A personal crest for your library: bookplates for professors and authors
The bookplate is the oldest personal mark in a library. How to design a crest for a scholar or author, and where it goes after the bookplate.
Portraits
A portrait begins with someone you know. Explore painting styles, photographs and ideas for portraits of people and pets, from the first choice to a place on the wall.
18 short Christmas card messages, with room for your own words
Original greeting ideas for family, couples, grandparents, friends and pet-loving households, plus a simple front-and-message-side structure.
A studio monogram for architects and interior designers
Why architects and interior designers suit an entwined monogram, how to draw one that sits in a title block, and examples on letterhead and proposal covers.
Digital or printed Christmas cards: which suits your family?
Choose between a card shared by link and folded cards you can address and post, based on how your recipients will enjoy them.
A mark of permanence for accountants and family offices
Accountants, wealth managers and family offices sell continuity. How a monogram or seal says it, with examples on letterhead, annual accounts and Christmas cards.
Vintage Christmas card ideas: three painterly looks to compare
Compare candlelit family scenes, quiet tree decorating and luminous pale colours before choosing your Christmas card’s look.
A mark for a private medical practice
How to choose an emblem for a private practice, why the rod of Asclepius is not the caduceus, and how a quiet mark builds trust on every referral letter.
A child’s Christmas portrait: a keepsake without a formal photo shoot
Choose a natural expression and a gentle painterly setting, then check that the result still feels like the child you know.
Dental stationery patients keep
Appointment cards that do not get lost, letters that reassure and thank-you notes that bring patients back: a guide to the stationery of a dental practice.