence, clarity, and authenticity. Giving us that much needed push toward our vision.

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Whether you are a freelancer, an in-house designer, or a small business owner, when we hear the hot words, recession, inflation or even pandemic, for some of us a fear that immediately follows. What will happen to the industry I'm in, will I continue to make sales, will companies continue to buy, can I still create a salary for myself, should I stay the course or ditch and try something else altogether? During these times that we must face ourselves with honesty…it can be brave to know when to walk away. But it can also be brave to stick it out. Join me today on the Print Life Podcast as we discuss what's going on in the industry and how you can benefit from staying the course, remaining consistent and coming out the other side of whatever it is we think may be coming down the road.

Interested in joining me on the podcast? If you're a surface pattern or print designer in the fashion or home industry who would love to come on the podcast and chat with me all about freelance, marketing, business, or … life! I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at [email protected] with print life podcast in the subject line. I look forward to hearing from you!

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As we ease our way towards the beginning of a new year it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the idea of needing to create resolutions, a long list of goals or even intention setting. It's also easy to feel overwhelmed when we look back on our year if we feel like we did not accomplish what we set out to this year. Today we are going to talk about clearing clutter - physical, digital, emotional, or spiritual - with the intention to make space for what we want our future to be. And to allow us to see with clarity the steps we must take to get us closer to that vision. And then following up every quarter for accountability to keep them to keep these intentions from becoming overwhelming expectations that feel just out of reach.

If you're enjoying listening to the podcast, I would love to hear your feedback! Leave me a comment or a review and let me know how you are liking the content. Enjoy the rest of 2022!

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Join me today to chat with Australian surface pattern designer Monique Hope. Mon specializes in kids’ fashion and home print designs and her services are offered as ready-made prints or commissioned. She is a mother, designer and lover of vintage injecting her quirky sense of color and playfulness into her illustrations and textile designs. Mon is also a brand strategist who helps small businesses create their brand guides and content. Today on the Print Life Podcast we will be chatting all about branding, specifically for surface pattern designers. You can have a look at her work and follow along her journey below!

https://monhope.com/

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In the print life membership, we have monthly discussions around specific topics in the industry and trainings relating to those topics. I was reviewing our past months content and felt pulled to share our October chat with you all. It felt very relevant to where we are in the industry and some steps, we can take to begin tightening up our position and messaging in the marketing place. We can say the market is saturated. We can say competition is fierce. We can say how do I sell my designs when there are so many others selling. How can I retain my price point when other platforms are lowering theirs? OR…. we can ask better questions.

How can improve my brand, my messaging, my position in the market so that I am more visible. How can I sharpen my skills and craft so that I am the clear choice. How can I improve my messaging and tighten up my niche so that I am attracting the right types of clients?

And that is what will keep you in the game for many years to come.  Interested in learning more about the Print Life? Head over to www.lesliekenehan.com/membership and get on the wait list

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Harriet Ruscoe is a print designer, illustrator & graphic designer based in the UK nestled between the British countryside and London in Berkshire. Working as a fashion print and graphic designer with ready-to-wear brands, high street retailers and suppliers for the past 7 years as well designing graphics and illustrations for a variety of businesses marketing and social media needs. Harriet has worked with White Buffalo Studio in the past and is now a contributing trend editor for the Trend Portal from White Buffalo Studio. Links below to learn more about Harriet Ruscoe and how to follow along her journey in print design and beyond.

https://www.harrietruscoedesign.co.uk/
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Today we are chatting about the relationship between designer and studio, studio and rep and designer and rep when you're working together on a consignment or commission basis. This can look different from studio to studio and you always want to make sure you're reviewing those contracts you're asking questions and you have all the information that you need before you dive in. Interested in learning more about all the ways you can make a living selling your art in the fashion industry? Head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/ for free trainings, resources and course offerings. See you inside!

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