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First Timer’s Guide to India

I ventured to India for the very first time this past December. Not only did it completely exceed any and…

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Condé Nast Traveler Singapore Etiquette Guide

In August 2017 I made my first trip to Singapore. It was the last stop on a whirlwind tour through…

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Class is in session 😝🎨🙌🏼. Still so ecstatic by the turnout at Toronto’s @ToryBurch x TravelWriteDraw “Sketch Workshop” this past Saturday and grateful beyond words to everyone who came!! Excited to be ✈️ to Charlotte, NC today for the next stop of our tour!! Join us Tuesday Oct 15th from 1-4 PM at the SouthPark Mall store. We are nearly full in Charlotte so please make sure to RSVP to bbabyak@toryburch.com to reserve your spot in the class. Can’t wait to meet and make art with yous xx MM #ToryBurch #ToryBurchFW19

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Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadians celebrating today 🍂🍁!! This is my first time sharing Thanksgiving with my family in over 5 years 😩❤️ with my crazy schedule so needless to say I’m so grateful to be home with them!! My tour with @toryburch heads to Charlotte NC tomorrow but for now it’s time to eat, sleep, and play cards with my loved ones. Enjoy your Sunday, my darlings. Puppy inspired by @reesewitherspoon’s #pepperthefrenchie 🐾 xx MM

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I’m SO excited to meet all of you who RSVPd for tomorrow’s “Art Lesson” 🎨 in Toronto with @ToryBurch!! But the party doesn’t stop there 🤗. I’ll be in Charlotte NC Oct 15th, Scottsdale AZ Oct 17th, and San Francisco Oct 19th 🥳👏🏼🎨✨!! Head to my InstaStory now to check the times, locations, and make sure to reserve your spot by emailing to the RSVP!! Spaces are limited and supplies are included. I can’t wait to see you all over the next week xx MM #ToryBurch #ToryBurchFW19

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TORONTO Friends!! Join me this Saturday Oct 12th for my very first “Art Lesson” 🎨 with @ToryBurch from 12-3 PM at their Yorkdale Shopping Centre store!! Please RSVP email: kvillecco@toryburch.com to reserve your spot. There are only a few seats left!!!! Art supplies are included. I can’t wait to meet and make art with you xx MM #ToryBurch #ToryBurchFW19

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Painting the monarchs 🦋✨currently in migration tonight before kicking off a 10 day / 4 city tour tomorrow ✈️. I’m SO looking forward to getting back in my groove, 🎨 creating out in the world with you. I’ll be posting more details on my account tmrw but for now...which version do you prefer? 1 or 2?! xx MM

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Part 2 from today’s @BTToronto interview was the reveal of my illustration of @Dina.Pugliese & @TheRogerPetersen!! Apparently I got quite cheeky while drawing live on television 😂. Swipe to see how my first live TV illustrated portrait turned out 🙌🏼🎨📺!! How did I do, loves?! xx MM

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Attn TORONTO friends!! I’m soo excited to be back in our hometown for some exciting work this week!! More updates to come tmrw morning at 7:30 AM but for now mark your 🗓 for next Sat Oct 12 from 12-3 PM!! I cannot wait to share what’s happening and finally meet some of my TWD Toronto family in person, woohoo 💞!! Happy Sunday, loves xx MM #ProudCanadian

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So very chuffed and honoured to have been rendered by artist @HurleyBiy and displayed in this incredible group show at @StPetersCork!! Alan has been (and continues to be) an amazing TWD community member and supporter of my work and I’m so proud and inspired to see what he’s achieved ❤️!! As I’ve always said, the sky is truly the limit. Check it out if you are in the area and send me pics since I can’t be there xx MM 🥳🎨🙌🏼✨

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Not quite @katiejanehughes level with my makeup skills 😂 BUT ever since I started working with makeup 💄 & skincare 🧖🏼‍♀️ brands for the first time this year, I have loved discovering a new canvas to paint: my face 🎨!! If I told you that I talk to myself every morning as if I’m doing a live makeup demo, would you believe me?! Lol. I’m secretly dying to create an IGTV tutorial of my daily routine...I’m just not sure anyone from my TWD family would care to watch 🤷🏼‍♀️. So let’s call this my toe in the water post, shall we?! Lots of love xx MM

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I’m in the process of preparing a lesson plan for an exciting partnership coming up (more on that soon 😝!!) and it has me reflecting on the evolution of my illustration style...the pendulum swings from tightly rendered details to loose and gestural brushstrokes. In a strange way it’s an accurate reflection of my personality: at moments totally composed and the next...a complete burst of fireworks 🤣. Do you see what I see? What style draws you in? xx MM

