Hey! I’m Amelia

A communications coordinator by day, a travel creator by night, and a Harry Potter-obsessed tea enthusiast™ the rest of the time!

I’m a longtime graphic designer with a love of music & songwriting, storytelling, and capturing memories on my camera. Basically, I love to create–

create
Verb
To bring into existence. To make or produce something.

–And I travel a lot (much to the dismay of my bosses – haha!)

So I thought, why not mix those two things together?

On this blog - and my YouTube channel - I’m putting my creative skills to work inspiring people to experience travel for themselves, protect this beautiful planet, and embrace their own creativity along the way!

My Credentials

Limited, but enthusiastic 😝

But seriously, I’ve travelled to more than 18 countries since 2013, and my work has been featured on the Japan National Tourism Organisation blog and Healthy Way. In 2021, whilst landlocked during ‘rona, I was announced as a runner-up in the UN Ocean Decade Poster Competition, which challenged designers to create a poster that helps transform the ‘image problem’ facing ocean science and conservation. My design, “The Greatest Adventure on Planet Earth”, was inspired by retro travel posters and was even exhibited at UNESCO headquarters in Paris!

It’s also been made available online, to be exhibited and shared throughout the UN Decade of Ocean Science. So you can visit the online exhibition, click the “posters” tab, and download it for yourself!

The Lowdown

I am NOT going to tell you to quit your job and travel the world. While that’s an epic goal, for now I’m juggling a 9-5 creative career and travelling in my spare time. And I’d love to show you how to do that too, because experiencing new landscapes, cultures, wildlife, food, and philosophies is a game-changer!

Travel is a powerful motivator for creativity. Imagine being a fashion stylist or aspiring designer, and exploring Tokyo for the first time. From absorbing the eclectic vibes of Harajuku or hunting through the vintage & thrift stores of Shimokitazawa. You’d leave with so much inspiration.

It’s a powerful motivator for change, too. When you see the most epic natural beauty of your life - from fresh, fluffy snow in the Finnish wilderness, and the majestic fjords of Milford Sound in New Zealand, to the Milky Way twinkling above you in a dark sky reserve - you can’t help but want to protect it.

But travel doesn’t need to be far and wide.

Adventure is 3 hours from where you live. It’s also 30 hours from where you live. It’s even exploring your own city! This blog is about all types of travel, not just far-flung destinations. From staycations to multi-week escapades.

So get ready to jump off the beaten path and embrace your inner child, thanks for joining me!

Cheers, Amelia x