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Before I left my apartment March 7th for Chile, and the world took a collective pause, I sat down with…

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First Timer’s Guide to Chile

Chile has been on my travel bucket list for some time now so at the start of 2020 I decided…

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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…

Fun with ink 🖋😍 #tbt since I’m currently n

Fun with ink 🖋😍 #tbt since I’m currently navigating 4 commissions at the same time 🤪!! I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve filmed a fun process video like this.

Itching to find a window to create my new personal work series from Paris and also design a new class concept for you guys. I hope for now you don’t mind joining me on this lil throwback.

Any artists out there who can relate to the crazy juggle of commissions and time for experimentation? It’s a good problem to have at the end of day but I still wish I could stretch time 🤣.

All my love xx MM

I can’t tell you just how utterly surreal it has

I can’t tell you just how utterly surreal it has been to receive images of your purchases from the @Dogwood.Hill x @TravelWriteDraw stationery collection 🥰!! Even more so, the items from the Paris suite while actually being IN Paris!!

I still get all the tingles when I see your names customized on the top of these notepads 😭🇫🇷💕. Even though I worked on this border and repeat print design months before actually going, there’s not one thing I would add or change now that I’m back.

Paris marks you so irreparably, whether you’ve been once or 100 times. The inspiration never leaves you. Thank you for enjoying this collection as much as I enjoyed creating it for you!! Keep the photos coming, my loves!! xx MM

Ok, this is officially the last post from this tri

Ok, this is officially the last post from this trip. Farewell my beloved, Paris 😭💔🥀!! Until we meet again soon. Thank you for bringing me back to life, for reminding of all the beauty, love, and grace in this world. I cannot wait to return to you and next time for longer 🥰🇫🇷.

Lastly, thank you to each and every one of YOU for joining me on this journey. I’m so excited to be back with my art supplies to create from all this magic lived and loved. My head and heart are brimming with inspiration. Any requests you’d like to see me paint from this trip?

All my love xx MM

That feeling when your art becomes your reality 🤯😭😍🇫🇷👏🏼!! Swipe to see!! Exactly 10 months after hosting my “Noël à Paris” live paint class with you all, I got to stand with my sister in the very spot we rendered, on the Pont Alexandre III in Paris!! This moment makes me speechless.

After nearly two years away from traveling in real-time, I can’t help but feel like this encounter was somehow drawn and willed into reality. Or maybe I’m just a hopeless-romantic, dreamer. Either way, I will cherish this moment for a lifetime and hope so deeply that I can host another class like this with you all very soon 🥰❤️!!

Happy Saturday, my loves xx MM

Sunsets in Paris, oh mon dieu, mon coeur 😭💔🇫🇷!! You’d think this was a movie set but no. This video was taken from our hotel room window. I had been dancing with my sister in our bedroom 👯‍♀️😆 when the color of the sky caught the corner of my eye. I managed to capture this breathtaking moment before it was gone. Paris, tu me manques!! How will I ever recover?! Have you experienced a sunset like this in Paris? It feels a bit like catching a shooting star 🥰✨ xx MM

Bonjour du Quartier Latin, my loves 😍👯‍♀

Bonjour du Quartier Latin, my loves 😍👯‍♀️🇫🇷!! This was my first time ever staying on the left bank of Paris (specifically in the Latin Quarter) and I absolutely loved it. Nestled comfortably between the Pantheon and Jardin du Luxembourg, the colors of fall were wrapping around us like a warm hug at every turn 🤗🍁🍃. The area provided this precious glimpse into what life could be like as a local in Paris. I knew it would be great to return to the city after so many years away but I certainly didn’t expect to fall this hard 🥰. What is your favourite neighbourhood in Paris?! xx MM

Postcard from Paris avec ma soeur part deux 🥰👯‍♀️🇫🇷!! From the enchanting square that is Place des Vosges, top of the Pompidou, the exquisite Thierry Mugler exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, rainy afternoons on Pont Neuf, sisters abroad brunch at Carette, to the evenings we spent dancing with our new friends for life at Chinaski 😭💔. Words simply cannot describe what the past week in Paris has meant to me, meant to my sister, meant to our community here on Travel Write Draw. This city has brought me back to life and now I can’t help but want to find a way to stay forever xx MM

Out here searching for the biggest landmark in Par

Out here searching for the biggest landmark in Paris and can’t seem to find it…oh wait…there she is 😝🇫🇷🗼!! No matter how many times I’ve seen the Eiffel Tower, nothing beats reacquainting with her on my next return to this city 😭💔!! Paris, je t’aime!! ✨ xx MM

Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped 🪡🧵!! What a remarka

Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped 🪡🧵!! What a remarkable thing to bear witness to 🤩👏🏼. 25,000 square meters of recyclable fabric made of blue-silver polypropylene, surrounded by 3,000 meters of recyclable red rope, covering one of the greatest landmarks in all of Paris 😱. Christo, the artist, lived in an attic not far from the arc in 1958 where he first conceived of this idea along with his wife Jean-Claude.

Nearly 60 years later, following his passing last year, their vision became a reality. There is something so beautifully poetic about that 💔🌹. Seeing it in real life, the fabric billow in the wind, people transfixed by its grandeur, also changed my feelings about it entirely. Remarkable to see it and share it during its very short 16 day run. What do you think, loves? Beautiful or blasphemous? xx MM

Paris en Noir et Blanc 🖤🤍🖤 J’Adore Pala

Paris en Noir et Blanc 🖤🤍🖤 J’Adore Palais Royal!! There are 260 of these Daniel Burren columns installed permanently in the courtyard of the palace. As you can imagine, public response to this work of art was originally mixed as people found this installation to be quite controversial.

