I finished a custom illustration for Kirsty today, you can see more pictures here. Kirsty is an avid photographer who runs filmless photos. This is my impression of Kirsty, a curious and inquisitive girl, who is always with her camera.

This illustration will be used as a gift tag and a folded notecard for Kirsty’s packages. I hope you like them Kirsty, it was my pleasure to draw this custom artwork for you!

This project also got me thinking that one day I would like to draw other friends for Little Mo, not animals but real girls and boys. It is something that I may consider doing in the future. I’m going to let the idea brew in my head for awhile so that I don’t act on impulse. Drawing characters in their own environment with their own character traits, is something personal to me and I like to make sure that I convey the right tone and message with my drawings.

Ok one down. Another custom artwork to go. Stay tuned for pictures.

A market is always fun when you meet other artists…

And you buy some of their handmade goods!

I bought the zine that I worked on with Niina and the girls (I actually have the same pile of zines sitting in my house waiting to be listed in my shop!). But Niina’s Love/Hate badges kicks ass and they only come exclusively with the zine. So I feel like royalty now. The badges belong to richard but he has given me permission to take photos.

A lovely almond and carob bar from Karen who runs newearthsoaps.

The cutest comic ever from Jessica McLeod. I am such a big fan of her quirky drawings. It was hard to decide, so I picked Mungo Bean. I want more!

We also got a lovely owl print from our neighbour, Campbell Whyte who is an awesome artist. Can you see me at my booth in the background? Campbell and his partner makes dreamy whimsical artwork. Check his site out! We love his work!

Made On The Left was super awesome!

I love seeing new faces and returning customers. Some customers are shy, so I always tell them to go ahead and pick up stuff and look around. Because I like doing that myself when I shop. My paper dolls and my mo bags were my best seller. I wasn’t expecting that as they my newest creations so I am grateful for such a positive response. Even granny bought a mo bag! So granny if you read this, you rock! You are going to look cooler than any grannies out there who carries a plain green woolworth’s bag. Hehe.

One memorable highlight for me were all the kids crowding around my table for a paper doll. It made me so excited. One girl was crying for a Spring Love doll because her poor parents were busy looking at other things. Needless to say, they bought two sets, one for her and one for her bigger sister. And they also went home with some Mo stickers. They even stuck them to their clothes (I think my heart fluttered a bit). I must remember to take pictures of kiddies holding their Mo dolls next time!

Some pictures of my stall.

And some of my neighbours. Tea for bini sells contemporary canvas artwork, which looks great on any blank walls!

My friend Annie from 17threads who runs the Catalyst workshops has an awesome display and she always does well at craft shows! So height really makes a difference!

I will post more pictures up in my next post and some goodies that I purchased too.

Sometimes I like doing treasuries cause they are fun to curate. My favourite colour is green (not hard to see why). This is my latest curation. I love going into my garden and finding hidden surprises! I bet if I found a bear or a monster like this one, I’d still be pleased though..I think they are harmless:)

I am working on my gift tag range. Similar to my nuts about you gift tags. I think I will stock some printed ones in my shop.

This is what I am working on right now. A kitty cat in a gift box, dreaming of a nice fish bone. (I’m assuming cats dream about their food) I know I do.

About my work process, I do my line drawings in one of my drawing notebooks and scan the artwork in. Then I colour my artwork in on the computer. It takes me awhile to clean up all the black lines (because they tend to be quite messy and sketchy, with rubber marks on them).

Look out for these next week, they’ll be ready in little bags with good old fashion twine for tying up!

Made On The Left team commissioned me to design their posters and collaterals for their Winter 2009 market. Ta dah!

You can read my mini interview here (though not as stunning as Penny’s the Age interview! hehe).

Whee! Two of my favourite animals, bunnies and bears! By two of my favourite artists.

This is an original gocco print of Emma’s Origami bear. I’ve nicknamed him Boo the blue bear. I got him while Emma’s shop was having a $5.00 gocco sale. I love Emma’s mixed media technique.

And this here is the lovely artwork by Penny from Pocketcarnival. I adore her bunnies and these two bunny prints are the sweetest ever, don’t you think? I know they will look so sweet framed side by side in beech frames.

The recent weekend we did Oxford St Market. So fun and it was cool to meet and chat with other stall holders. I was selling opposite Annie from 17threads. Her stall had all these pretty handmade brooches. I realised I didn’t take a photo of her stall but I’ll be seeing Annie again at the Made On the Left market on 25th and 26th July. So more pictures then! I promise!

But I what I really wanted to show you was my new table cloth, avocado green! I know this is a pathetic post from me. Cause it’s just a table cloth you know. But I couldn’t resist, cute colour too!

I’d like to introduce you to Julie from We’ve Got Paper.

Julie and I met on Etsy and we have quite a lot of things in common. We make handmade stationery, we love snail mailing and sushi!

Julie wrote me a very sweet letter about her life in Canada. She has a son, Louis-Justin who has the sweetest blue eyes ever. Reading her letters, I felt like I was transported into her home, and surrounded by all the things she wrote.

She also sent me a pack of postcards featuring some handmade stationery designers from Etsy. My Little Mo paper plane writing set is included in the postcards. So if you see one of these cards in your packages, don’t forget to check out some of these talented stationery designers. Get yourself some fun stationery and start writing some letters to me!

This is my first attempt at tackling the DUST Storm flyers. At first draft.

It took me awhile to find the right colours to match the DUST header and DUST logo. I finally went with a rustic red palette. I think the Ayers rock and the aboriginal art were my key inspiration.

It still needs re-working so any comments much appreciated.