January 2019
How DIY Logos Can Damage Your Company
As business owners, we often find ourselves living the “multi-hyphen life”. As you know, I am a designer by ‘trade’, but I’m also a social media manager-copywriter-project manager-tea maker [...]
December 2018
How to run a business through the Festive Period
It’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year! I completely LOVE Christmas, but I think after a busy year of uncertainty we are all really looking forward [...]
Dragons’ Den analysed from a branding perspective
I was a guest blogger on the Enterprise Nation website earlier this month - you can read the full article here Enterprise Nation member and designer Jess Sands knows a thing [...]
June 2018
‘Remember’ – The Military Wives Choirs Album Press Launch
“Perhaps it will brighten the dark moments a little to think how you have meant to someone more than anything ever has or ever will. What you have striven for [...]
When the military posts your husband and you follow – A business owner’s tale
SBS – My Story Female entrepreneurship is booming, and I love it. After years of fighting for equality in the workforce and struggling for equal pay (spoiler alert, we [...]
May 2018
Are you ready to start your own military posting-proof business?
As a military spouse I know that in the past my career has been put on the back-burner. I made the choice to follow my husband and his demanding job [...]
Why Investing In Good Branding Matters
The best part of building your business is the sense of pride you get from it. No matter how large your company grows, there’s nothing like stepping back and realising [...]
April 2018
Why running your own business as a ‘military spouse’ is amazing!
Once upon a time, in a beautiful city far, far away, I had an amazing career…and then the posting notice arrived. Like so many other ‘military spouses’ I felt that [...]
How to survive a military posting and still run your business
It’s that time of year again, the run up to summer. While the temperatures change and the nights start to lengthen, there’s one thing in the back of the mind [...]
March 2017
SUH Refresher Day & International Women’s Day
It’s 7.40 in the morning of International Women’s Day and I am on an express Virgin train heading north to Wolverhampton. Flip me the 5.45 wakeup call was a bit [...]
February 2017
Time for a business Spring clean – My top 5 tips.
Spring has Sprung! There’s nothing like a bit of sunshine and feeling the stretch in the day to encourage a little spring clean. It’s at this time of year when [...]
January 2017
Help Your Clients Fall in LOVE with Your Company Brand Again
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"] [et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] Building a brand is time consuming but so very important. It’s the representation of your company and what people think of it [...]
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – SIX How to Build Your Branding Guide Bible
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients - time to say ‘goodbye’ to boring logos and ‘hello’ to beautiful inspirational branding. Welcome back to the final Build Your Brand [...]
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – FIVE Patterns, Icons, Photography & Social Media
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients - time to say ‘goodbye’ to boring logos and ‘hello’ to beautiful inspirational branding. Welcome back to the Build Your Brand & [...]
New Year, New You – How to keep those business resolutions and avoid overwhelm in 2017
Welcome to 2017! How exciting, a new year has arrived full of excitement and business plans. This year will be ‘our year’ and we are going to ace it as [...]
December 2016
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – FOUR Typography
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – time to say ‘goodbye’ to boring logos and ‘hello’ to beautiful inspirational branding. Welcome back to the Build Your brand & [...]
November 2016
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – THREE Colour Theory
Build Your Brand & Attract Your Dream Clients - time to say ‘goodbye’ to boring logos and ‘hello’ to beautiful inspirational branding. Welcome back to the Build Your brand & [...]
Build Your brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – TWO LOGO DESIGN
Welcome back to the Build Your brand & Attract Your Dream Clients series, where we say ‘goodbye’ to boring logos and ‘hello’ to beautiful inspirational branding. Throughout the series I [...]
Calligraphy Workshop, at Quill London
There’s been a new trend developing that anyone with an Instagram account can’t avoid. Modern Calligraphy is everywhere! Team it with a watercolour background and you probably have the look [...]
How to run a business through the festive period and still have time off
It's (almost) the most wonderful time of the year! I completely LOVE Christmas, and after the events of 2016 I think we are all really looking forward to the New [...]
October 2016
Build Your brand & Attract Your Dream Clients – ONE INTRODUCTION
Build Your brand & Attract Your Dream Clients - time to say 'goodbye' to boring logos and 'hello' to beautiful inspirational branding. In this first blog post I want to [...]
Heropreneurs Networking
Heropreneurs Networking – A Wives Tale I have mentioned before that I am a military spouse and the difficulties that arise with that. After recently relocating to North London I [...]
A Military Posting
When the military posts your husband and you follow – A business owner’s tale and handy tips for a transferable business Female entrepreneurship is the new ‘thing’, and I love [...]
SUH Showcase Day 2016
Design Jessica wins its first business award at the Supporting the Unsung Hero Showcase Day in Canary Wharf Every year delegates from The Supporting the Unsung Hero (SUH) Business Course [...]
