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CREATIVE STUDIO
FOR CONSCIOUS BRANDS

Creating a memorable brand-experience through cohesive and compelling designs to connect and engage your customers.

Aligned brand identities, perfected packaging, greener websites, on brand touchpoints and compelling marketing for conscious, consumer-focussed, feel-good brands worth talking about.

Strategic design will not only look great but can help your business stand out, build recognition, establish trust, convey your values and connect to your target audience increasing sales (and brand fans).

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ethical ecommerce brand website design

Website Design

A beautifully designed, on-brand, easy to navigate, engaging website designed to convert your visitors.
pottery studio gift voucher design

Marketing & Print

On brand customer touchpoints from marketing materials to packaging and social media templates.
hand wash label design
buttercup learning nature subscription box website redesign
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ethical hair brand website design
pottery studio social media designs
Ethical shop brand design bath product packaging design

Working with ethically-minded businesses like you to achieve your goals.

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Elm Leaf Studio is a creative studio that exists to help small, ethically-minded businesses grow and thrive. Helping ethically-minded small business owners grow their business through aligned aesthetics is my passion. As a brand and website designer, blending creativity, technical skills and experience in design, illustration, code and marketing design I work with conscious business owners to increase their online presence (and hopefully profits).

I believe that small values-led businesses can and should make a big impact.

Elm Leaf Studio could be the right design studio for you if you are a passionate small business owner driven by a desire to contribute positively to the world and minimise harm. Let’s work together to strengthen your online presence, reach your target audience, and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values.

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“Working with Kirsty from Elm Leaf Studios was a fantastic experience. I hired her to do a brand refresh and create a new website. She quickly understood what I wanted to achieve and helped me consolidate lots of different elements into a more cohesive brand look… Kirsty understood that I wanted to ensure the site was designed sustainably with a lower carbon footprint and worked hard to ensure that the new site achieved this.

She is a talented designer and web developer and I can’t recommend her highly enough!”

Rachel, Buttercup Learning

“I highly recommend Elm Leaf Studios. Kirsty McGill is both competent and conscientious. Her work ethic is wonderful. She lets you know what she’s willing and able to achieve in a reasonable time frame and what would better be accomplished by another professional. I’ve enjoyed and continue to enjoy working with her.”

Elisa, Enlivening Consciousness

“Working with Kirsty has been a pleasure, we just needed a few ad hoc changes done and it was completed quickly and to budget. Kirsty is organised, creative and we will continue to use her services as we go along. Would highly recommend!”

Jackie, Quiet Blue

“OMG! They are amazing! I’m genuinely blown away. They are more than I could have imagine and look so classy. I’m absolutely over the moon thank you so so much. I feel so proud looking at them.”

Lynette, Candles Ethically

“Kirsty was very professional and did a thorough assessment to understand the requirements to produce a lovely set of templates for my branding. I would highly recommend and will be messaging her again in the future!”

Caitlin, Tilly Shilling Art

“Elm Leaf Studio was prompt and on time. Delivered a better product than I expected. I didn’t realize how much I’d left out of my brand development. I also have the confidence based on her feedback to make several small changes in my messaging. I would have paid more for that service and would still have been happy with the results.”

Marissa, Crochet Rebellion (about Audit)

“Kirsty created a website and brand image that is bright, clean, and very me. She understood my vision and brought it to life with ease and grace, and took care of all the details for me – even the ones I hadn’t thought about.”

Robyn, Robyn Petrik, copywriter

These are previous clients I have worked with as a freelancer but not necessarily under the name ‘Elm Leaf Studio’.

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