NIPISTÄJÄ-KERTTU, NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK

Hello after a while! Still lovely to see that you keep visiting here, even though it has been quiet and most of things are updated on Instagram.

There is a new book with my illustrations available, in Finnish. The story is by Pauliina Vanhatalo and the book is published by S&S, the book is called “Nipistäjä-Kerttu".

Kerttu is a girl that likes her long finger nails and pinching when her family does not notice her enough. She forgets pinching while learning about the worlds that are inside each of us. The worlds that make us all special.

My illustration work was supported by three month grant by Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, thank you so much for it! Thank you also Pauliina and Mirjam, happy that I got to know this determined pincher girl and her world.

https://kustantamo.sets.fi/kirja/nipistaja-kerttu/

Happy autumn! ♥

BREATHE AND BE

Breathe and Be, A Book About Mindfulness Poems by Kate Coombs, illustrated by me and published by Sounds True is finally available! 

It is a book about mindfulness poems, but can be read as a everyday story too. For calm moments together. 14 illustrated spreads, hardcover, dust jacket, foil on the cover. In English. Hopefully you enjoy it! ♥ 

CASA DI FIABA, HOUSE OF FABLE

Home is where your heart is. Or your heart is where your home is. Fire burns where your home is, so your home is also where the fire burns. Home is filled with dreams and magic. Home is where it is nice to leave from, but even better to get back to. Sometimes a home is carried with you. A home on wheels.

It is my pleasure to show the first children's book that I illustrated: a poem about homes and different kinds of houses by Giovanna Zopoli, published by lovely Topipittori.

Home, hem, hjem, heim, Haus, casa, kodu, koti, domicile. All so different, but protecting and comforting. Such a big sorrow to loose a home. Such a force to build a new one. All the history of one house and its tenants. Our nests.

Maybe not such a big surprise anymore which kind is my dream home. Friends know it best: "You indeed would be a high and narrow, wooden one!" What kind of house you would like to be?

Thank you, grazie, Giovanna and Paolo for this wonderful journey through homes! 

The book, in Italian, is available here. Hopefully you enjoy!

Sunday, jazz playing in my radio. Sunny rain shower caressing windows. Candles burning, no hurry anywhere. Autumn favourite, pea soup boiling. Home is today filled with a light that has the hues of autumn. Brush strokes with the colour of warm orange and book reading moments on the sofa, wrapped in wool.

Calm autumn coloured Sunday wishes!

P.s. Almost one year ago.