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Melissa | Fine Lime Designs
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Canadian illustrator, graphic designer & writer. I like to draw 🤖🌷🏡🌈. Creator of Miss Doodle. Snail mail, stationery and book lover. Host of the And She Looked Up Podcast for Canadian women who create for a living. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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I'm Melissa, a self-employed graphic designer, illustrator and writer based out Canada's wet west coast. I love bold, bright colour, snail mail and stationery, books and dogs. I draw a cute little red haired stick girl named Miss Doodle who cartwheels through life with kindness. Nice to meet you!
I'm still here! Still doing 100 Days of Envelope Art for #the100dayproject! Been staying off socials to avoid doom scrolling too much because... "gestures at everything". Just wrapping up week 3 but here are Day 13 &14 from last week!
#snailmail #envelopeart #snailmailrevolution
March 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Day 12 of 100 days of envelope art for #the100dayproject. Was inspired by another piece of art that I made a few years ago.
#envelopeart #snailmail #snailmailrevolution
March 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have so much catching up to do. The light was too lousy all week to take pics. Here’s day 11 of 100 days of envelope art for #the100dayproject

#envelopeart #snailmail #snailmailrevolution
March 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Arrrgh I wish there was a way to edit/add alt text after you’ve posted!!
March 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Day 10 of 100 days of envelope art for #the100dayproject. I made the mistake of watching that speech last night and then watching the news afterwards and being so freaking fed up. So I opted for some late night colour therapy.

#snailmail #snailmailrevolution #envelopeart #dailyartpractice
March 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Day 9 of 100 days of envelope art for #the100dayproject. A few notes 🎵🎵😂 just a black sharpie for this one.

#envelopeart #dailyartpractice #snailmail #snailmailrevolution
March 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Day 8 of 100 illustrated envelopes for #the100dayproject and I’m finally caught up posting the right envelope on the right day! Switching to ivory envelopes for week 2.

#envelopeart #snailmail #snailmailrevolution #illustration #dailyartpractice #booksky
March 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Day 7 of 100 days of envelope art for #the100dayproject. It’s so lovely and warm out I have ice cream on the brain!

#envelopeart #illustration #snailmail #snailmailrevolution #dailyartpractice
March 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
March 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm a behind with posting. It felt weird to post yesterday with everything going on. But, here is Day 5 of #the100dayproject. Some ladybugs!

#dailyartchallenge #envelopeart #stationerylove #snailmail #snailmaillove #illustration
March 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Day 4 of #the100dayproject (from yesterday) and I'm back with the party theme again but this one is all about birthdays!

#snailmail #envelopeart #art #illustration #snailmailrevolution #dailyartchallenge #artpractice
February 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
1. The sun is shining after SO. MUCH. RAIN.
2. It's warm enough to have my studio window open for the first time this year
3. I saw crocuses at the foot of my driveway
4. My puppy is actually having a nap and I can do some work
5. A civil, polite Liberal leadership debate - we're in good hands
Fuck their terror tactics here are 5 things I’m grateful for today. QRP with yours.

1. My friend hit 4k followers because of the awesome art community on here.
2. My other friends beat a personal record having the most posts per day in her art challenge.
3. My dogs
4. My life
5. RESISTANCE
February 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Day 3 of #the100dayproject and it's party time! I'm going to do more of this design but in different colours I think. Because I like them and they're fun and I can totally use these with my snail mail!

#snailmail #envelopeart #snailmailrevolution #snailmaillove #illustration #canadianillustrator
February 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Day 2 of #the100dayproject. From yesterday - a little video to show you the whole envelope. It's an Octopus hug! 🐙

#illustration #envelopeart #snailmail #snailmailrevolution #art #dailyart #artchallenge #artsyky
February 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Day 1 of #the100dayproject. From yesterday. It was a crazy day so this was very last minute and it was too dark to photograph last night! Envelope No 1 of 100 days of #envelopeart!

#snailmail #illustration #canadianillustrator #snailmailrevolution
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ok I've decided I WILL do #the100dayproject. I'm going to do 100 days of hand illustrated envelopes. I feel like that's something manageable, time and size wise, as well as being something I love to do but never have time for! #artist #art #illustration #snailmail
February 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is anyone out there starting #the100dayproject tomorrow? I can't decide whether to take part or not this year (I've done several of them) but I'd love to see what others are doing! I'm feeling a bit lacking in inspiration or creativity lately. Maybe taking part will give me a boost? #illustration
February 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
new #podcast episode finally out. Was tough to keep up with the news cycle but hopefully this helps #canadian artists, makers and creatives navigate the chaos with their creative businesses!
www.buzzsprout.com/879889/episo...

#creativitypodcast #artpodcast #canadiancreatives #creativesmallbusiness
February 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Got totally consumed with doom scrolling the last two weeks (it's hard not to!). Today, I'm editing a podcast episode on how Canadian creators can make their small businesses more resilient in times of chaos. It makes me feel like I'm doing something sorta helpful-ish? 😬 It'll be out tomorrow. 🎙
February 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I just want a cup of tea, some soothing music, a cuddle with my pup and an hour or two to make something and forget about what a gong show the world is.
February 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A little process video of one of my most recent mandala projects. I find them soooo soothing to do by hand in a way that digital drawing just doesn’t do for me! Anyone else feel the same?
#mandala #art
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ok I've introduced myself - now meet Joey. AKA the Master of Disaster or Agent K-OS. He's 6 mos old next week. Weighs 50 lbs and still needs a cuddle every afternoon with me in my studio office chair. It's not comfortable for either of us but he doesn't care. 😂
#dogsky
January 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Now is the time to read lots of books. Read history books, biographies, banned books, books on economics and politics, poetry, short stories, and something fun - just because. Reading is power, knowledge and information. It's a way to fight back and resist.

#art #booksky #illustration
January 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Did you hear about the artist who would only paint cats?

He couldn't help it. They were his mews.
January 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Did I mention I like really bad, corny jokes?
Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%
January 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM