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The Branded Vision Board

While working through the content for my workshops, it struck me how important a branded vision board is to our whole process as designers. For those of you who have attended any of my workshops, you might have already done this. But for those of you who have not, I wanted to share that process […]

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There are so many paths you can take to find yourself with a beautiful career as a freelance print designer. The most important place to start is by answering some very important questions about what it is you want from your career. Do you want to work from home and make your own schedule or […]

Getting started as a freelance print designer

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create cohesion in your mini print collections

Create cohesion in your mini print collections

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When I started out in the industry, I was not familiar with the term prints. Even in fashion design school when we choose fabrics for our collections, some were solid and some had patterns or textures. It was as simple as that. It wasn’t until my first job in the sleepwear industry as a graphic […]

What is a print?

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print life, print design, leslie kenehan, white buffalo studio

White Buffalo is a boutique print studio that I own and operate from my home in Agoura Hills. Just a short drive over the canyon from Malibu I live with my husband, our Son and our cat, Scooter. I never imagined we would leave West LA for the suburbs, let alone back where I grew […]

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What are your work from home rituals?

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checking in on our creative community during covid-19

I hope you are all doing well and finding ways to stay stress-free during this unusual time. Not knowing what to expect in our work, our freelance life, or our industry is all a lot to think about…and I want you all to know that I am here. If you have questions, need someone to […]

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Looking to the past to create ‘newness’ is nothing new… ‘if we want things to continue…first, everything must change’ I heard the above quote at a forecasting seminar last week in LA, and it stuck with me. There are so many ways you can interpret this today, but for me…it isn’t about the idea of […]

Looking to the past to create newness

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adding value to your designs with a twin print

Adding Value to your Print Designs

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