Creative Work
My latest products, designs and creative ideas.
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Happy Pancake Day!
Hope you all get to eat as many pancakes as you want. There’s also still time to make this card or some decorations with my free…
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New Packaging
It’s always hard to decide whether to spend money on things I can do myself, but two of my new packaging improvements were well worth the…
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New Patterns On-Demand
I mentioned in my colouring in post that I had made my iPad donut drawings into a pattern for my on-demand stores and I carried…
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Colouring In My Colouring Book
Back in 2012 I was bit ahead of my time publishing a colouring book and it didn’t sell particularly well. Since I’ve been having fun…
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Onigiri Printable Notelets
Those of you who bought my Kawaii Japan surprise box will remember these cute little onigiri notelets. If you’ve used them up and wished you had…
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My New iPad & Apple Pencil
As a reward for not spending all my money in Japan and for paying most of my tax bill in advance, I bought an iPad…
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My Christmas Cards & 2017 Monthly Project
I didn’t make as many Christmas cards for friends and family this year as they were quite time consuming and, as usual, I left it…
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A Year of Patterns
When I decided to do another year of free monthly wallpapers, I wondered if I was pushing my luck but thankfully I managed to get…
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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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