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Glimpses of Life…
Mira(cle)Doodles are glimpses of life, sneak peeks into a life that yearns to evolve into a more and more loving one—but which fails to do so ever so often. Mira gets caught up in the swirls of the ego’s demands and forgets to listen to the whispers from her heart…
Doodle Notes for Doodle #13
In this series of blog posts I’ll dive deeper into the world of my doodles. In this post we’ll take a closer look at doodle #13 in MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart…
A Surprise!
Watch a video with a little story – I included this doodle also in MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart. But How!? Get your copy and find out…
#Inktober2022 Notes
It’s time for another round of Inktober!! Here you’ll find my notes & daily #Inktober2022 doodles in October. The newest drawing on the top (almost) daily …
Doodle Notes for Doodle #7
In this series of blog posts I’ll dive deeper into the world of my doodles. In this post we’ll take a closer look at doodle #7 in MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart…
Coloring pictures for children’s hospitals
I licensed three coloring pictures this summer to be used in children’s hospitals in Finland…
This Doodle Didn’t Make it…
While editing you get all these great ideas for doodles that you wanted to include in the book, until… You realize that you wouldn’t like to…
Doodle notes for Doodle #34
In this series of blog posts I’ll dive deeper into the world of my doodles. In this post we’ll take a closer look at doodle #34 in MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart…
MIRA is Here!
Whoop whoop! MIRA is here! Still all wrapped up in plastic, fresh from print. I ordered a box of books, to have them ready to ship on the publication date, on October 10th, and now they are here—So well in advance! Yay!
Evolving with editing…
Writing a book, illustrating it, editing, killing your darlings, sketching more and editing some more… It’s a messy process to create a book—Here’s a couple of pages from MIRA and how they evolved in the process…
Friday Evening at an event…
The Four Phases of Creativity visited an event with me and had fun on its own little corner of the table next to my friend’s ceramics…
Doodle notes for Doodle #29
In this series of blog posts I’ll dive deeper into the world of my doodles. In this post we’ll take a closer look at doodle #29 in MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart…
Follow Your Heart Planner Vibes
Here’s a personal project of mine that I’d like to share with you! Fresh from print! For a couple of years, I’ve created my own planners and have been testing out what works for me. I love to have a customized planner…
You Can Now Pre-Order MIRA
Yay, now—finally—the first ever
collection of Mira(cle)Doodles is
available for pre-order! This is a whole 120-page book filled with delightful doodles! Jessica said it made her feel happy and optimistic, and another reader…
Paperbacks available at elinap shop!
I have now stocked a few copies of The Four Phases of Creativity paperbacks on the shelves of my online store – elinap shop…
What’s Mira Up to at Patreon?
I shook things up a bit at Patreon, so, what’s Mira up to over there nowadays? Here’s a little update…
The Bookmarks arrived!
This is the final design for the bookmark that’s 4 cm x 13 cm in size. It looks so great with MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart! “What would Love do?” has been my go-to question in tricky situations, when I’ve felt the urge to fix and solve…
Popcorn with Love
Here’s a page from my NEXT book… MIRA – Glimpses of Life & Whispers from the Heart. It’s a 120-page collection of Mira(cle)Doodles and it’ll be published in October! Wohoo!
Ässän Sihinää is Published!
Ässän sihinää is written in Finnish, (it’s a sequel to Ärrän pärinää), helping children to figure out how to get their S sounds HISSssss through games and play. Now available for purchase…
GLOBAL Launch day!
Eeek! It’s the GLOBAL LAUNCH day!
The paperback edition of The Four Phases of Creativity now available! Welcome Mira’s joyful vibes into your life and get your creativity going…
Paperback for Pre-Order
I just received the paperback proof copy of THE FOUR PHASES OF CREATIVITY from the US, and it looks great! ❤ Hooorayyyy!! You can now pre-order it from…
My Book Journey shared on Patreon
This year so far has been really fun to share with my patron(s), because A LOT has been happening! I’ve hired a book coach, created a new book and another for a client…
A Sequel in the Making…
In 2020 I had the honor to illustrate a book called Ärrän pärinää which has fun games and exercises to teach you how to make your R roll. The book was created for families so that they can approach this playfully – Together with their child. Now there’s a sequel in the making…
Book Cover & Graphic designing
I LOVE helping birth more books in the world! Here’s project I did with my father for his newest book…