Heya! Just sorting through some pictures of last Sunday’s Upmarket.

I was quite exhausted after the market..and needed a few days to rest. I had a great time on Sunday and I was pleased to meet some of my blog readers and facebook fans. You guys truly made my day!

I also had some new products selling at my booth; like my new notebooks, Little Mo wrapping papers and my 2011 pocket calendars. I noticed that my product range has grown significantly since my first market!

Thanks to everyone for supporting my art making and buying my art. I hope you’ll have lots of fun using your Little Mo stationery! Stay tuned for more pictures in my next post!

P/S: My card display was hand built by Ramsden Designs.

I’m so tired! I’ve just finished with all my market preparations and I’m going to sign off for the night soon! Just wanted to show you some picture of the mess I made.

Thankfully Niina came over to help me…with the monotonous task of punching gift tags! Thanks dear!

If you’re down in Perth, come check out our booth at Perth Upmarket today, 27th June. I’ll be upstairs at Winthrop Hall, UWA 10am – 4pm selling all my Little Mo stationery and goodies. Hope to see you there! xoxo

Wow talk about total handmade spirit. I carried this whole stack of paper goods home from the printer. I had to make two trips. There’s about 120 over notebooks and calendars in this stack.

Yes you heard correctly, calendars! It may be a little early (or maybe not), but I’m taking these goodies to Upmarket to sell on Sunday!

Each book is pocket sized and will fit in your handbag and shirt pocket (if you like stuffing things in your pocket). They feature my original illustrations of Little Mo and her adorable animal friends. I’m a bit obsessed with pocket sized things lately…so expect to see more mini creations soon! You can get your pocket calendars here. Enjoy!

I’m slowly replying to all my pen-pals. Almost there!

Again I’ve been spoiled with more snail mails this week. Some friends and I took part in an art exchange. Each person mails off a handmade art and receives a surprise package in return. I’ve received two packages so far and they’re all lovely!

Del from Delicious Designz made me a flower brooch in orange and blue wool! I love it so much! I was touched that she chose my wedding colours and it made me all giddy again looking at the fun colours. This brooch makes me think of orange poppies!

Deb from Two Cheeky Monkeys made me some hair pins. I must admit, I’m a bit obsessed with hair pins and I wear them a lot! The ones that Deb sent me are my favourite kind, they look like little vintage charms and they come in pastel colours. They also match my Matryoshka Doll bag that I bought in Japan! Hehe.

Thanks girls! I hope you’ve been receiving lots of cool art yourselves! xoxo

I came back home today with a box of leafy greens to add to my vegetable garden.

A packet of roma tomato seeds, some red rubin basil, greek oregano and bok choi.

I love the little spikes on the oregano leaves.

It’s always nice to have a sizzling BBQ on a winter night.

We ordered a set of bulgogi (strips of beef marinated in soy sauce mixture) and spicy dak bulgogi (chicken pieces marinated in hot chili sauce mixture).

We ordered some Korean beer to accompany our meal. I’m not a beer connoisseur but I have found that my favourite beers are mostly malty, dry and strong. So if we have similar taste, I’d recommend that you try the Korean OB lager, the next time you’re out having a Korean meal.

I’ve just finished working on a custom illustration for Carmel, the owner of Golly Golly Gosh. Her new shop will stock handmade bibs, kids clothes and cute accessories.

I decided to illustrate something fun and colourful to express her kiddy brand! You can see more pictures here.

While working on Carmel’s project, I’ve realised that it would be fun to draw more commissioned portraits for families, couples or pets in my own illustration style. They can have their artwork framed or turned into unique cards to send afar.

I am also very tempted to introduce other children characters in my stationery and art range, which is something I’ve thought about for awhile but have been a bit nervous to take the leap. What do you think?

To see what other creative artists are up to today, head over to Kootoyoo

I woke up early this morning, craving pancakes…only to realise that I didn’t have any eggs in the pantry. So I asked myself, could I make pancakes without eggs? I checked online for recipes…and apparently I can!

This is my version of fluffy pancakes without eggs. I’m sure there are many variations out there, but this is all I had to work with. It still tasted good!

1 cup wholemeal flour (you can also use all-purpose flour)
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon butter

- Combine dry ingredients and mix slightly. Add milk, oil, water and combine. Do not overmix.
- Heat your butter and pour melted butter into pancake batter and stir.
- Spoon mixture onto a hot greased pan. Cook until golden brown.

I noticed that the pancakes tasted savoury which is nice. But if you prefer your pancakes sweet, you can add more sugar into the batter or eat your pancakes with extra dollop of honey, fruits and ice-cream. Other optional ingredients you can include inside your batter: vanilla extract and cinnamon powder.

I heard from a few friends that they’ve seen my Little Mo stationery at Planet books. So we walked down to town to check out Planet Books and do a bit of book / paper browsing.

Planet Books stock some nice collection of graphic art books and I was delighted to find artworks and books by local artists.

If you’re in the neighbourhood, you can buy our Little Mo stationery from Planet Books at 634 / 648 Beaufort St, Mount Lawley. We have a fun selection of Little Mo dolls, book stickers greeting cards, postcards and journals.

I couldn’t leave the shop without buying some nice stationery myself so I bought these lovely postcards by Lilly Piri and Andrea Innocent.

Planet Books shopfront from Ballistic Publishing