Vicky Yorke Designs

A few months ago I entered the Really Good design search to find:  "... the best, most original, and commercial range of designs that are suitable for cards, stationery and/or gifts." ( David Hicks ) The competition was being judged by some of the most influential people in the UK greetings and gift market, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to get some of my newest designs in front of industry experts including  WHSmith buyer  Claire Castle ;  Alan Harnik , president of US distributor Notes & Queries;  Jenny Cummins , MD of Australian distributor Macmillan Cards; Postmark’s managing director,  Mark Janson-Smith  and Progressive Greeting’s editor  Jakki Brown.   At PG Live in London in June it was announced I had made the shortlist of 4 finalists . And at the Harrogate gift fair on July 16th it was announced that I have won ! I could not be more surprised as the other finalists were very st...

I am really delighted to announce that I have five new ranges of notecards now available through Note Card Cafe!  Note Card Cafe is an online retailer in the USA working with designers and artists to create a vast selection of notecards and greeting cards suitable for any occasion. Designs are available in various sized packs including six designs in a pack of 36 or 72, with some designs available as a single design in packs of 24. All notecards are printed on a heavy 15 pt. card stock with a quality glossy finish to the exterior and with the inside left blank for your message. My new notecard ranges cover a variety of themes and celebrations including: Fruits of the Forest A selection of 'thank you' cards and one typography design card that is suitable for many greeting occasions. All feature folk inspired patterns in classic colour combinations including blue and yellow and red and blue, with motifs such as apples, pears, bunnies and birds, as well as floral ...

As a designer I often get asked how I create my images and if I draw everything by hand. I thought it might be fun to answer these questions in this blog post to give you a quick overview of the process of how I work to create my designs.  At the moment I'm working on a new range of greetings cards, which is something a bit different for me... but the process for each design is similar to how I work for creating all surface pattern designs or placement graphics for products. The starting point is always an idea. Sometimes this comes in the form of a client brief and sometimes it's the spark of an idea in my head. For these greetings cards I decided I wanted to create a range of cards based on my existing typography range, 'Well Hello There!', but with sentiments that were more focussed on the greetings card market. Often at this stage I create an ideas board, but because the look of the new range is to follow existing designs I simply reviewed the existing work...