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Walking into my birthday today 🎂 with so much GRATITUDE!! Woke up to so many messages of love and positivity from you guys, from far corners of the world, South Africa, the Netherlands, India, England.. my heart burst 😭💘✨!! If I’ve learned anything about age these past 3 decades it is to throw away any and all preconceived ideas about when anything is meant to happen 🤣🙏🏼. It’s never too late to start and there’s no timeframe for success!! Just LIVE your LIFE with as much integrity, honesty, and truth as you can and never stop trying!! Oh, and when in doubt, look no further than @jlo on top of the world at 50, YAS 🎉!! It’s all about a positive state of mind so keep your thoughts working for you, not against you, and cut out all the negative that isn’t serving your best self. I love you and I can’t believe how lucky I got to have a community filled with so much LIGHT!! Here’s to another glowing year around the sun with all of you 🌎🌕💫🙌🏼✨ xx MM

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When your creative process takes over your living room 😝💘👌🏼 Happy Sunday, my lovelies!! I know I’ve been a bit quiet on here. Truthfully I’ve been taking some time to reconcile all the different changes in my life as of late and it’s been hard to be both out (on here) and in (internally) if that makes sense. It’s the eve of my birthday 🥳 and with 10 years under my belt in NYC, it’s hard NOT to reflect on what comes next. I went to breath-work one night this week before returning home to Canada for the weekend and the facilitator said, “your only responsibility right now is to breathe”. And maybe it’s best to start right there, differentiate your feelings, compartmentalize them, and breathe. So today I’m doing just that by the water with my family 🌊. Fun new projects and adventures are just on the horizon but for now...breathe in and breathe out. With love xx MM

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@AnokYai in @Schiaparelli for Harper’s Bazaar Icons 🤩🌈💥💘!! Finally had a minute this weekend to get this gorgeous fashion moment down on paper!! Discovered Anok through Vogue’s recent BTS video of her during #NYFW and was so transfixed by her face!! To think she was discovered on a whim at a Howard University party while studying to become a surgeon...really does make me believe in destiny. WOW!! Hope I did her justice xx MM

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This September marks my 10 YEAR anniversary living in New York 🤯🍎🗽🙌🏼😭‼️ I think that makes it official: I might just be a New Yorker?! From FIT illustration student living in Spanish Harlem, to launching my business out of a shoe closet in the West Village, to running TravelWriteDraw full-time the past 5 years from my Williamsburg Studio and abroad, it has been one heck of a ride 🎢!! Breaking through this city, its fashion industry, on the heels of our last recession in 2009, as a Canadian citizen with the limited money I saved before moving here, meant I had to fight with every ounce of effort I could muster to make this WORK. 5 visas later, I’m still standing 💪🏼, and the fight never stops. I know how easy it is to get lost in the glamorous disillusion of this app but know this: I am just like you!! I have sweat and cried more times than I can count feeling like I’m not enough, with every opportunity missed, or subtle rejection that I have since learned to view as redirection. But if NYC has taught me anything it is to be resilient. Never STOP trying. This city will not quit and nor should you. New York is brimming with magic around every corner - when preparation meets opportunity. So keep your head high in the hard times and down in the good times and you’ll likely find yourself in places you never dreamed you would. To all my New Yorkers, my friends and family near and far, and to every individual who gave me the chance to pursue my dream here, I love you. And to my beloved NYC, thank you for holding me, for challenging me beyond measure, for the most rewarding adventure of my life to date. There aren’t enough words to express my gratitude for you 🗽...I cannot wait to see what the next decade has in store for us ❤️. With love always, xx MM

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Hello from NYC, my loves 🍎🗽!! Back home in the big apple and just in time for #NYFW kicking off today. Feels like the perfect time to #tbt to my @WWD cover wrap from a few seasons ago!! So incredibly excited to see what’s in store this season!! To think this is my 20th season in NYC is absolutely mental 🤯!! I’m also looking forward to catching up with you all here and reflecting on the where and how things are shifting and shaping in the world of TWD. Wishing you all a gorgeous day and excited to share some of my events with you over the next few days xx MM

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From Olafur Eliasson at the TATE, to the Frieze Sculpture Garden in Regent’s Park, and gorgeous flower covered buildings all over the city, London served up COLOR like no other this summer!! The Olafur Eliasson exhibition “In Real Life” is an absolute must see and on now through Jan 5!! Will include all in my updated London Guide v, v soon as I just finished Berlin wohooo xx MM