Inside The Print Life Membership you’ll work with design briefs, print and color trends, and apply new skills to your process—so your work becomes stronger, more aligned, and more likely to stand out and get noticed.
Print Life:
A Creative Practice
Inside the Print Life
Inside The Print Life, work with Leslie Kenehan—creative director and print rep with over a decade of experience selling exclusive art in the fashion industry.
Through trend reports, real briefs, and design feedback, you’ll strengthen your practice and create work that’s more focused, intentional, and ready to be seen.
for surface pattern
& Print designers
Why Designers Get Stuck
If you’re like many surface pattern designers, creating new artwork isn’t the problem.
It’s not even access to design briefs or trend reports.
Where most designers get stuck is knowing how to work with a brief—how to create and deliver prints that are actually aligned with what agents, studios, and buyers are looking for.
And more often than not, it comes down to one thing: feedback.
Because without a clear feedback loop, it’s hard to know what’s working—and what needs to shift.
That’s where Print Life comes in.
Prints that attract clients and lead to real opportunities don’t come from simply following trends or pitching random collections across mixed markets.
They come from working with intention, clear direction, and strengthening your skills through feedback and consistent practice.
Inside The Print Life membership, you work as if you’re creating for real clients.
The creative flow inside is simple:
You receive a design brief
You use our process to interpret the brief in your own way
You submit your work for feedback
You refine and strengthen your prints
And repeat—season after season, with a new “client” each time.
You also learn by seeing how others approach the same brief, giving you insight into different styles, directions, and ways of thinking.
Working in this environment gives you a true studio experience—so you’re not just creating, you’re developing as a designer within a professional process.
the Print Life Process
When you join the Print Life Membership
The Print Life is a studio mentorship where surface pattern designers create market ready prints. Practice with real market research reports, creative briefs and design prints for feedback and refinement. Just like a working designer.
Work alongside a mentor who has spent over a decade selling prints to fashion brands and develop the design skills buyers actually look for: Unique interpretation, market alignment, refinement & delivery.
Over time, this environment will help you to build commercial skills, usable collections, and a professional identity grounded in real world expectations.
Print
Life
Introducing
membership
Understand how to deliver prints professionally.
You’ll see how files are reviewed, what gets selected so you can continue to refine your process
Work from briefs and expand direction into usable print concepts.
refine motifs, layouts, and variations based on real-world prompts
Submit work for critique and refine it.
You’re not guessing what buyers think — you calibrate based on commercial expectations
Design from briefs instead of just gathered inspiration.
Get feedback on your prints that make your designs stronger month after month.
Create collections buyers can actually use.
Pitch with professionalism & confidence.
Build momentum through consistency, not bursts of motivation.
Operate as both the artist and the designer.
How would it feel to....
A focused studio rhythm that keeps you designing, refining & advancing your work.
plus!
Foundations (Immediate Access)
Understand who you design for, where your work belongs, and how to express your style commercially before you spend time pitching into the wrong markets.
Quarterly Market Reports + Professional Design Briefs
Review real industry direction, interpret a professional brief, and develop prints that reflect how fashion buyers and studios think.
Skill-Building Design Labs
Short, targeted sessions that strengthen your design skills.
Skill-Building Marketing Labs - When you’re ready to pitch or build visibility
More in depth lessons for personal brand, email, Instagram and Pinterest marketing all specifically for surface pattern designers.
The Print Queue (Ongoing)
Submit your prints anytime.
Work is reviewed monthly in order of submission with commercial critique focused on usability, clarity, and market alignment.
Live Sessions
Real-time insight and discussion based on what designers need most—industry Q&A, process breakdowns, portfolio or marketing audits, and practical direction.
Member Feed
A dedicated space to ask questions, share works-in-progress, and see how other designers approach the same briefs, labs, and critiques.
what you can expect inside...
Melissa De Pascale
The program is a step by step guide on how to navigate the world of pattern design.
what designers have to say...
Tanya Freitas
“The actionable tips and information shared made the process of focusing my work and finding my unique selling point so much more intentional and effective.”
"Working through the content I created my first successful portfolio— I was invited to join the White Buffalo Studio consignment artist team! And if that wasn’t enough to celebrate, they sold my first print in just a few weeks. Yes, pinch me."
Kelly Lahl
Renee White
"Being a Print Life member has given me the confidence to build and monetize an extremely successful business in the way that I’ve dreamed of—and that is aligned with my lifestyle."
Melissa De Pascale
"Leslie has created a clear, step-by-step path that builds your business from your niche up."
Why I Created the Print Life Membership
When I first started as a freelance print designer, I quickly realized how much was missing. The resources for how to find clients, prepare files, collaborate with studios, or build a sustainable business as a print designer was little to none.
I spent years figuring it out through trial and error—working in-house, freelancing, launching studios, and learning how to navigate niche markets along the way.
This membership is everything I wish I had back then.
It’s built on real-world experience and designed to give you the clarity, structure, and support you need to grow—whether you’re just starting out or ready to level up your creative business.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone. I’ve created a path so you can move forward with confidence, direction, and purpose.
Seen In...
Collaborated With...
Featured In...
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But, my prints work for any surface...
Designing with intention is what sets you apart.
If you've ever pieced together multiple design courses—spending hundreds (or even thousands) trying to find your way—you’re not alone. Most programs can feel overwhelming, disconnected, or too rigid to truly meet you where you are. That’s exactly why I created this.
The Print Life isn’t just a membership—it’s a comprehensive ecosystem built from everything I’ve learned over years of freelancing, in-house design work, running a studio, and working as an agent. It’s the path I wish I’d had—clear, strategic, and deeply supportive.
And here’s the thing:
If you tried to recreate this experience by pulling from separate courses, templates, or coaching programs, you’d likely spend well over $1,000—and still not receive the ongoing guidance, critique, and community you’ll find here.
But that’s not what I want for you.
I’ve priced the Print Life intentionally—so it’s accessible, sustainable, and genuinely useful for designers who are serious about building a career in surface design.
and how is the Print Life is different from anything else out there.
So, what is the investment to join the Print Life?
Picked up new clients who have come to me specifically for my handwriting
I’ve really started to feel confident in my own strengths and have actually picked up new clients who have come to me specifically for my handwriting.
Alex
attracting clients
Concrete steps for building my client base
Concrete steps for building my client base; defined my niche in words so I can work towards excelling in it. Clarified understanding of parts of the industry that I haven't worked in before. Feeling that there is a solid community to bounce ideas off.
Lisa
building a client list
Totally unique to other surface design courses around...
Totally unique to other surface design courses around. I love the print design for fashion focus. The calm and active steps shown by Leslie are easy to follow and being able to find your market and style and then attract the right buyers is invaluable.
Jac
fashon focus
I completely understand! Feel free to reach out with any additional questions you have about the PLM. I am here to help!
Still on the fence?
We get it—committing to something new can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re already juggling creative blocks, burnout, or lack of direction. That’s why we’ve made it simple:
When you join the Print Life Membership, you’re in full control.
There are no long-term contracts, no hidden clauses, and no pressure. Stay as long as it supports you—and if you ever feel it’s not the right fit, you can cancel anytime with just a few clicks.
That means you can dive into everything Print Life offers—our core trainings, monthly lessons, LABS, live support and design briefs—all with zero risk.
You're not locked in. Come for a month, stay for a year—it’s completely up to you.
We want you to be here because it’s helping you grow, not because you’re stuck in a contract.
Still have questions? Reach out to us at hello@printlife.io—we’re here to help.
✦ You're in Control—No Contracts, No Pressure
