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Marceline Smith

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Born

Lossiemouth, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.askingfortrouble.co.uk

Twitter

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Genre

Travel, Nonfiction, Comics

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Marceline Smith is a kawaii illustrator and blogger based on the West Coast of Scotland.

Growing up surrounded by cute characters like Miffy, Hello Kitty and Pikachu, Marceline was soon dreaming of visiting Japan. Her first trip there in 2006 filled her with a love for kawaii characters, colourful design and food with faces and she has returned 3 times to explore the country further.

Having graduated with a degree in Fine Art, Marceline eventually quit her job in corporate web design to create her own line of kawaii character goods as Asking For Trouble, co-found popular daily kawaii blog Super Cute Kawaii and self-publish guides to kawaii shopping and sightseeing in Japan.

Inspired by the riot grrls of the 1990s Marceline has been self-publ ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 52 ratings · 7 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Super Cute Book of Kawaii 3.74 avg rating — 39 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kawaii Japan 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo Shopping Guide 2017: Cute and creative shops, cafes and places of interest in and around Tokyo 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Side of the Table: Horror Stories and Advice from Craft Fair Veterans by Marceline Smith (Goodreads Author), Claire Brown 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo Shopping Guide 2017: Cute and creative shops, cafes and places of interest in and around Tokyo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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