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The pins are here!! Plus shipping update!<3

Thank you all SO MUCH for your patience with these! 

The shipping of the pins was super delayed which is why they only arrived now:( 

BUT I have everything ready to go and we will have all the boxes ship out tomorrow morning!^^ I can't wait for you to get them!!

About the packaging: because of the wider washi tape I needed to get bigger boxes (I know, imagine past me realizing this lol) and to avoid anything getting damaged by flying around, we got some packing pea...

June sticker sheet and washi tape!^^

I hope you like them!^^ 

The tape will be a little wider again, 25mm! 

This theme is so wholesome and fun and the more I look into the idea and meaning of cottage core, the more I love it!<3

Update on the May rewards: The letters go out today, I'm still waiting on the pins but they are in Germany and should arrive any day!^^

June Patreon challenge!

Special thanks to Sarah for the idea with the color scheme!<3

The Patreon art challenge for this month will be to draw something using these colors, bonus points if it matches the overall theme of cottage core too but it's not a must!^^

For the new people: every month, we do an art challenge where we all draw something following a prompt/ color scheme etc! I will share your entries in my Instagram stories and my favorites also as a post at the end of the month! All participants...

June theme first sketches and doodles<3

I did some doodles before bed after a day of mainly packing rewards and orders!^^ But I also filmed some footage for a vlog today that is probably coming tomorrow or Thursday depending on how much more footage I get!

Do you like seeing sketches and updates like this?

This is not the main character for this theme but I promised Liss to draw a girl with red hair and freckles, maybe she's the love interest for our author? I can totally see them laying in tall grass and reading togeth...

June theme<3 +quick update

Hey how are you doing?^^ 

I'm excited to show you the board for Junes theme! My idea for the character concept is an author living in a small cottage and helping out in a flower shop during the weekends<3

I definitely feel the burn out from Mermay and am excited to get into warm and sunny illustrations again! Do you like the theme? I'm excited to hear your thoughts!

For the main video in June I wanted to do another hair tutorial (this time more focused on shapes and ...

Let's chat on Discord tomorrow<3

We haven't done one of these in a WHILE and I miss talking to you!^^ Also there are some new people here and I think it would be fun to get to know each other more!

In case you haven't seen it on Discord, I'm adding it here too:

We will be talking, then playing some games tomorrow at 18:00 German time, that's 12:00 in New York!

These are super chill and fun, you are invited to participate with video or audio only or just listen if you are shy (I feel you haha but I promise e...

Coloring Pages 12-21<3

I hope you are enjoying these!^^ 

Thank you all so much for your patience with me uploading here, I'm just super busy with Mermay as you probably can imagine:D

But the stickers and planner notepads came in today and I'll be able to take some pictures tomorrow!^^ The effects turned out perfectly, I'm so excited hehe!

I'll also be making the video about designing and making enamel pins tomorrow I think, let me know if you have any questions or topics about pins that you r...

May rewards overview<3

These are so hard to put together just because I have to squish everything into that square lol:D

I'm so excited to show you the weekly planner notepad that will be in the Papernova boxes!! It's my first time making such a big notepad but I personally love using those so I had to try making my own!^^

That means that there will be no notepad sample in the Milkymail parcels but I added a second postcard to make up for it!<3

I also added the second sticker just because Merma...

Jellyfish redraw first look+ reference and speedpaint<3

Do you remember her?^^ 

I still really like her concept and design and really wanted to revisit it! It's cool to see how my art has changed over the past 12 months and where I was able to improve! 

The biggest difference probably is that I now pay more attention to composition and also make color sketches beforehand where I keep it pretty rough and leave room to experiment!^^

You can see me do it right after the sketch, I also used the colors from one of the refere...

Body Chain - The big print!^^ +ref and speed paint

This will be the big square print for the Papernova boxes!^^ 

I'll also be putting together the rewards overview in the next few days for you hehe!<3

Lost Treasure and shipping update!

Hey I just got some new info and wanted to talk to you about that!

Some of you messaged me about your March parcel not coming in and I wanted to first tell you that there is no need to worry, they are on their way and will probably come soon too!^^

Many of the March parcels (the cute café ones which got shipped on the 8th of April) and also Etsy orders from around that time are "stuck" at a logistics centre in Frankfurt at the moment or that's what the shipping info says and the ...

Mermay Coloring Pages 1-10 +now added PNGs!

Here they are, day 1-10!^^ I'll be uploading in 10 page steps I think so here is the first one and also basically how far I am right now haha

I hope these are fun to color, I'll also be printing a coloring book with all my Mermay pieces this year, this coloring book will be on thicker paper for watercolors I think or mixed media paper!

What kind of art supply/ medium would you want to use in the coloring book? I loved the paper of my first one since I like using markers but waterc...

Coral Enamel pin and washi tape<3

I'm so excited to start showing you what I have planned for the rewards this month!^^

At first, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the washi tape for Mermay, everything seemed too boring or done before! But I remembered seeing this super wide tape with characters on it on Etsy and decided to give that a try!^^ And I think it looks really fun, I'm excited to see it in person and also hear what you think!

Also: yes, there is going to be an enamel pin this month!! It's gold plate...

May mood board, what are your wishes for Mermay?^^ +old OC sketches

Hey how are you guys doing?^^ 

I've been busy with Mermay prep and then also packing up all the rewards so I'm sorry for not posting as much!

Here is my mood board for Mermay/ May! For what I have done so far this year, I tried sticking to a rough color scheme (like you saw in one of my last posts) and it has been really helpful with making them look more cohesive! I've also just been in love with pinks and blues hehe!

