2012
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Four Years of Freelancing
It’s Leap Day today, which means it’s four years since I worked my last day of full time work. It’s been a really good four…
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Some Sad News
Shortly after I took this photo of Angel Bunny in Boat of Garten it seems he decided he’d had enough and wanted to go off…
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Pillows for breakfast
Zazzle have been adding some awesome new products to their line up. Most exciting for me is pillows! I’ve been having a lot of fun…
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Things I did on February 1st
I wasn’t really prepared for Day in the Life, but I jotted some things down so here you go. Sorry I didn’t take a single…
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Diary Keeping
So, how are all you 5 year diary owners getting on? I’m pretty pleased to have finished 7 months of entries and I only missed…
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Look Around
This has been a confusing week. I almost didn’t buy something at the supermarket today because the use by date was February 27th and in…
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The End of Book Hearts?
It’s Friday the 13th so let’s have some bad news. Paperchase have stopped making the heart clips I use to make Book Heart bookmarks so…
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Japan Zine Round-up
Mention the words ‘Japan’ and ‘travel’ in a zine description and I’ll pretty much immediately press buy. I love reading about other peoples’ trips and…
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by Marceline
Hello! I’m Marceline Smith, the designer and owner of Asking For Trouble. I create illustrated stationery, accessories and gifts using my cute characters inspired by Japanese kawaii. This is my business and personal blog where I write about my creative doings, inspirations, travels, Japan trips and daily life. Read more »
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