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It’s September
Hello there! Greetings from Helsinki where the summer weather continues… And just like that, it’s September! This summer, I was really into filling a sketchbook with my aryclic art as some of you have seen on Instagram. But last week, I also wanted to try other sketchbook and in this case, just an ordinary notebook that…
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Time flies too fast or does it?
For many years, I kept on saying that time flies too fast. Does it really or am I getting old? Then I realised why time flies too fast. It’s because I don’t let time idle. I don’t allow it to stop. I kept going day in and day out. So now, I’m back to embracing…
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Road Trip 2025
Hello there! I hope you are enjoying your days wherever you are in the world. In Helsinki, the summer has fully come to life. The temperature today reached 24C inside and outside. But that is not bad at all! I just returned from a Road trip with the family on a Camping Van. We drove…
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Celebrating 3 years as a Sticker Maker
I love stickers and they have always been a part of me ever since I was a child. I admire the tiny arts that every sticker artist put their heart and soul in designing them. So I’m happy to be celebrating 3 years as a sticker maker and teacher with 8 sticker classes on Skillshare…
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EV Visuals turned 6
Celebrating my 6th year as an illustrator and an entrepreneur, I can’t believe that I’ve gone this far. Thank you for journeying with me and supporting me all these years. I would have not done it without you! I’m quite looking forward to this year as I plan to make it better and to improve…
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Yay! Another class!
I’ve published another class! Just in time before my holiday that will start tomorrow. I’m so happy! This class is about making Motivational stickers. Motivational stickers have a fun way to remind me of things that are important in life and they are also a nice way to cheer up others. We will design our…
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Celebrating 3 years
Today, I’m so happy to celebrate 3 years as a rising teacher with Skillshare! I remember that moment when Skillshare invited me to teach and thought to myself, ‘What can I even teach!’ Fastforward, I have now published 15 classes with almost 3,000 students. Thank you very much for all your support. It means a…
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Let’s Make Art with POSCA Markers
Hello there! Greetings Helsinki! It has been awhile since you heard from me. I hope you are well and doing great in your creative journey. Lately, I have been very busy creating 300 illustrations for a learning to read app for Women’s literacy projects in Africa. Then a big unexpected house move happened in June…
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Travel Journaling
I love to travel and I’ve visited 50 countries. I also love to document my travels on my blog and on my Instagram. But also, I love creating Travel Journals. Journaling about my travels has always been an enjoyable process that allows me to be at the present moment whilepreserving that moment at the same…
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How to keep journaling for a year
I’ve been seeing this a lot. People struggling to keep up and maintaining a journal for the entire year. I, myself, is not immune to this. I remember a year when I skipped the whole summer. I did not record anything for that summer. It might sound like a disaster but it’s okay. It happens…
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Have a happy new year 2023!
It’s the last day of the year 2022! There is always that feeling of success but at the same time, that lingering inner doubt if I really succeeded this year. I always wonder if I will ever succeed in life and also trying to figure out what success really means and how success is measured.…
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Scrapbooking Malta
I returned from a holiday in Malta. And as usual, I’ve gathered items to create another Travel Scrapbook. As I mentioned in my previous blog, at one point I have so many of these – boarding passes, travel tickets, museum tickets, business cards, postcards, brochures, maps, receipts… I didn’t exactly know what to do with…
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Japan Scrapbook
As people are heading back from their holidays, I received some questions about my travel scrapbook. So I decided to record another flip through of my Japan Scrapbook from 2018 travel with my family. As you can see, I’m using a cheap A6 clear binder. I like the A6 size as it fits well the…
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Just some Kawaii snacks
I created a Kawaii cover for my small book and it was published on They Draw website too! The preparation for my new class in creating Kawaii Die Cut stickers on Cricut Joy and Procreate is also going well. I’m so excited as I also prepare to add new stickers to my shop. I really…
