introducing colorjoy!

I’m so excited to share a collection I’ve been developing for quite some time — I call it ColorJoy and it’s a pure celebration of joyful aesthetics. In an increasingly complex world, moments of levity are essential — and beauty is an antidote that raises the spirit and nourishes the soul. Let me take you on a journey of visual delights, where color uplifts and forms play in harmony — a collection that explores joy for joy’s sake. I even created a Spotify ColorJoy playlist for it! If you need a pick me up, it’s a great sonic representation of the collection.

Color plays a big part of this collection — it’s been such a positive influence on my life, an expression of my creativity and life energy. This spirit has expanded into all the nooks and crannies of my world and most definitely in my home, which has been a playground for exploring the colors and shapes of joy, which have very much informed this collection. I have designed the types of prints I like to live with in my own space, in my own life. Simple, graphic, soulful.

The collection has over 70 patterns and 70 illustrations… here a sampler of some of my favourite prints. I’ll slowly be sharing more of the collection with the world eventually, but if you are a potential client and you’d like to see the full collection now, please get in touch. I’d love to share it with you!

2024 planners & calendars for amber lotus publishing

My new 2024 planners and calendars are out and I'm so proud of them! I really considered all the details and Amber Lotus, my client, really let me run with all my ideas. Both are filled with reminders of positivity and joy. I had the pleasure of designing some 2023 calendars with them, but this year we’ve also added planners — expect to spend a thoughtful year with me, with buried treasures, if you pick one (or both!) of them up! They’re available in shops but here’s an easy link if you want to pick them up online.

welcome to my colorverse!

Apart from my friends, Casa Elizabeth kinda feels like the great love of my life. It’s been almost 2 years since I entered this blank canvas and made it mine-all-mine. It’s been the best design project, inspiration, creative playground, and the ultimate exploration of color. I have to tell you — the power of color is REAL. It’s hard not to feel uplifted in a sun-colored space. Buying an apartment as a Canadian living in Portugal came with its challenges but every effort was worth it because after 4 years of living in furnished apartments, I was finally able to create a home of my own. I don’t think I’ve ever felt more at home in a space before. It’s my sanctuary.

And part of the fun of creating this space was going on the hunt to fill it with well-chosen things. Portugal is known for it’s excellent craftsmanship and I really wanted to find as much local design as I could and by some cosmic force, I was put into communion with the amazing team at Santo Infante. They are architects and interior designers, and specialists in Portuguese design, and they helped me find so many of my favourite pieces. And because they know all the makers, I was even able to choose my own custom colors for things, like my perfect emerald green sofa (that we asked them to make inside out, because the inside of the fabric was more vibrant!). It was such an adventure and I was so lucky to work with this dream team.

It really has felt like a special moment in time, so I had my friend Egle Duleckytė come over to photograph the my colorverse (aren’t the photos amazing? We had so much fun!), and it was such an amazing exercise to take a step back and look at this life, and so many of the products I’ve designed looking like they’ve found their ultimate place of belonging. And it’s a beautiful thing because ulimately, isn’t that what we all want?

All photos © Eglė Duleckytė