The columns have almost been destroyed multiple times since their original conception. Now they sit nestled safely in the confines of the palace attracting tourists and locals alike. I think the most interesting thing about them (apart from being so visually striking) is observing how people interact with them. Have you visited them before? If not, they are a must see on your next trip to Paris.

All my love, xx MM

Postcard from Paris avec ma soeur 😍👯‍♀️🇫🇷!! Un petit compilation of our days so far. I don’t think I’ve ever had this much fun in this city. Something about being here with my sister, us both bright-eyed and awestruck, making friends with our broken French every step of the way, really sets this trip apart for me 🥰. I’m perhaps even more enchanted with Paris than I was before!! Also curious to know which is your favorite pic of the series?! All my love xx MM

Pardon my jet lag because PARIS 😍😭😩🇫🇷!! Caught that exquisite golden hour light yesterday during our walk to dîner and felt all the nerves and stress of travel in this climate melt away for the evening.

Paris is the one city I’ve returned to again and again since I was a little girl. Every significant relationship I’ve had in my life has brought me here, including the one I have with myself. I don’t know why the calling to Paris has felt so strong these past two years, I just knew I needed to honor it. I’m so glad I did.

All my love xx MM

Bonjour de Paris, my loves!! I can’t even believ

Bonjour de Paris, my loves!! I can’t even believe it but I’ve just touched down in the CITY OF LIGHTS 🇫🇷!! Took a very last min b’day trip with my sister and so glad I did. Cannot believe it’s been almost 2 years now since I travelled overseas 😱!!

Paris is the city I dreamed of every single day of this pandemic. Nearly every show I watched while quarantined took place here (Call My Agent, Lupin, The Parisian Agency, and of course Emily In Paris). It poured through in my art (and our TWD live paint class) and I’m so excited to see what inspiration and creation comes from this trip 😍!!

Seeing Paris again in real-time is beyond my wildest dreams. My heart aches over this city’s beauty. It is truly a gem metropolis. Now before I get too carried away, I’d LOVE to hear your recommendations, so leave all your must-sees and dos below!! I can’t wait to share this special adventure with you all. All my love, xx MM

Pssst friends, it’s my birthday today 🤭🎂!!

Pssst friends, it’s my birthday today 🤭🎂!! And I’m still in my pjs as I post this from Canada 😆. I gotta be honest with you, this birthday feels a bit different. After so many setbacks and life plans derailed with covid, and now my apt in nyc, I can’t shake the feeling that I’m not quite where I thought I would be at this age and on this day.

Will I ever get married or become a mother?! Do I even want to BE a mother?! Will I stay in NYC forever or will I pack up all my things and begin again somewhere new? Maybe Paris?! How big do I want my business to become? When will enough success be enough success? And then my mind quiets and I forgive myself for not having a single answer to any of those questions.

For today, I’m grateful to be alive, to hear the eager chatter of my family outside my bedroom door, waiting to wish me a happy birthday. I know now, possibly more than any other year before, that I’m loved…a lot…by many, many people so very dear to me, near and far. Today I’m hopeful because with every radical disruption in life comes the possibility for something NEW and BETTER!!

Despite all the uncertainties that lie ahead, and the ever growing pressure of feeling like my time is tick tick ticking away, I can be certain above all that I’m so extraordinarily grateful for each and every one of YOU. Starting Travel Write Draw was without question one of the greatest decisions I have ever made in my life. This community fills me with so much joy and pride every single day. I still pinch myself over what we’ve built together.

This post has ended up being far longer than I intended it to be so if you made it this far, thank you for being so committed 🤗. My hope is that by being so honest and candid about where I’m at with my life, it will help anyone in a similar position to feel less alone. It is brave to be vulnerable and wear your heart on your sleeve. The beauty lies in the breaking down of facades. And with that, it’s time to start my special day!!

All my love and happy birthday to me 😍!! xx MM

I know it’s the last day of Summer BUT I’m ove

I know it’s the last day of Summer BUT I’m over here pinching myself from my first ever holiday wrapping paper 😭🎁!! This hits different. I can’t even count the number of years I’ve been wanting to see my art used in this way 🥺. Back when I was a fashion illustration student at FIT, I took a surface pattern design class and it was without question my favourite course of my AAS degree. It was an opportunity to combine my illustration skills together with my love of fashion and travel to create artwork for cards, wrapping paper, and more. I loved that class so much I even contemplated doing a second associates in Surface Pattern Design. But here we are, 10 years later, and my career has FINALLY come full circle. I know I’ve said this before but never ever give up. Your art belongs wherever you have the courage to believe it does. Thank you @Dogwood.Hill for making this dream possible!! Both of my wrapping paper designs and all of my other stationery goodies are available to purchase NOW at the link in my bio 👏🏼🥰. All my love xx MM

Sweet Friends!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU fr

Sweet Friends!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all the purchases you’ve made thus far from the new collection!! Your response has absolutely blown us all away!! I cannot wait for you to receive your purchases in your hands.

Until then, I wanted to post a lil closeup of the Empire Holiday piece which had been swirling in my head for many months prior to actually painting 😍🎁⛸!! I love how the @Dogwood.Hill team pulled out the skaters to make a repeat print that lines the envelopes, wrapping paper, tags, notebooks and more.

Collaborations like this are so incredibly special because you get to discover your art through fresh eyes. It makes me feel all the more close to you guys knowing that a small piece of me will be with you as you exchange notes and gifts with your loved ones. Wishing you all a gorgeous weekend ahead. All my love xx MM