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16/365 - Shadow horse

Friday, January 31, 2014
Happy Chinese New Year ! 2014 is the Year of the Horse


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15/365 - Flower

Friday, January 31, 2014

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024 - Year of the Horse 2

Friday, January 31, 2014


This piece was much more easy to draw. I can relate to messy lines and I used 3 brush pens to make sure that it was extra messy.
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023 - Year of the Horse

Friday, January 31, 2014


It is Tết (Vietnamese New Year) here in Hanoi and this year this marks the start of the year of the horse. I went into horse drawing mode today and here's the first. I found this piece really hard as the sleek lines of the horses legs are quite hard to get right. I went through lots of points where I thought "GAH! HORRIBLE!", but I had to silence the internal critic long enough to complete it. It was only when I added the dust lines that I can say I was really happy with it.
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365.21 Wishful Snail

Friday, January 31, 2014
Louis looked up at the beautiful butterflies, longing to become airborne and to join them in their playful frolics



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152/365.2 south bird manga-style

Thursday, January 30, 2014

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Day 30- lipstick revolution {JannaK}

Thursday, January 30, 2014

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Johnny Depp Envie 88/365

Thursday, January 30, 2014
Sending my mom some fun!
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Day 29- especially for you {JannaK}

Thursday, January 30, 2014

I hope that my intension of dirty, slushy, icy, wintery precipitation comes across here!  I coated the top with granular gel medium (acrylic). It feels and looks pretty cool, pun not intended. 
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151/365.2 staring bird

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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14/365 - Trees

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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022 - Owl Selfie

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

One of the best things about travelling for me is the quirky cultural differences and points of view that people have in different countries.

This is even more fascinating for me being in Hanoi at the moment, as my parents are Vietnamese, so the differences I see in the Vietnamese are a glimpse of what I could have been, had I not been born in London.

One of the things we couldn't get over when we came out to Vietnam on our honeymoon, was the strange compliments that Elena got from the locals, which went something like "You're so lucky - you are so fat!" as they admired her size 10 figure.

We also recently found out that it's almost impossible to get hold of any moisturizing cream or body lotion that doesn't contain "whitener" as light skin is seen as beautiful here.

Both of these traits I had already read about before I got here, but recently we discovered another thing that the Vietnamese find beautiful.

One of our friends, who is naturally quite pretty, recently started putting up the strangest profile pictures on facebook. When she came over to our house, Elena asked her why she had been putting up pictures that made her look so funny

"Ahh yes, I've been trying to take pictures with my eyes as wide as possible" she said, "I look great right! Everyone has been saying how big my eyes are!"

Since then, I've started noticing lots of pictures on facebook of people trying hard to look like owls.

Now that we realise this, we see "eye-widening" procedures everywhere. In opticians, they have glasses and contact lenses designed to make you appear like you have bigger, rounder eyes, and procedures you can have that make your eyes bigger.

All in the name of beauty.
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Day 28- ready to fly {JannaK}

Tuesday, January 28, 2014


I'm so tired of winter!
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150/365.2 a crane

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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#289 MailArt 365 Suus in Mokum

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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Day 27- traditional {JannaK}

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

A return to some more traditional mail today, if using three envelopes is traditional. :)
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149/365.2 a fire bird

Monday, January 27, 2014

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13/365 - Flower basket

Monday, January 27, 2014

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12/365 - More poppies

Monday, January 27, 2014

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11/365 - Poppies

Monday, January 27, 2014

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#288 MailArt 365 Suus in Mokum

Monday, January 27, 2014

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Day 26- decisions decisions {JannaK}

Monday, January 27, 2014

Purely first world problems!!!  As I made this piece I remembered that I had a $50 "thank you for spending a lot of money  in our store" gift card I have to use at Coach. First world problems indeed. ;)(Don't judge... I rarely eat out. I like to see where I spend my cash! Lol) 

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148/365.2 bird manga-style

Sunday, January 26, 2014

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#287 MailArt 365 Suus in Mokum

