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, March 19, 2012 at 08:28PM 
I had created this logo design and this packaging a while back for "The Spa at Terranea" while I worked at Van Vechten Creative, but I never had images to show it off... So I thought I'd show it now. I think it came out quit lovely... I am thankful that I had the opportunity to work on this project. Terranea is a beautiful resort in Palos Verdes, California just south of Los Angeles.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 07:08PM 
David Bacco Chocolatier, creator of exclusive artisanal and hand-crafted chocolates approached KMG to redesign their existing logo and to create new branding for their company. KMG updated their old logo using more contemporary and elegant fonts and reworked their existing mark to make more of an elegant statement. KMG also designed beautiful business cards, and packaging wraps for their boxes of chocolates and created patterns that could be used for wrapping product.
Branding, Packaging, chocolatier, design, logo design Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 12:25PM 
Loving the vintage inspired Pleasant River Soap Packaging for hand crafted soap, as seen on the Dieline. Designed by Art Director: Taja Dockendorf, and Senior Designer: Sara Rosario at Pulp + Wire were vintage inspired in their designs. Packaging was printed with recycled papers and soy inks.
Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 07:17PM Here is some more delicious patterns and color design at Target. This is from the English brand Liberty of London. Images are from the Real Simple blog.
Packaging, Patterns in Pattern Love Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 07:02PM Loving the packaging with the ethnic paisley like design accent. A "Scent for Living" collection from Okra. Reminds me a little of a scent and candle design collection in Target that I liked and took pictures of a while back… Okra is an interiors mail order catalogue for the home in the United Kingdom. 
Some pictures of the Target packaging with paisley that I took a while back for comparison (sorry the pictures aren't so great, but you get the idea)...
Beauty Products, Candles, Packaging, Paisley in Packaging Love Monday, February 28, 2011 at 02:38PM J.R. Watkins is an original natural apothecary manufacturer that has been around for over 140 years. I recently saw the J.R. Watkins products in a beauty supply the other day and was reminded of how much I liked the old-time feeling of the label designs. The packaging designs were also shown on the blog the Dieline awhile back.
Friday, February 25, 2011 at 01:38PM Really cute and fun branding by the incredible Mattson Creative/ Ty Mattson for Curly Girl Design/ Leigh Standley.
Branding, Packaging, Vintage Inspired in Brand Love Friday, February 18, 2011 at 01:46PM Lollia, fragrances, lotions, bath and body products, candles etc… is another amazing brand by Margot Elena. Lollia has a broad range of beautiful mix and match pattern designs that were inspired by warm, soft, and sophisticated textiles. 
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 12:57PM Absolutely gorgeous vintage inspired packaging from Sohum Cosmetics as seen on NabeFabric and the Dieline.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 05:13PM One of the all time greats of packaging design and one of my great design loves is award winning designer Louise Fili, president and founder of Louise Fili Limited. I don't even feel worthy enough to post about her. I wanted to show some of the work from her studio and why she is so inspirational. Louise has designed over 200 book covers and received has received awards from every major design competition. She taught graphic design and typography and her work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. 
Branding, Louise Fili, Packaging, design in Designer Love Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 08:42PM You may have seen this packaging design posted on various blogs but I really like the warm and friendly work by English illustrator/cartoonist Stuart Kolakovic for Marks & Spencer’s new caffeine-free teas. I originally saw these designs posted on the Dieline.
Illustration, Packaging in Packaging Love Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 02:43PM I originally saw this packaging for Love & Toast on the blog the Dieline. Love & Toast is a brand by Margot Elena who has been praised by her detailed approach to the creative process, and her amazing ability to develop beautifully designed and commercially successful brands. Margot Elena also developed the very successful brands Lollia and TokyoMilk. Love & Toast is Margot Elenas' natural line. She refers to it as “Brit Pop Folk Art" from which she drew from Japanese design and also has a feel of Swedish iconography…
