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’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 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

Little Mo stationery is now stocked at Little Paper Lane. Located at 5/1751 Pittwater Rd, Mona Vale, NSW.

This has got to be the sweetest stationery/paper shop I’ve ever seen!! it’s stocked to the brim with wonderful paper creations! I wish I could fly there right now! If you live nearby, don’t forget to visit this cutie for a bit of paper shopping!

I can spy some Little Mo notebooks at their window display, along with our Little Mo buntings! For more lovely photos of their shop as well as updates on new products, hop over to their fan page.

After my hiatus at the start of this year, I am now preparing for market season! My first market appearance for 2010 will be at Perth Upmarket.

There will be over 140 designers selling on that day!

I think I’ve missed all the buzz and excitement that comes with market preparations. You can bet, I’ll be at my stall showing off my new Mo art! And this time, you can carry your paper goods home in our Mo stamped paper bags!

I hope to see you all there!

I realised I haven’t introduced some of my Etsy friends from Perth! We hung out one weekend at Annie’s studio space. All of us brought food and kids. I love Annie’s studio, it’s a lovely space tucked away in the seaside town of Fremantle.

Aaron and Niina. Gah! Cute.

The star of the day was Little Eloise with her mum, Ali J. I got to carry the little one and she really pulled on my heart strings. She was so tiny and warm!

Throughout the day we feasted on healthy snacks!

From left to right: Olivia from olivefarm, Amanda from Polyclarific Lesa from Lesadraws, Lara from smithandbird

Check out their shops. These girls are so talented and I’m so happy to know them through Etsy.

Cute right? I think so too.

You can get your sticker sets here. Have fun!

I’ve been bitten by the stamp bug lately and have resorted to stamping at anything that I can get my hands on. I think it’s contagious!

A little birdy told me that this person likes birds. Luckily for me, I found a bird stamp in my drawer.

I’m always grateful when someone visits my shop, so I try to incorporate a lot of hand drawings and handmade touches in their packages. These little things remind me why I love being an artist. I love art + making. And I love you!

Just added two more sticker packs in my shop: Kitty Mo sticker set and Cat beanie Mo sticker set. Hope you enjoy!

Received some sweet things in the mail this week from my snail mail buddy, Allana. I love how she’s added all these sweet touches into the wrapping.

She gave me a cute little gollywog tile which I am using as a spoon / laddle rest in the kitchen:)

She also knitted a blanket for Bushells the rabbit, which made me laugh out loud. You can see her cute little blanket here. Thanks lovely!