ALL CHANGE...

It's been quite a while now since I last published a post on this blog. That's because last September I was lucky enough to be offered my dream job in-house with an amazing kitchenware and tabletop company called Kitchen Craft. I was asked to design exclusively for the company, so therefore I had to sadly leave my agent and have been concentrating on designing lots of lovely new products for the kitchen and home. The amount of different products I have designed has been so exciting and rewarding. However, unfortunately I was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia around 18 months ago and although I loved working in-house, the daily commute was really taking it's toll on my health, so I have recently had to make the decision to leave the role. Luckily, Kitchen Craft will remain a major client for me in my business as a freelancer, so I will still get to work on their lovely products, while hopefully managing to get some much needed rest!

Of course the other change is that I have finally got round to updating the name of this blog to my married name!
I can also now be found on Twitter by my new name @vyorkedesigns

I have lots of new designs to share with you so hope you continue to enjoy my blog!

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