Thank you to all the lovely people I met today! π₯Ήβ€οΈ You guys were the sunshine in my day, especially in this freezing weather! π₯ΆβοΈ Thank you for being so amazing!
A big hug to my lovely market neighbours @Irene.c.art, your flatmate, and the lovely jewellery lady next to me! β€οΈ (Iβm so sorry I didnβt get your name or Instagram π I was too busy trying to stop the wind from blowing my entire stand away! ππ¨)
A special thank you to my sweet friend Mel @mjlpapercrafts , who came to visit and spent HOURS listening to me talking absolute nonsense π€ͺπ Always so much fun chatting with you!
And to the lovely Polish lady I met towards the end of the market β you really made me laugh! We just instantly clicked! πβ€οΈ I hope we get to meet again!
What a lovely day! π₯° Days like this remind me why I love trading at markets. Itβs not just about selling my illustrations; itβs about meeting wonderful people, having lovely conversations, and sharing a little bit of happiness with each other. β€οΈ
Thank you all so much for making my day! π₯Ήπ
#MarketDay #SmallBusinessLove #livwan #ShopSmallUK #CreativeCommunity β€οΈ
πβ¨ October is looking rather busy! β¨π
Here are my upcoming events for this month! π₯°
And yesβ¦ Iβm crossing the Channel! π§πͺβοΈ
Iβll be heading to Brussels, Belgium this month, so if youβre based in Europe and fancy some kawaii goodies, come and say hi! π±π
Iβll be bringing lots of cute things with me β postcards, stickers, maps and all sorts of little goodies. ποΈβ¨
If thereβs anything specific youβd like to pick up from me in Belgium, feel free to message me in advance! π I wonβt be able to bring my entire little shop with me π, so let me know what youβd like and Iβll do my best to bring it along!
Canβt wait to see you all! π₯Ήπ
See you somewhere around Europe! ππ»π§πͺβ¨
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September photo dump π·β¨
Bought myself flowers because apparently Iβm now the person who buys herself flowers. π
Had my first archery lesson, went horse riding for the first time, met some lovely new friends, and generally said yes to a few new adventures.
September was pretty good to me. πΉπ΄π
#livwanillustration #september #photodump #illustratorlife #livwan
π₯β¨ Cozy Bakery Sticker Book is here! β¨π₯
Meet the second book in my Cozy Sticker Book collection, published by the lovely Usborne! π
This time weβre popping into the cutest little bakery in Cosy Town, where Cookie, Cherry Plum, Ollie and Ginger are busy baking ALL the delicious things. ππ§π₯
There are 150+ stickers to fill the bakery shelves with bread, cakes, cupcakes, croissantsβ¦ basically everything I should NOT be looking at when Iβm hungry. π
I had so much fun creating this cosy little bakery world, and I hope it brings lots of creativity, happy moments and perhaps a few snack cravings too! β¨
Huge thank you to the wonderful @usborne_books team and my lovely agent Harry at @advocateart01 for helping bring this one to life. π
Now excuse me while I go find a croissant. ππ₯
Thank you @openartspaces for having us trade with you on Saturday! π₯°π
And of course, a BIG fluffy thank you to everyone who came to say hello and supported our little cat-filled universe! π±β¨
I hope your new kawaii goodies are now sitting happily in their new homes, making you smile every time you look at them. π₯Ήπ
Your support means the absolute world to me β especially when you stop at the table, have a little chat, and tell me which cat is your favourite. π
Thank you for keeping my silly little creative world alive. πΎπ
See you at the next market! β¨
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Found my little Jungle Train in the wild! ππ΄π―π
I popped into Waterstones in Kingston and there it wasβ¦ MY BOOK! π₯Ήβ¨
Thereβs something so special (and slightly surreal π) about spotting a book you illustrated sitting on a real bookstore shelf. I may or may not have stood there staring at it for a little too long. π
Jungle Train is a super fun little book with a 40-piece jigsaw puzzle inside, which you can put together to create the cutest jungle train adventure! ππ¦ππ
So happy to see this little one out in the wild! π
Specials thanks to the @townhouse_books and my agent @advocateart01 β€οΈπ
#JungleTrain #ChildrensBooks #JigsawPuzzle #PictureBooks #livwanillustration
Dear @gallerycreamy87 , thank you so much for all the lovely gifts! I absolutely love them! π₯Ήβ€οΈ And your encouraging words mean more to me than you know, especially while Iβm navigating the big D word. π
Iβll try to find a younger Hong Kong man next time! πβ€οΈ
I really hope our paths cross again very soon!
This is exactly why I love trading at conventions and markets β you never know who youβre going to meet, and sometimes you meet the loveliest people. π₯Ίβ€οΈ
#IllustratorLife #IllustrationCommunity #ArtistLife #ConventionLife #LifeLately
π©π SWEET TOGETHER IS HERE!!! ππ©
A whole little book about food, friendship, loveβ¦ and terrible food puns β basically, my natural habitat. ππ₯π
Hereβs a little flip-through of Sweet Together, a super cute dough-lightful board book packed with adorable food characters, silly puns and lots of love. π₯Ήπ
I had SO much fun illustrating this one, and honestlyβ¦ putting cute food together with cute feelings is a combination I will never say no to. ππ
Published in the US by Scholastic / Cartwheel Books, with the wonderful team at Little Tiger β thank you for letting me play with all these ridiculously cute little snacks! π₯Ήβ¨
And a huge thank you to my lovely agent Will at Advocate Art for making this project happen and for always being in my corner. π«Άπ»
Now excuse me while I go stare at my own book and contemplate whether I need to draw even MORE cute food. π
ππ₯¨π© Sweet things are always better together. π
#SweetTogether #Scholastic #CartwheelBooks #LittleTigerPress #AdvocateArt