So many of people that I feature on this blog inspire me in so many different way's, what admire about Michelle is how varied all her work is. "I blog about topics such as astrology, beauty reviews, books, crochet, crystals, curly haircare, dolls, gaming, journaling, kawaii culture, lifestyle, tarot, reading, skincare, and more! There is no niche here!" Like I mentioned she is also a crochet artist and has a substack dedicated to Blythe dolls.
"I feel like it’s always been part of my life since I was a child. I loved Hello Kitty, Sanrio, and cute things for my entire life. However, I got really into Japanese Harajuku fashion in the mid-2000s, and I feel like that really amplified my love for kawaii culture as both go hand-in-hand." The mixture of her kawaii interests and Latino culture make for the cutest content on her blog too. "For my blog, I've published some photo diary posts when I visited Mexico since I visit family pretty regularly. Because of these posts, I also started sharing more of my travel photo diary posts on my blog."
My favorite thing about this interview was hearing about how Michelle got the inspiration for her Latino inspired crochet works. "In one of my previous jobs, I used to frequent Latin /Hispanic grocery stores. The bright colors of the store and the fun illustrations on the packaging inspired me to crochet some crochet patterns for my blog (the candy skull garland and papel picado garland). I also crocheted some skull keychains and plushies, and a series of piñatas, which were inspired by the piñatas I would see at these stores. I loved piñatas as a kid! I mean, who doesn't want to get their anger out by hitting their favorite cartoons and be rewarded with candy? lol!"
Hope you enjoy discovering Michelle's work as much as I did. Her work perfectly embodies kawaii culture with a pastel twist that is so eye catching! You can follow along with Michelle's content on her Instagram here and if you'd like to purchase of her crochet art or some of her crocheting services you can check that out on her Depop!