Designing woman

The Moore & Moore wallpaper business is up and running! The website went live just before Christmas with all the launch designs and 13 initial stockists. We have had very positive feedback about the site, which is simple and elegant (in my biased opinion). It has been such fun working on the site with a great team of people - Rose Russell from RGC Design and the photographer John Paul Urizar.

Here's one of the launch designs - the Gum Leaves in Black on White. I think it manages to look contemporary, yet still retains some classic elements. The designer, KT Doyle has allowed the leaves to "float" down the wall, which is very effective.

We have had a lot of interest in our designs from the decorating magazines, which is very encouraging. At least three magazines are looking at running stories on Moore & Moore and I hope this will lead to lots of orders. More details coming soon ...

Still cooking, but wait, there's more!

Life has been wonderfully busy lately - I worked on the lovely new cookbook from the Good Taste team - Cook!, which came out yesterday. It's for sale at Woolies and various newsagents, and I thought it was a great project. I have cooked many of the recipes in there and can highly recommend it. My favourite? The Lemon & Chilli Chicken - just the right amount of heat and the citrus tang was fabulous.

However, my next project is the big one - my new wallpaper business! I know, it seems a different thing for me to try, but it combines my love of design, my passion for business and my knowledge of print. I think it's meant to be!

It has been so exciting and fun to be part of. I have been working on developing a range of Australian-made and designed wallpaper to sell to retailers and on the web. The designer, KT Doyle, has been a delight to work with and I think we have created some beautiful work between us. I've attached a sneak peak at the first design - all comments welcome.

New designs will be posted over coming weeks.