The sketches you see here were something I did befo...

A closer look at the April rewards!^^

I just got the last delivery and have all the rewards ready to be packed!:3 

I'm so excited about the washi tape and the key chains, you have no idea! I can't wait to send them to you hehe!

Shells, another Mermay peek<3

I drew this today and thought I'd share!^^ 

I'm sorry for being not super active and posting a lot, I'm working on the next box and Mermay mainly lately! But the sticker sheets and washi tape will arrive next week and I'll share pictures with you then hehe!

For this drawing, I took the prompt "shells" quite literally haha, it was fun to draw all those shells!

How far are you with your Mermay prep? I definitely need to pick up speed now lol!

Mermay peek - bottle/ day 01 +ref

Hehe I thought I'd show you a quick peek at Mermay this year!

This is my illustration for day one (bottle) and also possibly a sticker for the May parcel if you like her!^^ 

I always struggle with deciding for the direction I want to go in with challenges if that makes sense but I'll just keep it simple and pastel and fun this time:3

I'm also using a similar color palette for all or most of them, I took a screenshot with the references in case you are curious!

Are...

April print closer look!^^

I just realized, I haven't posted this one yet!

I imagine Teddy posting to Instagram a lot so that's where the idea came from!^^

April physical rewards<3

Yay I'm so excited to share these with you!!^^

This months parcels will be STUFFED lol but I really wanted to make this theme special!:3 

So the most exciting thing this month (in my opinion) will be the keychain! This is my first time making something like this but it was so fun to design it!^^ You might have seen Teddy rock it in her outfits and you will be able to do so soon too!! The image here is a mockup for now but I will have them here mid next week and will show you ...

April sticker sheet and second Teddy sticker<3

Hehe I'm excited to show this to you!^^ 

This is the sticker sheet I made for this month's rewards! They are already made and will be shipped here soon!! Yay!

The sticker of Teddy with her bag of groceries will be the extra sticker for the boxes and 20$ patrons!:)

Coffee Stamp Washi!^^ +shop update

Hehe I'm so excited to let you know that this month's washi tape will be stamp washi featuring these Papernova Coffee products!^^

Stamp Washi is one of my favorite products to make right now so I couldn't resist hehe

You might have noticed the bear keychain pop up here and there and that's because that will also be an item in the box!! Most parts are already here, I'm just waiting for the bear enamel charm to assemble them and I'm so excited to show them to you soon!:3

I'll ...

Meet Teddy!^^ Plus new Patreon challenge!

Like last month, I really wanted to work on a character again! So here she is: Theodora, or how her friends call her: Teddy (I chose this name to fit the logo hehe)

She likes coffee, duh, and also spending time shopping, taking selfies or listening to music!:3 

While drawing her, I repeatedly used this pattern to draw her clothing and thought we could mix things up for the challenge! So this time, the only requirement is to draw an outfit that uses this pattern somehow!^^ I p...

April theme<3

Hey!^^ How are you guys doing?

I'm super excited to announce April's theme! It's: 

"Coffee"

Yay!^^ I've been wanting to do a coffee theme for so long now and finally had the chance to! The moodboard I made in the beginning (that I added here) was my starting point and inspiration, the final artworks are slightly different though as you will see!:3 

I started by doing some doodles and ended up doodling this little teddy bear guy that I then turned into the "lo...

First mermaid? +ref!

I'm really getting into the Mermay spirit already!^^ 

Here's a first test illustration I did trying to get the overall aesthetic and vibe I want the May rewards and Patreon content as well as just my drawings for Mermay to have!

Do you like the direction?^^ I really want to play with more saturated colors and colors I don't use as much in general if that makes sense!

Ohuhu sketchbook draw with me | early access<3

I'll be posting this tomorrow but you guys can watch it early if you'd like to!^^

I'm suuuper rusty with traditional art haha but this still was fun!

Mermay 2021 prompt list reveal!!

Oh my, May is coming closer and closer and Mermay is just around the corner!!

As always, I'm going to participate this year as well, it' one of my favorite drawing events of the year, possibly even number 1!

This year I'm working with @helene_alonso and our prompt list is called "Treasures of the Sea"!

The idea is to inspire you to draw beautiful mermaids with their handmade jewelry out of objects they found in the ocean or interpret the prompts however else you want!^^ That...

March Rewards overview<3

Everything is so pink haha!:D

I love putting these together and can't wait to package and send out everything!!

Thanks so much to everyone who came to the stream yesterday!^^ I had so much fun as always, you are all so sweet and funny hehe 

Discord Video Chat in about an hour!^^

As always, everyone is welcome! I'd love to meet all the new people as well!^^

No need to have the camera on too, you can also just talk or lurk<3

In case anyone is missing it, here's the invite code to the channel again: vgAM8Q6

Marshmilla notepad<3

She's baking a cake just for you guys!^^ 

And for Emmy since it's her birthday today, happy birthday Emmy!!<3

These turned out so cute, I'm so excited to send them out!!!
I also added the jpg so you can print it out if you'd like to<3 

What kind of song do you think is she humming while working? Maybe something from TikTok that got stuck, god knows I can relate XD

Marshmillas Café movie poster + ref

For the A5 print this month I wanted something that would feel like a movie poster and I remembered that poster from Kiki's Delivery Service where she is at the bakery and looking kinda bored!

Looking at it now after a few weeks, I feel like I could possibly have done more with the lighting but I still think its cute!^^ I hope you like it too!