Print Life

I've been working with designers on consignment for over a decade and have come to love this type of relationship and truly feel it can benefit designers at any stage.  Whether you're just getting started in the industry, looking to find your handwriting and get comfortable working to a brief or you're a seasoned designer looking to add another revenue stream to your creative busine...

Today on the podcast join me for an interview with surface pattern designer, teacher, and artist Tanya {aka Schatzi} Brown. Hailing from Long Island, Tanya is a freelance print designer who also licenses her work under her pseudonym, Schatzi Brown. Her most recent endeavor includes teaching Photoshop to surface pattern designers. If you are a surface pattern designer interested in creating a fashi...

Join me today to chat about two important ways you can increase sales and boost confidence in your design business.  For more on how to grow your surface pattern design business head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/ for details. If you are enjoying the podcast, please be sure to leave me a rating or review so we can keep it coming!! Happy Designing! Leslie Stay Connected: The Print Life Communit...

Join me today for an interview with Nicole Tamarin, a watercolor artist from the east coast who has been licensing her artwork since 2012. What started out as a leap of faith showing at Surtex has turned into a beautiful career in licensing. Join me to learn all about Nicole’s journey after going all in on her creative career. You can learn more about Nicole on her website linked below.  https://w...

Join me today to chat about our role in sustainable fashion and how we can implement design practices that are in line with slow fashion. Let's work toward intuitive and market led design in 2023 so that we can work more efficiently freeing up time to sharped our skillset and becoming better designers. If you are a surface pattern or print designer who wants to learn more about how you can bu...

Join me today to chat about one of my favorite things to do at the start of the year...choosing a word of the year! Where could you be one year from today if you held yourself accountable to a feeling? Today I will share with you my process for not only choosing my word for the year, but how I can put small actions, habits or goals in place to support that word. To keep myself accountable in feeli...

Happy New Year! Join me today to chat all about getting grounded back into our purpose and passions in 2023. When building a creative business, it's not hard to get lost in projects, growth, income goals or building that social media following. We end up saying yes to a lot, over filling our plates and we might even find ourselves completely off course for our big picture vision. Today I am o...

The Print Style Challenge! Uncover your unique style in 5 days!! Join the print style challenge to learn how you can best differentiate yourself in the marketplace doing the work you love to do! Having a signature style is key in attracting not just more clients, but the right clients as well as developing into your own brand. Join the FREE 5 day challenge below! See you inside. x https://printlif...

Whether you are a freelancer, an in-house designer, or a small business owner, when we hear the hot words, recession, inflation or even pandemic, for some of us a fear that immediately follows. What will happen to the industry I'm in, will I continue to make sales, will companies continue to buy, can I still create a salary for myself, should I stay the course or ditch and try something else...

As we ease our way towards the beginning of a new year it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the idea of needing to create resolutions, a long list of goals or even intention setting. It's also easy to feel overwhelmed when we look back on our year if we feel like we did not accomplish what we set out to this year. Today we are going to talk about clearing clutter - physical, digital, emotion...

Join me today to chat with Australian surface pattern designer Monique Hope. Mon specializes in kids’ fashion and home print designs and her services are offered as ready-made prints or commissioned. She is a mother, designer and lover of vintage injecting her quirky sense of color and playfulness into her illustrations and textile designs. Mon is also a brand strategist who helps small businesses...

In the print life membership, we have monthly discussions around specific topics in the industry and trainings relating to those topics. I was reviewing our past months content and felt pulled to share our October chat with you all. It felt very relevant to where we are in the industry and some steps, we can take to begin tightening up our position and messaging in the marketing place. We can say...

Harriet Ruscoe is a print designer, illustrator & graphic designer based in the UK nestled between the British countryside and London in Berkshire. Working as a fashion print and graphic designer with ready-to-wear brands, high street retailers and suppliers for the past 7 years as well designing graphics and illustrations for a variety of businesses marketing and social media needs. Harriet h...

Today we are chatting about the relationship between designer and studio, studio and rep and designer and rep when you're working together on a consignment or commission basis. This can look different from studio to studio and you always want to make sure you're reviewing those contracts you're asking questions and you have all the information that you need before you dive in. Inter...

When we first get started whether as freelancers or as studio startups one of the first things, we ask ourselves is... What should I name my business? Should I use my own name, or should I come up with a name? It's a common question and there's a lot of ways in which we can go about figuring out the best answer for our specific situation and our big picture vision. Join me today as we co...

This week we are kicking off the Q&A series! In my free Facebook group, I asked our community if they wouldn't mind me jumping on the podcast and sharing the answers to their amazing questions with all of you! So, I'll be answering some of them on my own and some will be bringing on guest speakers for others. This week we are chatting about the different sets of skills you might need...

Whether you need to write a bio for your website, portfolio or simply make some adjustments to your social platforms, there are things to consider to ensure you are communicating clearly to potential clients. If you want to grab and keep the attention of potential clients and get them to take the next steps in working with you, join me today to learn my 10 tips to writing a great bio! If you want...

Join me today to chat about some of the key pieces that can support you in building a strong foundation for growth in your design business. Interested in learning more about how we can work together? Head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/freetraining Stay Connected: The Print Life Community: https://printlife.io Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/printlifeofficial/

What are some of the ways that you drive traffic to your website or to your products? If you have ever considered starting a blog and want to learn more about how they can benefit you as a surface pattern designer, join me today to dive into the benefits of a blog and how you can utilize one in the future to grow brand awareness and increase traffic!! Head over to https://lesliekenehan.com/freetra...

One of the questions I am asked most frequently when it comes to having a website is, what platform is the best for our needs? The answer will vary depending upon the needs of the designer, how many revenue streams and your overall big picture vision for your business. Join me today as I cover some of the main platforms available to us out there, the pros and cons my favorite and why. After 5 year...

When we begin thinking about building a look book, portfolio or online body of work the biggest challenge designers often come across is… editing. What do I include, what do I leave out and how can I have the most impact so that I can get aligned client interested in working with me? Join me today to dive into ways you can increase the impact and interest in your portfolio, collection or online lo...

For so many years we hear and ask the question, what do I do when I have a creative block? What do I do when I feel stuck? I have recently discovered a way to unblock and overcome those feelings with a little trick that I stumbled across by accident. And I know everyone is different and this might not work for everyone...but wow has it been working well for me! Join me today to chat about ways I o...

Join me today to discuss gratitude and the role it can play in your business. From social media marketing to your client list to your sales gratitude can play a big role in how we view the work we do, how consistently we show up, and even the results we get. If you are enjoying the podcast and want to hear more in the future, be sure to drop a review or comment and let me know what you think! See...

Join me this week to chat all about your website, look book or online shop! Have you ever felt overwhelmed at the thought of getting your website up....not knowing whether you need a landing page, website or even an online shop? There are so many things to consider when it comes to having a website and when it comes to surface pattern and print design...I have tried every which way you can go and...

Welcome back to the Print Life Podcast! This week we will be diving in to a very important question that was asked from one of our designers in the Print Life Membership Community. The question is about clarification between being a freelancer, being a boutique studio and which is more accepted over the other when it comes to pitching to companies. Are companies more willing to look at what a stud...