by Sarah Hodgkins | Jan 18, 2019 | Business murals, Decorating, Home murals, restaurants
New Year often heralds a time of change new beginnings. Who doesn’t know someone who has embarked on a diet, exercise regime or pledged a new work life balance for themselves this year. However, we don’t always look to ourselves for change, many, like myself, see it...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Nov 28, 2018 | Business murals, signs
You never have a second chance to make a first impression, and for many businesses, the sign they have above the door is a big part of that first impression. Whether you like it or not, people will make judgements about your business based on your sign. So regardless...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorised
Since I started Charlotte Designs in 2005, a lot has changed. I have two teenagers, a dog, murals have gone from being virtually unknown to being everywhere and Charlotte Designs itse’f has gone from strength to strength. So I have taken the decision to team up...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Sep 24, 2018 | Uncategorised
Real vs Fake! Looking around these days, there seems to be an awful lot of fake around, and most of it not great. There are times however, when fake is not only good, but preferable to the real thing. From Ancient Rome to the Palaces of the Taj Mahal and Versailles,...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Mar 5, 2018 | Business murals, School murals
There is a lot of talk about creativity at the moment, how it is taught, how it affects us and indeed a whole wave of activity around mindfulness and colouring books. Those of you that know me will know that I do get my soap box out when it comes to creativity in...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jan 22, 2018 | Business murals, Decorating, restaurants
I was out for my usual Sunday morning run yesterday, in the snow (yes I know, I am mad, but I actually quite like running in the snow). It was so pretty with the snow floating down, that I stopped to take a couple of photos and as the huge flakes floated down, I stuck...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Oct 18, 2017 | Business murals, Decorating, restaurants, Uncategorised
There is a good reason why many of the worlds most influential companies are employing murals in their interiors. Never before has ambience been so important, with the increasing trend for posting photographs of everything and anything, suddenly how where we...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorised
Back in March, I wrote a blog about how we might be shopping in the future. How advances in technology will enable us to buy exactly what we want, rather than choose the closest fit from a predesigned range. In short we will, far more often, be able to buy something...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Mar 28, 2017 | Childrens murals, School murals
I went to see a school recently to talk about having a mural painted. The head took me to the hall where he showed me a woodland mural that looked like it had been painted by young children, unsupervised. ‘This was painted by one of the Mums, quite a few years ago.’...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Mar 6, 2017 | Business murals, Decorating, Home murals
I have spent quite a lot of time recently, thinking about the future. Maybe because I have had a few life changing events happen, maybe because Spring is on the way or maybe because I went to see a very inspiring talk by a futurist, whose job it is to tell companies...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Jan 3, 2017 | Childrens murals, School murals
As an artist and Mum, I feel very strongly about the presence of art in schools; I also know the reaction I get when painting in schools from students, staff and parents alike. It is a very special experience and I have had children come up to me years later, still...
by Sarah Hodgkins | Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorised
[left][/left] [right][/right] Can you believe it is November, how did that happen? Once again I find myself in the throws of the usual round of children’s room murals as Christmas gifts. It is where Charlotte Designs started and I still love working with...
