http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.lemonfacecreative.com en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:20:20 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/161912/what-the-lofoten-taught-me/ Early this year  I packed up my camera, several layers of questionable thermal decisions, and headed to the northern hemisphere's winter for a landscape photography course in the breathtaking Lofoten Islands with Aussie photographer Jason Woolard from Mark Gray Photography Tours. I'd been planning this for a few years, so to say I was excited was an understatement.If you’re picturing jagged mountains rising straight out of icy fjords, tiny red fishing cabins dusted with snow, and light so... Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:54:30 +1300 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post161912 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/161404/eleven-candles-milton-and-snow/ After a solid three-month radio silence over Christmas, New Year and my European escape… I’m back. Slightly jet-lagged, mildly heartbroken (post-holiday blues are real), but creatively fizzing again.In very exciting news Lemonface Creative turned 11 on March 1. Eleven! A whole pre-teen in business years. I’m too exhausted to celebrate this year with pomp and ceremony, but I did write a short story for you to enjoy about my European escapades featuring some of my fav snaps, r... Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:57:03 +1300 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post161404 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/157275/imaginate-imagine-spark-create/ Over coffee one afternoon, I was chatting with a good friend who happened to work at Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom in Foxton about how much I had drifted away from “just creating.” For years I have been designing to briefs and to deadlines and I had found myself longing to make something just for me, for fun, for play, for no reason at all.My friend mentioned she was looking for a new exhibition idea for over the summer and said, almost as a slip-of-the-tongue that we needed to “Imaginate someth... Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:38:14 +1300 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post157275 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/151181/august-has-been-a-blur/ I have been squirreling away on work that fills my cup that I can’t wait to share with you next month. I’m also still thinking about that head scratcher I mentioned last month, what makes design look expensive? Who decides? I’m really keen to hear your thoughts on it. I am trying to make sense of whether it’s an education thing, or a value thing. I welcome you into the conversation! I was sorting out a blog on this, but I seem to have tumbled down a rabbit hole.Spring is around the corne... Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:41:44 +1200 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post151181 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/151183/july-has-been-about-peopling/ This month I have been nice and snug in my home office, head down and arse up working on a number on projects and creatively supporting my clients.My trip to paradise now feels like a fever dream, did it ever happen? Why do they go by so quickly? Take me back to sunshine and snorkeling. I returned to plenty of work to do and got back into a rhythm quickly, I suppose that’s quite good.I have also spent July out and about networking, meeting other designers, catching up with other... Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post151183 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/148024/looking-up/  On the first day of winter, madam dragon decided to grace me with her presence after 4 months of napping. I don’t quite understand how that works, one would assume you’d nap during winter?Winter is about rugging up and slowing down but for me, this hasn’t happened yet. King’s birthday weekend we were treated to the Aurora Australis which just so happened to show up during an astrophotography workshop I attended in Wellington, what luck!We had Matariki to look forward to where we ca... Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:13:22 +1200 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post148024 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/146382/thriving-is-rebellion/ I stopped giving a shit a few days before my first speaking engagement.I’d spent months pouring over my life, my patterns, my feedback loops and my body of work. That’ll shake a few apples loose, let me tell you. There were many nerves, until there weren’t.I got to a point where I knew I’d created an experience that would visually tell my story my way (and keep my brain and hands busy while I did some serious sharing).Stretch goal? Public speaking. Real stretch? Public vulnerability. Rea... Thu, 29 May 2025 18:52:22 +1200 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post146382 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/144825/cruising-through-april/ I feel a sense of new, having made it through April.The books have been sent off to the accountant, new projects have begun, Easter has been and gone, it's a new financial year.That said, I don't know where this month has gone? It could be that I have been hibernating in the home office a bit too much and not noticed the days whizzing by. It could be the glorious silence I have enjoyed since the Lemonface Teen buggered off to Japan for 10 days and those days have gone too quickly. I don't know, ... Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:26:28 +1200 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post144825 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/143414/a-birthday-month-wrap-up/ March is all but gone. Milestones, birthdays and International Women's Day celebrated (twice!). I have a cake hangover but my cup is so full. Thank you to those who popped into the office to celebrate 10 years of Lemonface with me,  utterly incredible, Stiletto Studios created the ultimate embodiment of Little Lemonface, skinny little legs and all. Gravity-defying.... Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:08:57 +1300 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post143414 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/post/143295/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-lemonface/ A name born from the zest to sweeten life's sour moments. While I may not always claim the 'sweet' title, Lemonface (the business) has certainly ripened over the years. 10 of them! Hurrah! 2025 brings with it lots of biiiiig celebratory numbers 10 years of Lemonface40 years of Sarah Jayne21 years of the first born10 years in the Horowhenua (Lemonface relocated to Levin from Tauranga, who knew Levin was going to be the one facing the most growth 10 years later?!)... Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:39:08 +1300 http://www.lemonfacecreative.com/blog/#post143295