Welcome! I am Kathy McGraw of KMG, a graphic designer, east coast gal transplanted to beautiful southern California/ San Diego. This is some of what inspires me. I like to think of it as a mix of west coast bohemian and east coast folk meets Mumbai meets Paris. I'm drawn to eclectic hand done looks with lots of prints and texture, particularly Indian prints and French style. I love branding, packaging, hand lettering, hand printed designs, block printing, screen printing, letterpress and illustration...
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 08:17PM Really beautiful branding as see on designworklife by London’s Socio Design for Truth. Using exciting colors, Socio Design developed the branding elements and branding guidelines.
Branding, design, print in Brand Love Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 02:56PM I know the India Collection from Paper Source: stationery, paper, gift bags, rubber stamps and now home goods, has been around for a little while but I hadn't blogged about it yet. I definitely gravitate towards the Indian textiles, block prints and Mehndi designs. Their richness has a strong influence on the Paper Source's collection as well as my own work.
India, Paper Source, design, paper, pattern, print in Design Love Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 01:15PM I simply love this Gypsy Girl's Guide Manifesto. It truly speaks to my own heart and things that I value. It is going to be a post and PDF's soon. The Gypsy Girls Guide is a website to share inspiration among free spirits and dreamers taken by wanderlust... cultural nomads, brave explorers, writers, journalists, photographers, surfers, designers, artists, athletes, performers... believing in global consciousness. Gotta love them... 
design, inspiration, print, typography in Design Love Monday, January 10, 2011 at 08:46PM A really awesome info graphic from Colourlovers. 1,000 people were asked to name what color they thought best described and embodied the Color of the Year 2010.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 02:30PM Some beautiful new hand crafted textiles from designer John Robshaw, using traditional printing techniques complete with the human element of wood block mis-registration and pattern overlap. More of John Robshaw. See Spring 2011 catalog. Originally seen on Once Upon a Tea Time...
John Robshaw, pattern, print, textiles in Pattern Love Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 02:20PM Some beautiful ceramic work from Samantha Robinson that I saw originally posted on Ada and Darcy. These lovelies can also be found in Anthropologie. 
Samatha Robinson, ceramics, pattern, print in Pattern Love Monday, December 13, 2010 at 01:51PM I first saw these hand printed giftwraps from Field Guide Design on Design Sponge. I love the hand printed or silkscreened design and thought they were so beautiful. The designs used hand carved Indian printing blocks for the initial patterns, that were then turned in to silkscreen block-printed images. 
handcrafted, pattern, print, silkscreen, wrapping paper in Hand Crafted Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 01:14PM 
From Invited Ink.
For Studio Atticus, printed by Invited Ink.
Designed by Grace Edmands printed by Invited Ink.
Designed by allan peters | printed at nomadic press, shown on Share Some Candy.
business cards, design, letterpress, print in Letterpress Love Friday, July 16, 2010 at 02:47PM 
Today I want to be Melissa Crowley of RedBean in San Francisco. Her portfolio is so awesome... and she has her card designs up on Moo Cards, and products on Envelop, Organepiel and even has an Etsy store! She seems to have it altogether... Her work has also been featured in design books by by Adobe Press, Die Gestalten Verlag, Rockport Publishers, Booth-Clibborn, HOW and Taschen. I'm definitely a jealous admirer!
Melissa Crowley, design, print, textiles in Designer Love Friday, July 16, 2010 at 01:09PM 
SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN TO TEE FURY art@teefury.com: They are always looking for new art to feature. They pay $1 per shirt sold (which I don't think is very much)... and the artist retains full rights to their design. The website features one new limited-edition, graphic tee every 24 hours for only $9!
Illustration, design, print, store, tee shirt in Product Design Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:26PM 
I finally figured out who I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Three Sheets 2 the Wind... They make beautiful hand printed/silk screened bags, pillows, prints... on 100% Irish linen. They are gorgeous!
print, product, silkscreen, textiles in Designer Love Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 08:03PM 
I really loved these diecut letterpressed business cards done by Poppy Flower Press and posted on the Oh So Beautiful Paper Blog.
This is my first post. Please be patient with me, as I have never blogged before and I am a bit nervous, and I am teaching myself. I wanted to share the designs that inspire me and what I read about the business of design.