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 mum looking like a supermodel in Leanne’s scarf. I asked her to take some photos so that I could blog about it. I bought mum an earth tone scarf for her birthday, it was hand dyed by Leanne in warm colours like autumn. Apparently mum’s chinese name is autumn moon. Did I get that right mum? Take a peek in Leanne’s shop: Rainbow Revolution her new range is gorgeous!

Goodbye summer! I miss you!
Mornings were always sweet with you around
I hate the thought of long winter nights
and cold bathroom tiles.
So please summer, come back quick!

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.

I found something sweet in my mailbox this morning. Remember my Golliwog post sometime back? Niina came across this Golliwog postcard and remembered how much I love Golliwogs. She bought me this cute postcard and sent it to me, what a darling! The animals are having a picnic! With marmalade! That’s got to be the cutest picture ever!

She also popped in one of her sweet postcards that she illustrated for the Bunbury Made On The Left Market. I remembered telling her how much I loved the artwork she did for MOTL, and that I would love a copy of the poster (I still want one!). I love this illustration, because it’s a little strange, surreal and whimsical!

Thanks so much Niina for making my day super sweet!

Here is my zine illustration for the Love/Hate zine, put together by the Aussie Illustration Team.

I think Emma’s piece totally rocks.