The 2026 design uses my original fruit characters to match an earlier calendar design with vegetables. I have had postcards made to sell in my shop and use for my personal New Year cards.

I also update all of my previous calendar designs for the new year and make them available on print-on-demand sites for tea towel calendars, wall hangings, postcards, prints, mugs, stickers, notebooks and magnets.

It was run as a drop-in event at the back of the shop so shoppers and passers-by could pop in and get crafting. I provided donut and icing shapes in various colours, plus lots of fun decorations including animal ears, mini pom poms, glitter stars, googly eyes and face stamps.

Everyone was so creative and I loved seeing all the finished donuts. If you’d like me to come and run a workshop at your shop, bookstore, library or event, you can find out more here.

Every month has a theme and my patrons get to follow along as I work on new products, characters, patterns and writing. They get exclusive behind the scenes updates and can help choose which products get made.

Patrons were also able to join tiers to receive exclusive postcards, printables, wallpapers and even unique handmade items.

It’s a cute and colourful guide to the world of kawaii with character profiles, DIY crafts and recipes, outfit inspiration, beauty tips, a shopping guide to Tokyo, how to make a cute and cosy home and more, all packed inside a squishy cover!

We started with simple characters but now also have interactive stamps (cats to colour in and happy faces to stamp on everything), personalised address stamps and Happy Mail stamps for letters.