Creativity isn’t just something you do.
It’s who you already are.
Creativity matters. In life and in business too.
It's the thing that reconnects you to yourself and reminds you what your shoulders feel like when they're not up near your ears, whether that’s making something or just being with others.
And it's also what makes a small business finally understand the foundations of who they are, so they can create a brand that looks, sounds and feels like the person running it.
Two different doors. The same belief behind both of them.
What brings you here?
For makers, curious minds & humans needing a break
Creative Connection
Local craft sessions, live online makes, and screen-free social evenings. Making things with your hands with arts and crafts. Being present with other people. Board games, letter writing, reading. No expensive kit, no pressure — just good company and the uncomplicated pleasure of doing something real.
For people who are their business
Creative Business
30 years of design experience applied to the most personal brief there is: making your business look and sound exactly like you. Identity work, brand strategy, and creative direction — starting with the inner foundation work most designers never think to do.
Hi, I’m Lucy. And for 30 years, I've believed the same thing. Creativity isn't a luxury for when the ‘real’ work is done. It's how we do our best work, build the best businesses, and live our best lives.
As a graphic designer, that can mean supporting someone who is their business to create a brand that matches the quality of what they actually do — a business identity that looks like them, built on the kind of foundation work that most designers never think to do.
But it can also mean creating spaces for people to step away from their screens, make something with their hands or simply be present in a room full of people who need the same thing.
Different expressions. Same mission. Same belief.
Welcome to all of it.
Lucy Kirkman
What’s going on?
In the creative community
Local sessions • £10
Meet & Make
Local craft sessions in Shipston on Stour, Moreton in Marsh and Stratford upon Avon. Get creative and meet lovely people.
Online session • £5
One Big Make
Our online event where everybody makes the same thing at the same time, using supplies you already have at home - no kit to buy!
For creative businesses
Pink Pen Review
A personal brand review for makers and artists, including an advance questionnaire, 60 min Zoom session, and a personalised review for you to keep.
Glitterball branding
Brand identity for multi-faceted, multi-talented creatives who don’t want to simplify who they are to fit in a box. Every part of your creative identity, made visible.
FAQs
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Each Meet & Make session features a different creative activity — something hands-on, simple and enjoyable that you haven't done in a while. There's no pressure to be 'good' at making things and no expensive kit to buy. All materials are included in the £10 ticket price. You just show up, make something, and enjoy the company of other lovely people.
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The Createhood is based in Shipston-on-Stour, South Warwickshire, in the North Cotswolds. In-person community sessions serve the local area including Stratford-upon-Avon, Moreton-in-Marsh, Banbury, Chipping Norton, Chipping Campden and the wider Cotswolds. Design work is delivered both locally and remotely, enabling Lucy to support clients across the UK.
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Lucy Kirkman is your sole point of contact throughout every project and every session — you directly get 30 years of design experience, creative direction and personal attention.
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Lucy Kirkman is a graphic designer and creative facilitator with 30 years of experience, based in South Warwickshire. She is the founder of The Createhood, which belongs to RMG Creative Limited. Lucy has worked across magazine publishing, local authority, healthcare, charities and independent businesses, and specialises in brand design for founders who are their own business.
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If you're looking for a creative outlet, connection with other makers, or a screen-free evening out, start with Meet & Make or One Big Make.
If you’d like support in your business to define, design and deliver a brand that looks, sounds and feels like you, or if you're ready to invest in design that actually works, book a free 30-minute call or start with a Pink Pen Clarity Session. -
Yes absolutely – and many people do.
The Createhood community side and design services are expressions of the same belief: that creativity changes people. Whether you're making something with your hands on a Wednesday evening or building a brand identity for your business, you're welcome to do both.