Spring color energy!

This weekend I have visited the tulip fields by Mount Vernon in WA. The colors and the beauty of the flowers was delightful! See more pictures here: http://www.kittenchops.com/tulipweb/index.htm

Theo Chocolate (in KC packaging) on the Today show :)

Go green this Valentine’s Day
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23110662#23110662

New Tasty flavors from 3400 Phinney Chocolates!

Check out these yummy treats! Hazelnut crunch is so tasty... and Fig fennel is elegantly flirty!

Illustrations for the Art with Heart "Art Buddy" Book

I have just finished creating illustrations for the "Art Buddy" manual , which will teach creatives how to use their talent to give back to their community. This manual will encourage even more adults to take an active part in helping under-served children." Find out more, see if you would like to participate as well:
http://www.artwithheart.org/

Korean Kim Chee story

This illustration is for a short story by Jenny Kim about a Korean immigrant girl trying to find her identity in the USA.

"Nobody “told” me that the woman in the family serves herself last. I watched my mother bustle around the kitchen after rushing in from a full day of work, not even taking time to change her clothes. When the When the dinner was ready, she would scoop a heaping mound of fresh, hot rice for my father first, then my younger brother, then me. Then she’d scrape together a small handful from the bottom of the rice cooker and take the smallest piece of fish for herself, insisting she wasn’t hungry. When I was younger and couldn’t finish my food, I’d give my plate to my mother, not realizing what I was doing. I was giving my mother the leftovers, something she grew up with as a postwar Korean female—the generation that knew firsthand that things, dignity, family, and friends, peace, and national unity, could be taken away at any instant, and that woman were taught to put themselves last. Hearing about her impoverished childhood made my eyes sting, my privileged conscience uneasy, and my own childhood stories pale by comparison. For her, scraping the rice pot sometimes yielded nothing, an humble survival came down to accepting leftovers from your own—it was one of few constants provided in the former precarious world of hers. (old habits are hard to break.) Yet, my mother told me not to stand there with both hands open, meekly waiting for things do happen. An ambitious and generous woman, she even chose the name Debbie(meaning “industrious”) when she immigrated to the U.S. Nothing gets accomplished sitting down, she says. I was left with this contradiction and a half-eaten bowl of rice. Watching, waiting, and never understanding."

KittenChops at Licensing Asia TOKYO ^,,^

I just got back form my favorite city in the world, Tokyo. I have exhibited my work at the the Licensing Asia show. It was fantastic to be in such a fun, creative environment with many talented artists and all the big players. I am now working on following up with some potential Japanese clients. Superspecial thanks to my dear friends: Cindy and LeiLei and my onee-chan/translator: Motoko.
You can check out the few photos I have from this trip! :)

Pawses II

New and cuter! Thank you to Hana-chan, Ruby and red neighbor kitteh who have contributed the fur photos that turned into the new Pawses characters. I have also updated my TREATS page on my website so you can download some super fresh KittenChops desktops! www.kittenchops.com/treats.htm