ART VLOG ♥︎ toy fair, blind boxes, drawing, organizing my sticker collection!!

an elite sticker collection

If you feel overwhelmed with the daily hobonichi I can recommend the hobonichi day free! It has a calendar and no dates :)

First of all- I love all your art, both the cat tree and the desert scenes. I just love the feeling your illustrations give and the palettes you choose. Secondly, the way I try to battle perfectionism is by reminding myself that what brings me joy is the creation, not the final product. Of course having a nice finished piece is great, but you could live quite happily if you create lots of art even if none of it gets to a "finished" or "perfect" state, whereas you could not be happy if you were not creating at all. The act of arting is the majority of the fun, and while you're making something you're not super happy with tell yourself "yeah but if I see it through it will lead to different things". Every thing you make leads to something else, a new piece, a new style, a new idea. It's all WORTH making, even if it won't be a "final product", even if it's not "useful" it still has use.

hey megan love your t shirts!! it would be a cool idea to show the shirts that you buy from other artists and where to get them would love to support other artist and wear the merch! :)

I started out strong with journaling and cutesy designed pages but I also eventually burned out. I gave up designing the pages and just stuck to writing down my days, since that's the only important part. Getting out your thoughts and remembering your days is more important to than making these perfect/cute looking pages

I'm super glad you're talking about perfectionism today! It's just what I needed. I fought against my perfectionism all week. It's so hard! I am learning to silence this voice by listening to alternative thoughts, such as "Does the project and process need to be sooo complicated and difficult to achieve to be good?". Bravo for facing your desert cat and your cat tree is also great!

OMG seeing your sticker collection threw me WAY back to being an 8-10 yr old having a sticker book and swapping between friends. Truly an educational part of growing up learning about negotiations, communication, the importance of placing value on items..... I don't take that time of my life for granted anymore! 🥹👌🏽🙏🏽✨

I’d def say go for a hobonichi weeks over the bigger ones, it’s great for organising your weeks and then keep sketching seperate

that sandwich... i think i shed a tear it looks so good.

i also got stressed out by my hobonichi cousin so i switched to an sterling ink notebook! they have tomoe river paper and a bunch of sizes and planners!

this is so cosy! love seeing your progress with the calendar, what a cool project ❤

this is one of my favorite videos of yours! I love that you always highlight the interesting art events you attend and show artists you enjoy. Wrt hobonichi alternatives for the same scrapbook/journal feeling, I'd recommend midori MD (sorry if you know about it already!!) The paper is smooth and has a soft cream color, and there's the option of putting on a clear plastic case like hobonichis. also, i really enjoyed seeing your sticker collection! there's something about seeing what kind of stickers people enjoy that is so fulfilling

I really appreciate what you said about perfectionism ❤ thank you for sharing

I saw you looking at a Dapper Notes notebook. His YouTube videos are soooo satisfying!

Omg... so nice! I have a copy of this board game.. I love it sooo much! Such an inspiration this lady!

I kept a daily hobonichi in 2023 and just wrote what happened that day at the top if I didn't feel like filling it in day of and it still serves a little purpose! now I have the weeks and I use it as a normal planner for my teaching job lol but I miss journaling! I think the weeks could be good if you wrote 2/3 sentences about your day in the day section and did a spread for the week maybe :0

I have honestly just gone back and used blank hobonichi pages for journaling on days where one page doesn’t feel like enough. I am not bothered by things getting out of order b/c I have no plans to read through any of it cover to cover later

I have akways struggled with journals, what ive been doing recently is scrapbooking in a blank journal for the days I want to journal about. I like to keep little tickets from shows, business cards from art markets, even receipts and sticking that in my book to make it look nicer!

Love seeing all the toys! They’re like small sculptures for the home. I keep the ones I have with eyes facing out the window to keep the birds from pecking at my screen.

I am also struggling to stop trying to be a perfectionist with every artwork I try to put out. Mainly because it's making me feel incredibly disappointed in my work rather than appreciating it. I'm currently trying to launch my own shop for the first time and it is taking so long because I constantly over analyze my artwork! ): I appreciate you being transparent about this because I really needed to hear your message lol