About Us
Layne Estell Designs is a creative and inspirational brand devoted to producing beautifully crafted pieces that uplift, encourage, and bring lasting joy. Rooted in faith, beauty, and thoughtful design, the brand offers a collection of embroidery, wall art, greeting cards, and gifts created to add meaning and elegance to everyday life.
Each piece is designed with great care and intention, combining heartfelt words, artistic detail, and a timeless aesthetic. The desire behind Layne Estell Designs is not simply to create beautiful products, but to offer items that speak to the soul, stir hope, and leave a lasting impression.
Inspired by faith and enriched by Afro-Caribbean culture, Layne Estell Designs celebrates warmth, creativity, and encouragement through designs that feel both personal and uplifting.
Aim
The aim of Layne Estell Designs is to inspire, uplift, and strengthen through beautiful words and thoughtful design. At the heart of the brand is a desire to create pieces that bring comfort, joy, and encouragement to those who receive them.
Whether through embroidered words, meaningful wall art, or carefully designed stationery and gifts, each creation is intended to speak life, beauty, and hope into everyday spaces and moments.
A word in season, how good it is.
Like a dazzling piece of art,
It can cheer you up, encourage your soul,
And mend the broken heart.
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”
Proverbs 25:11
The Writer
Layne Estell (MA)
THE WRITER
Layne Estell is a published poet and writer, holding a BA in Creative Writing and Art & Design History, and an MA in Creative Writing for Children. Her love for words began at an early age, where she discovered a natural gift for storytelling and poetry—a talent she recognised as a God-given calling from the age of ten.
Layne is the author of the self-published children’s picture book Anansi and the Dutchy Pot, and the writer of the award-winning stage production Grandad Anansi, which has been performed to audiences across the UK. Her work is rooted in meaningful storytelling, rich cultural influences, and a desire to uplift and inspire.
Every verse featured across Layne Estell Designs is thoughtfully written by Layne herself, ensuring each piece carries authenticity, care, and intention.
Based in Salford, Layne lives with her husband and is a proud mother of two. Alongside her creative work, she works as a freelance writer, continuing to develop stories, poetry, and projects that inspire both children and adults alike.
The Artists
Jute bags/birthday range
Ana Cosovic is an Illustrator/Graphic Designer from Belgrade, Serbia. Ana graduated with a Master’s Degree on Academy of Fine Arts, and has over 11 years of experience as a full time artist and graphic designer. She has been working for private firms, local businesses, large companies such as Broadcasting service of Republic of Srpska and Austrian Risch-Lau GmbH.
For more artworks you may visit: http://anacosovic.com
Encouragement range/Aged birthday range
Siobhan Murchie is a commercial Designer & Illustrator based in the UK working across digital and print. She has 4 1/2 years in-house experience at supplier based product companies in Edinburgh and North London, and now working freelance. Siobhan works across a wide variety of areas such as surface design, packaging, giftware, stationery, homewares and greeting cards using traditional and digital Illustration combined with contemporary graphic design and effective typography. She also has extensive experience with private commissions for canvas pieces, paintings and drawings.
Full Portfolio: www.behance.net/ShivIllustration
Anansi Range
Mike Hulyk is a writer/illustrator working in Los Angeles, California, USA. Mike went to art school in Santa Monica, CA, but ultimately got his degree in Cinema and Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Since then, Mike has worked with such artists as Cee-Lo Green, Rachel Platten, Nathaniel Rateliff, and many more. Currently, Mike is in the process of bringing his first animated series to production.
Baby Range
Emilia Azuma is a Graphic Designer, web designer and illustrator from Bergamo, Italy. She has a Visual Arts degree with emphasis in Design, and has been working as a graphic designer and illustrator for 7 years. She also has experience with textile pattern design (surface), She works with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and loves hand drawing, watercolour and ink.
Inspirational range
Ankita J is an Illustrator & Animator from India. Ankita has over 5 years of experience working for some of the great projects in a team. She has personally managed many freelancing projects. Being an illustrator, she has developed the ability to illustrate in many different styles. She really enjoys illustrating characters, mascots, and illustrations in a bright, detailed, and often cute and humorous comic book style.