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Pattern Designer. Get in touch for licensing or shop my designs on Etsy or Spoonflower. Formally Kin & Castle

18/06/2026

Picture this: poolside, far too much sun cream, a Monstera-print tote stuffed with everything except the one thing you actually need (sun hat, left at home, obviously). That’s the energy behind this Cloud Garden mockup — big tropical leaves, properly loud colour, made for summer.

And honestly I can’t stop there. This print wants to be a shower curtain too (instant holiday bathroom, no flights required) or a beach towel for the one good week of British weather we’re promised each year.

Roll on summer — who’s with me? Tell me which version you’d want first: tote, towel or curtain.

17/06/2026

Here’s the full Cloud Garden collection, in all its over-the-top glory. 🌿 It’s inspired by the Glasshouse at — the bit that’s essentially a tropical jungle under glass, hot and dense and dripping with colour. I wanted this pattern to feel like standing in there, slightly too warm and a bit overwhelmed (in a good way).

Two colourways: bold and bright, or the moodier dusk version from Tuesday’s post. Maximalist, intense, zero restraint — which, if you’ve been here a while, tracks 😂.

This collection is available to license. If it’s landing on your radar for stationery, homeware or wallpaper, drop me a DM ☺️

16/06/2026

RIGHT. Confession: I’ve visited Glasshouse more times than I can count over the last ten years (the kids used to call it ‘the jungle room’, back when they still wanted to come places with me). It’s basically a rainforest under glass — thick warm air, towering tropical leaves, the lot. I love it there 🥰. Wisley actually call that humid bit the ‘Cloud Garden’, and I thought that was too good a name to just leave sitting there.

So that’s this collection’s name sorted. Less sorted: which colourway. I’ve done it bold and bright, and moody at dusk — genuinely torn on this one. Swipe through both and tell me which you’d want on your journal (or, like me, your phone case!).

11/06/2026

Fun fact: I spent every summer in my grandad’s garden trying to catch butterflies with my bare hands. Reader, I never once managed it. (Seven-year-old me was very persistent though.)
Turns out drawing them is considerably easier — and way more satisfying. Every wing, every curl, every antenna drawn by hand in Procreate, then recoloured in Illustrator until I had every shade imaginable. Consolation prize of the century.
This butterfly is the heart of Hidden in High Bloom. And yes, it absolutely had to be this loud — a quiet version was never going to cut it.
Double tap if your morning just got brighter. 🦋

10/06/2026

💐 Right then. Here it is — Hidden in High Bloom, full collection, no holding back.
I’ll be honest (again): I wasn’t sure I was bold enough to go with this colourway. My sensible side kept suggesting I “tone it down a bit.” My other side pointed out I’d been doing that for years and look how that turned out (see: Tuesday’s post).
So. Full collection. Full colour. What’s your verdict? 🎨
If you missed Tuesday’s colour palette, it’s over there for a save.

09/06/2026

HOLD UP!! I’ve been over-thinking again (not like me?!) and this time it’s about colour. I’ve been telling myself for a while that to be a ‘professional’ designer I need to be restrained when it comes to colour. To be taken seriously, I needed to reach for sophisticated palettes — dusty pinks, warm beiges, earthy tones. Er thanks imposter syndrome. But to be really honest? Bright colours are the thing that lights me up. The kind of vibrant, full-volume palette that makes you stop mid-scroll. So, drumroll....this is Hidden in High Bloom in its new, true colourway. Loud, joyful, and exactly the kind of maximalism that makes my heart sing. Swipe to save the colour palette — built around these exact shades, and it’s yours to use however it inspires you. If this has brightened your morning, give it a like.

21/05/2026

If someone gave me these notebooks, I think I’d actually cry. 📕 😂

These are mockups — built in Photoshop — but honestly, seeing the Hidden in High Bloom patterns on actual notebooks is making me quite emotional. One has the Blooms hero pattern on the cover (all the roses and fuchsias, if you caught Wednesday’s post). The other features the butterfly coordinate print — which is every bit as maximalist and joyful as I hoped it would be.

They’re the kind of notebooks you’d be genuinely excited to open. The kind that make your desk feel like a place you chose on purpose. Colourful without being chaotic. Abundant. Grown-up Joy.

Are you also just a bit addicted to pretty stationery? 🌸

20/05/2026

Getting the roses right took longer than I’d like to admit. 🌹

This is Blooms — the hero pattern from my Hidden in High Bloom collection — and it’s a closer look at the flowers that started everything. Roses, because my grandad always had them. Fuchsias, because he particularly loved them. I drew each one individually by hand in Procreate on my iPad, then took them into Illustrator to build the repeat.

That part of the process — sketching the flowers one by one before anything else — is always my favourite. Partly because it’s the most meditative thing I do. Mostly because you genuinely have no idea yet whether it’s going to work.

Two colourways here. The first is warm and sunny — coral, orange, cream, with a pop of blue that I think makes the whole thing sing. The second takes the same blooms into dusk — dusky pinks, blues, violet. Completely different moods from the same flowers.

If you’re an art director or surface design buyer, this collection has been built with stationery, homeware and gifting in mind. Do get in touch if you’d like to know more. 🌿

19/05/2026

There are some places you never really leave. 🌸

This collection is called Hidden in High Bloom — and it’s about my Grandad’s garden. He was brilliant at gardening. Absolutely brilliant. Every summer there were sweet peas climbing up the trellises, rose archways you could practically disappear into, and this abundance of colour and life that felt like its own little world.

My sister and I used to spend ages spotting the butterflies and bees hiding between the blooms. That’s where the name comes from — because the whole joy of it was always looking a little closer.

I’ve just finished this collection and honestly, I’m so pleased with how it’s come together. It’s the most personal thing I’ve designed — a loving tribute to a garden (and a Grandad) that I carry around with me everywhere.

Here you’re seeing the full collection in two colourways — one warm and sun-drenched, one richer and deeper. I’d love to know which one pulls you in. Drop it in the comments. 🌿

14/05/2026

Tell me I’m not the only one who plans imaginary beach days around a mug of tea? ☕

This is the bit of the design process I love most: when the pattern stops being a flat file and starts becoming an object you’d actually live with. A mug you’d dig out for every camping trip. The one that makes you oddly happy before you’ve had your first sip.

These are mockups for now (all built in Photoshop), but the pattern is ready to go. If you’re working on homeware, tableware or gifting products and this colourway is speaking to you - do get in touch. 🌊

Or stay for the beach day daydreams. You’re welcome here too.

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