MerryDay's Christmas design set

So, It's December already. The month of celebration, the month of thinking about the past and planning for the future. It seems to me though that December is actually a pause period for working. Everybody is busy thinking about parties, gifts and family reunion. I especially love the cool breeze in the morning and the sky looks clearer and more beautiful than in other seasons :)

And good weather really affects my mood for art :D Above is a gift card designed for MerryDay's Christmas card set. The illustration is actually a blown-up version of my Christmas Girl's hat which I drew last year.


Last year I did this girl as an e-card and postcards for my friends, didn't make it for sale but this year I'm still in love with her, so how about making her a small gift card ? and since I cannot find small envelope, I also make its envelope by hand with kraft paper :)


I love making things in set, making Christmas Girl gift tags seems like a good idea :) I love the red wine and pumpkin orange ribbon, don't you?


As if it's not enough... sometimes designing stationery set is like a game for me, I can keep on thinking about it, make it big, make it grow... Here another tag design, Red M and snowman Christmas gift tags :) Just love the red Christmas color! My friend told me that the letter M looked cute and reminded her of cookies. it's just like a compliment somehow :D

   All of these Christmas items are available now on  my shop. I enjoy making this design set. Hope you love them too!

Me, myself and Joyful Time design gift set

December is coming already and I feel like I haven't done anything significant yet. This year has been almost good for me. I mean it started pretty good but then I found that things that I could handle easily in the past became irritating at present. It makes me want to pause my life and sit down and really look into my future. Is this really what I want to do or is it just something to do for a living?

Money is important. It feels good to look at increasing numbers in your bank account but it's not the most important thing in the end when you don't feel good about what you are doing. Things didn't go well and I decided to give myself a rest. Three months of preparing myself for a new journey? Sounds dreamy and somewhat elegant. I am not even sure that I can make it. But the starting step is just what I need right now.

The thing is it has been almost 2 months already but I still don't have anything tangible to be proud of. There's so many things in my head I want to do but I'm still in the starting steps :P At this moment I can only move forward and try harder, I guess it's the only way to make my life not so boring.

So, What I am doing? It's what I have been dreaming for so long but couldn't concentrate enough to make it happen. Illustration is the keyword. Stationery design is another one. There's one more month left for me to prepare my own illustration portfolio. Wondering if I can make it in time or need to extend the period.

Anyway, Images you see here are ones of my attempt. Stationery set for holiday time. Just hope it can make you feel joyful and be ready for the most awaited holiday, Christmas! :D In case you don't know yet, I have a little shop on Etsy and this holiday set is available here on my shop.

There are 3 items in this Joyful Time set here:

Joyful Time gift card

Sticker Joyful Time scalloped shape

Joyful Time gift tags

Another set of Christmas design is coming. Will talk about it soon...

Thanks for coming. Hope this post is not too boring for you.

MerryDay Christmas ecard on pingg

Another ecard on pingg.
Christmas is coming and I realize that it's too late for me to do Christmas paper cards for sale on my MerryDay shop What a bad seller I am :-(

However, you can still send this illustration online as an ecard :-) Just go to this link below and send out your love!.

http://www.pingg.com/gallery/design/merryday-christmas

If you send this ecard, please drop me a note. That would make me very happy :-D

I also print it out to see what it looks like on paper. Now I have Christmas cards for my friends.