Sunday, January 26, 2014

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MailArt #309

Sunday, January 26, 2014
Can't help but touch & revel in the softness of this fabric.
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147/365.2 a canary

Sunday, January 26, 2014

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Day 25- randomly patriotic {JannaK}

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Mosquitos not included. ;)
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#325

Saturday, January 25, 2014

The last of three envelopes with vintage stamps, calendar back, and a bit of doodling.
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021 - Koi envelope

Saturday, January 25, 2014
Since I've been in Hanoi, I've been rather paranoid about post not arriving at it's destination as I've heard lots of stories about post going missing. However, we've been quite lucky and all of the post that we've sent since we got to Vietnam has arrived at it's destination, albeit slowly.

Because of the distance and the fragile nature of some of our pieces, we've taken to sending a lot of our post in envelopes. Whenever I put a piece in an envelope however, I always feel that there's something taken away, and I've taken to illustrating the envelopes too. I was particularly pleased with my last piece as the combination of envelope and contents really matched well, so I wanted to do another envelope/contents matchup.

This time, the piece inside was made a LONG time ago. I can actually pinpoint exactly when it was made, December 11, 2010 right at the start of the mailart 365 project! This piece, Zen Pond, was meant to go out with a quilled flower by Elena.


However, Elena and I wondered how we were going to post the 3D water lily flower and ended up not sending it at all. It remained on the outbox pile for years and we ended up having to pack it in our suitcase to bring it to Vietnam with us in order to finish it. The waterlilly stayed at home.

I needed a suitable envelope as the pond is tissue paper and paint, so I got out my trusty Sharpie markers and set about making one and the envelope is todays mailart.

It's actually changed it's destination as well, as I had already written the address when I started drawing.


Here are the envelope and contents side by side
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10/365 - Stained glass tulips

Saturday, January 25, 2014

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9/365 - Landscape

Saturday, January 25, 2014

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020 - Usagi on the back of a postcard

Saturday, January 25, 2014
Storebought card going out to postcard from us buyer. I couldn't resist a quick Usagi on the back
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MailArt #308

Saturday, January 25, 2014
Welcome to a new baby!
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146/365.2 running bird

Friday, January 24, 2014

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#324

Friday, January 24, 2014

A calendar page trimmed for the back of the envelope.
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Day 24- for "Juanita" {JannaK}

Friday, January 24, 2014

One of my friends surprised me with a myriad of coloured Sharpies, so in turn I made some Sharpie mailart today as a thank you. 

This is an inside joke, but if you've looked at any of my previous stuff you'll get an idea of where it comes from. We have the same sense of humor which is probably why we have become friends. :)



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MailArt #307

Friday, January 24, 2014
More strips & stitching
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Day 23- get me outta here! {JannaK}

Friday, January 24, 2014

Windchill was -42C this morning. I love winter but I'm dying to go someplace warm. Today I'm living vicariously through my art! :)
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#323

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Envelope front and back. Some collage, a bit of doodling, and lots of stamps.
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145/365.2 it had been a long hard day

Thursday, January 23, 2014

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019 - Usagi as a student (envelope)

Thursday, January 23, 2014


Tonights piece is the envelope for Usagi and the Artist.

I really loved how this came out and how it complemented the original piece, which is inside.  I only used medium Fineliner, which is quite thick, and I'm really pleased with how the bold lines make me look like a confident artist. I would usually be rather shy with my lines, using the thinnest fineliner possible. I think that the bolder lines look much more, well, bold.
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018 - Bulbul

Thursday, January 23, 2014


I'd never seen these birds until I got to Hanoi. They sing beautifully and they are so sociable. Elena and I love watching them as the sun goes down. They will go around in pairs and they look so affectionate with each other. In between dive-bombing, they will cuddle up and nuzzle each other. It's really cute.

The style was hugely influenced by Stripygoose.

Elena and I get really sad when we see these in cages, so for my birthday this Saturday I'm going to buy some and set them free.
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