31 Aug Through an instagram filter: A month at six0six design

Happy last day of August everyone.

I thought it might be a nice idea to do a round up of this month in the studio here at six0six design with a look back at August’s Instagram snaps.

At the start of the month I took a fantastic month long online course withAndi at The Dream Job Shop. It was a great way to keep myself motivated through the last haul of the summer.

Getting started on my #dreamjobchallenge digging in, dreaming big @thedreamjobshop

A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 3, 2015 at 7:58am PDT

I have been trying to keep up with my sketching, taking a moment on a daily basis to do a sketch, whatever it may be. Here is one I did on a day by the beach. Bird at rest, I like to call it!

Daily sketches. #sketchaday bird at sea   A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 1, 2015 at 12:03pm PDT

There have been a lot of new designs coming on stream recently, not least of all my Personalised Film pen, for which I even made a vintage style popcorn container for the photo shoot.  You can find the film pen here  

Working on a diy for a photoshoot of a new design. #lovefilm

A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 3, 2015 at 4:33am PDT

Here is the film pen in action

Film pens. Brand new design I just launched yesterday. Cannot tell you how excited I am by this one. You pick your favourite film and I turn it into a personalised pen.A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 7, 2015 at 8:53am PDT

Its so important to REMEMBER THE WHY in your business

‘When you feel like quitting think about why you started’

Remember the why #smallbusiness #quote

A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 10, 2015 at 12:27pm PDT

Was super chuffed with some lovely feedback from customers including this for one of my cards

“Beautiful item, very well packaged, arrived the next day. Very happy with the whole experience – thank you” Thank you for the lovely feedback Katie Butler from Manchester! Bought on my @notonthehighstreet shop‪  ‬ A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 18, 2015 at 4:40am PDT

I have been researching new poems to add to the WB Yeats poetry collection. And will soon be releasing pens to accompany the poetry pencils.

Researching new poems for the WB Yeats poetry pencils. So many to choose from… 

A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 19, 2015 at 4:31am PDT

Catching up on my One Day Business Breakthrough podcasts on my new phone (an old iPhone which I am learning to love)

Listening to patflynn and chrisducker on the 1daybb podcast while making up lots of superhero pen orders  A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 26, 2015 at 8:36am PDT

On a personal note I managed to get out into the sunshine for a beautiful hike up around Lough Bray in Co. Wicklow

Hiked up around lough bray today the views were amazing. #irishsummer A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 29, 2015 at 11:38am PDT

and I finished this coffee table project. I used a vintage National Geographic map of Europe for the top.

A personal project. Made myself a coffee table from an old chest that was broken for the base, and a vintage map of Europe on the top. #lovemaps #six0sixdesign ready for my coasters from @wink_design to arrive! A photo posted by Vanessa (@six0sixdesign) on Aug 23, 2015 at 11:28am PDT

Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed this little synopsis. We shall have another designer interview on the blog soon after our summer break.

– Vanessa