Lucky Cub

Another sneak peek of some new products we’re bringing to the .craft.fairs character counts fair! 🌈 we got an .official laser/printer late last year and I have been loving being able to print my designs onto wood. And a bonus is that I get to use my smaller scrap pieces to reduce waste! Yay!!

Happy to share that 🍀Lucky Cub🍀 will be at the MHS character counts fair on February 22! So excited to be able to share my art where I went to school. 🥰 My sister will be running the booth for us and will be bringing some brand new goodies that aren’t even on the site yet. If you can, come and show some support for all the small shops and MHS! ⭐️ I’ll be sharing some peeks at what we will be bringing so follow along! 🌈

page from my last sketchbook. I can’t get enough of fluorescent pink. I probably reach for it more than I do any other color. I keep buying different materials in neon pink, but my favorite is liquitex ink and Holbein gouache in ‘opera’ 💕 it makes my eyes and heart happy.

Tell me why I have so much anxiety about an upcoming event that’s in May!? I just ordered a few hundred new items related to this event and I’m so afraid it’s going to flop. 😭 not to mention the costs like vendor fees and booth rentals. Like, do other small artists have these same feelings or am I just a worrywart??

So happy with how these stickers turned out! I love printing things at home but there’s some effects I don’t have the tools to do. Like these clear stickers! Now I have to resist the urge to order all the stickers. 😆

My Cryptids hotel keys are in the sh0p 🥰

Just a reminder for all my Etsy customers, Japan post will be closed and have shorter hours due to New Years! I will do my best to get them out promptly but please be aware there may be a couple days delay due to the holiday! Thank you all so much for your understanding! 🥰

I’m trying to get some stickers made ( to save myself a bit of time and sanity cause I print majority of my stickers in-house) but this sticker is literally giving me a headache. I want the whole thing holographic but not a holo overlay. Like the paper under it holographic and it makes it have like a slight holo sheen? But I am having the hardest time explaining it to my manu. My poor rep probably wants to kill me by now. 😭

I finally finished one of my sketchbooks last week! 😭 it only took like 4 years. (I also have mini sketchbooks I’ve been working in simultaneously.) And now I finally get to start a new one. Yayy! It’s very exciting for me since it’s been a resolution every year to finish a book. 😅 now let’s see if I can start AND finish one in 2025.

I love how pretty the iridescent acrylic is but I haaateeee taking pics of it. 🙄 somehow that under chin angle of my goblin face is reflected in it 90% of the time. Truly annoying.

For the kids-at-heart who still love to bug spot. 🪲I am not one for the creepy crawlies. I love to look at them safely from behind glass. I can appreciate their intricate insect bodies and the marvelous colors they come in. But I don’t appreciate them when they can get me. I recently avoided going out onto my balcony for weeks because there was an orb weaver who had made its home there. Orb weaver disappeared but I don’t know to where, So I continue to avoid the balcony. 🕷️

✨I believe✨ I’ve made a few new hotel keychains. 3 of them feature Cryptids and one of them is an alien. I’ve always been interested in these folklore creatures. I used to watch those shows where people would try to find evidence of them and interview people who’ve had sightings. I’m still fascinated by these stories. 😆 so for anyone who’s a cryptid believer, these are for you. I’ll have them at the Christmas market today and online soon!

If you’re looking for holiday ornaments, we’ve got em! & it’s not just Japan inspired ones! I’ll be at the yokota christmas market on the 5th, but if you wanna make sure you snag one, send us a message to order. 😘

I’ll be at the yokota Farmers market this Saturday at the Taiyo community center! Come shop with us! We have lots of ornaments to commemorate your time in Japan, and all kinds of goodies perfect for gifts and stocking stuffers! Please support a small business this holiday season! 🫶

Busy bee over here. Finished trunk or treat so I’ve got time to devote to orders and prepping for the various upcoming markets. 👻 on another note, please consider shopping small this holiday season! It really makes a huge difference to small shops like ours and the families we support. 🫶 plus you get cool stuff that’s unique and made with a ton of love! ❤️ thanx, you all are the best!! 🥰

Halloween keychain update! My new ones won’t have the glitter in them anymore. They tended to get stuck and not shake as well as the charms. So now we don’t have to worry about that! Yayyy!! 👻

Old doodles. I’ve been so busy with ornament and sign making I haven’t been drawing enough. 🥲

Just to be clear, I sell spooky stuff all year long. 👻