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All the latest business news and what’s new in my shop.
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Zine News
Oddments #4 is back from the printers and looks great! You can buy it in my shop now and I’ll be adding a PDF version…
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New Fabrics
And of course, as soon as I posted about the tiny fabrics, my parcel from Spoonflower arrived. There’s a few new designs with Look Around…
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Exciting news alert!
If you’d asked me a couple of years ago what product I would most like to see my designs on, I’d have said duvet covers!…
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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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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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End of the month update: December
Considering I drew my outfit before Christmas, you’d think I’d have gotten this post up sooner! I’m still deciding how/if to do these updates this…
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Recently in pictures
So, my very short holiday craft market season is over, and the Holiday Hullabaloo was a fantastic day. Definitely my most profitable market to date…
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End of the month update: November
So late this month! December has been really busy so it took ages to draw my outfit. If you’ve met me recently, I have probably…
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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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