A look back at 2014!!

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R!

      I hope you had a great year of 2014 and ready to welcome 2015 with joy! I'm sure many things had happened to everyone in a different ways in the year of 2014, and when we look back to it the bad things that happened wouldn't look as bad as when we were experiencing them. 

So, I hope that in 2015, when bad things happen, we can remind ourselves that it'll be just another lesson for us when we look back to 2015 and will help us improve the next year if we learn to learn from them.

I'm currently enjoying "Peaks and Valleys" by Spencer Johnson, and I've learned that "You can have a fewer bad times when you appreciate and manage your good time wisely". So I think on the other hand, if you manage your bad time wisely, you can avoid having those bad times again which resulting in having fewer bad times as well!

Anyway, let's start the year of 2015 by taking a look back at 2014.

On 2014 I...

Reached 500 followers on Instagram and had my first give away..

Started a 30 Days 30 Sketches little project on Instagram..

Had a new product out collaboration with Meemie Bright..

Published new How-to video on my Youtube channel..

Reached Instagram 2nd milestone with 1,000 followers and had a second give away..

Knitted a scarf for the first time ever for my Mom..

Had my first LINE Sticker in store and reached top 3 of the creator's sticker chart..

Finally had my Grannie's Tale shop opened..

https://www.etsy.com/shop/GranniesTale

 Had the A-Z Cards for children project collaborate with Pass Education Co., Ltd. out in store..

Created Facebook page for Lambie to share God's words and encouragement..

All the best in 2015 everyone!!!

A-Z illustrations with Pass Education Co., Ltd.

Hello there!

Last week, I've received the sample pack of A-Z illustration cards for children from Pass Education Co., Ltd. I had lots of fun with this project and so proud to see it in stores!

A-Z illustration cards

Updates and Sneak Peak!

Hello Hello!!

It's been a while (again)! Today I have some updates and a little sneak peak on what I'm working on for my Grannie's Tale shop.

I'm surprised by how many things could happened in one month. The end of the year always flew by so fast! Anyway, I finally got to fill out Grannie's Tale's About page, in which you can check out by clicking here

Also, I've finished illustrating another Children's book on the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. (This is one of my favourite stories!) I cannot post any image right now due to the Copyright issue, but hopefully I'll be able to post a Blog about it soon once it's already published!

For Grannie's Tale shop update, I've been working on this;

Can you tell what is it? :)

I've been having so much fun working on this and it should be done soon. Stay tuned!!

- Minnie -

Christmas tags

     It's getting closer and closer to Christmas! This is my favourite time of a year. I love going to mall, hearing Christmas songs and seeing all the Christmas decorations! So, I've painted some Christmas illustrations and turned them into printable tags!

Little Rudolph

Frosty Snowman

Here are the print out tags!

I also create the custom order tags by adding the names and email the file to customers.

Make it personal!!

Check out this Christmas tags on my shop!

Christmas tags for instant download click here

Christmas tags (personalise) click here

Grannie's Tale | Shop Opening!

      Today is such a Big day for me! I finally had my shop on etsy, after I've been working on it for quite a while. It has been a lot of work in preparing everything and making sure that the products are high quality. I've been spending time testing on papers, inks, printers and many other things, but it's surely worth it!

Well, I know this is not going to be an easy task or a success over night (or weeks or months..). It'll probably take years and require a lot of time, effort and of course.. patience!

Anyway, I'm sure that doing what you love is the best thing you can ever do. So, my friend, if you are  now on the same path of chasing your dreams, or perhaps planning to.. Let's get on this road together!!!

in the mean time, let's see some photos that I took for the shop :)

The Little Red Riding Hood Art Print for Children

The Three Little Pigs Art Print for Children

The Cinderella Art Print for Children

The Gingerbread Pin Back Button set

The Three Little Pigs Pin Back Button set

Visit Grannie's Tale by clicking here

2nd Instagram Give Away!

Yayy! I'm always so excited about the Give Away! 

This time we've reached 1,000 followers on instagram! So, in order to say Thank you, I decided to make these pins for the Give Away!

This time I gave away 10 set of pins that is inspired by one of my favourite bedtime stories; The Little Red Hen.

So, just wanna say THANK YOU again to all my followers! <3 You all give me strength to keep on drawing painting and learning. (seriously!!)

Love,
Minnie

The Little Red Hen Pin back buttons set

30 Days 30 Sketches!!

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh." - John Singer Sargent.

You can't sketch enough. This is so true! It's quite strange how I sketch less and less since I work on art more and more. I started to think too much before dragging the pencil around on the paper.

Sometimes you might need to think less and let your hand move on the paper with your instinct.

I'm hoping this "30 Days 30 Sketches" will let me have more fun with sketching in this month!

Follow my sketches on http://instagram.com/minniesakuntala

:)