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Amy Hansen's avatar

Toddler fashion is the best fashion 😄

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sparklemaia's avatar

I pretty regularly dress myself like a toddler ngl. I'm actually knitting Runa's rainbow sweater for myself right now 😂

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LM's avatar

"That's how trolls write them" is possibly the most Runa comeback I've ever heard 😂❤️

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sparklemaia's avatar

really doubling down 😂

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Eileen Sakai's avatar

Loved the peek into your sketch book! Thanks!!

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Devora Rossman's avatar

Great work! Love the puffins. My mom used to recite a Puffin poem to me. ❤️

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sparklemaia's avatar

puffins feature prominently in this story! (mainly baby puffins though, which unfortunately for me as the artist, don't have the distinctive plumage & bills that the adults have)

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SarahBot's avatar

I love these sneak peeks! Predictably, the sweater design page is my favorite!

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sparklemaia's avatar

that page represents the two hours worth of YouTube videos I watched for research about traditional Icelandic sweaters 😂

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Kaia's avatar

Oh my goodness! I am sooo excited! Feel like this was a trailer I just watched for a movie that maybe will come out someday. LOVE the characters, adore the puffins and want all the sweaters. Congrats! Way to go! And GOOOOO Maia! You got this! Also, Nahuel would go crazy over Runa's rainbow sweater. Rainbow is his favorite color right now.

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sparklemaia's avatar

I'm knitting a version of her oversized rainbow sweater (the one under her overall dress) for myself right now :) If it turns out well maybe I'll be able to make one for Nahuel next!

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Hazel's avatar

These are all so lovely! You've also made me really want to go back and reread Little O by Edith Unnerstad

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sparklemaia's avatar

Ohhh I haven't read that! Perhaps I must 😅

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Hazel's avatar

it's really lovely! In one of the stories her older siblings write and illustrate a story about trolls, inspired by Little O cavorting around after her bath ♥

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