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2025 Calendars & Tea Towel Contest

Huge thanks to the person who favourited one of my calendar designs on Spoonflower last month as I was reminded to update all my calendars for 2025 and make a new design in time for the annual tea towel contest.

Happy Mail kawaii 2025 calendar

I didn’t create a brand new design last year as it was a tough year and guess what? This year was so much worse! I wasn’t sure I would even make a new one at all but I thought it would be nice to return to the format of my first 3 calendars and highlight my Happy Mail characters with a reminder to ‘send more happy mail’ and cheer up your friends and family.

You can vote for it in the Spoonflower design contest until Tuesday (8th October). I’m not expecting to place highly but it’s nice just to enter after missing the deadline for many years.

I’ll have postcards to sell in my shop before Christmas but in the meantime you can find it in my print-on-demand stores as tea towel calendars, wall hangings, postcards, prints, mugs, stickers, notebooks and magnets. Links and offers at the end of the post.

vegetables kawaii 2025 calendar

I also finally decided to edit the 5 A Day design to be vertical. Having only one horizontal design was okay in the early years but now there’s 15 and it was just annoying so it’s good to have a fully cohesive collection.

kawaii 2025 calendars

All my previous calendars have been updated for 2025 too. Here’s where to buy everything:

  • Spoonflower (USA) – cut and sew tea towel fabric + readymade tea towels and wall hangings – 25% off fabric through Monday!
  • Redbubble (uses regional printers worldwide) – art prints, postcards, cards, notebooks, stickers, magnets & mugs – 20% off!
  • Zazzle (uses regional printers worldwide) – postcards + Happy Mail notebooks & mugs – 15% off sitewide!

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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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