It’s that time of the year when social media reminds us that we must change our copyright lines on our website. Do you need to do it, and if so should be the current year?

An advanced reader copy (or ARC) is an early version of a book that is shared ahead of publication. It will probably still have some design work to complete and typos to take in but it still has a purpose.

Fonts must be evaluated against the rest of your content and there are some easy questions to help you, the sort that I would ask you and, if you need support, detangle with you to get the perfect font for your brand, book, website or social media. Read on to get the secret ingredients!

A guide on how to work with Hello Lovely Design and Co and the information we’ll need to work with you.

Many projects that I work on contain requests for photos or illustrations. Managing these is important from the start, as assets can easily stack up and it can be confusing. It’s not a post about gorgeous design but, like beautiful creations, it’s really useful!

This tip is suitable for you if you are looking to hire a designer, worried about your current design project and the designer you’ve hired, want to get an overview of workflows (you can read more about them in my monthly newsletter, Gorgeous), or you are a designer or creative looking for advice

A professional designer will wear many hats during the creation of your website to support and grow your work. We aim to understand your audience and how best to serve them through your website.

Have you seen those nifty slides which are appearing all over LinkedIn? If you head over to Canva, pop in some text into a Instagram post template, export to a PDF - job done. Sort of. This post is a carousel with tips on how to design one so you can avoid the most common mistakes.