Jenny M

Sleeping Cat: A matchbox original

This is rather clueless of me, but Jenny (of Flickr’s greenfemale fame) recently started a shop called Be Happy Now on Etsy selling her art. I’ve been a fan for some time now, but most of her illustrations were only available for viewing, so I’m happy that she now has a shop of her own.

Tiny Books

3 characters drawn on toilet paper rolls!

She’s one of my favorite artists on flickr who draws her whimsical illustrations on almost everything! She is also currently studying, and posts up illustrations based on the topic of old classics – her transformation of text and narration into illustration is very inspiring, mainly because I love storybook illustrations.

A page from her Moleskine sketchbook for the Moleskine Exchange Project

She hails from Israel, and there’s wonderful clips of her Moleskine sketches on YouTube as well. My favorite one so far is her tiny books filled with her illustrations, encased in a felt casing of their own.

Updates, updates!

I have an obsession with lists. And with so many wonderful things that have happened over the last weekend, I thought that I should share by making one to let you know what a fantastic week I had.

Yes! Pikaland was blogged on Bloesom by the lovely Irene. We live in the same city and I can’t wait to meet up with her for coffee one day. Thank you so very much Irene!

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We already have 15 artists in the list for May’s PikaPackage Project, with another 7 (and more!) contributions making its way over! Right now you can see the latest on our Flickr stream.

Here’s a list of the packages I’ve received so far for May:

  1. Laurie from OUOU sent in lovely Gocco cards;
  2. Caitlin from Pepperminte sent in her beautiful work in 4’ x 6’ matte prints;
  3. Manyi from Mau Studio sent in an assortment of buttons, postcards and stickers;
  4. Iris Schwarz sent in beautiful full-sized prints, tags and cards from her Paulette Editions;
  5. Cori of Corid sent in her precious original artwork on wood;
  6. Norma of Crankbunny sent in an assortment of fantastic pop up cards;
  7. Raphaella of Heartful Art sent in inspiring postcards;
  8. Annette of Carambatack sent in full-sized prints of her work;
  9. Susan of It’s a Whimsical Life sent in full sized prints featuring her adorable characters;
  10. Enna sent in postcard packs, envelope packs and her beautiful matrioshka wrapping paper;
  11. Amber Alexander sent in full-sized prints and beautiful cards from her watercolor drawings;
  12. Kristiana of Krisblues sent in beautiful full-sized prints of her illustrations on wood;
  13. Marianne of Appleseed sent in a wonderful array of postcards (prints of her collage works) + paper packs filled with inspiration;
  14. Katrine K sent in full-sized prints and glossies; and
  15. Gemma Correll sent in her very funny and lovely illustrations printed on zines, buttons, a coloring book, stickers and a pop tart brooch!

If you want to know how you can be the lucky one to receive a PikaPackage filled to the brim with an item EACH from our participants, watch out for our giveaway soon! What did I hear you say? You’re scared you’ll miss out? Why, you can subscribe to our newsletter so you’ll be the first to know!