Give a big shout-out to your kids’educators with a splash of colors! Here we are : another school year wrapped up! For your kids, it might means a farewell to a day-care, a teacher, a school…in anycase, you’ll have a great opportunity to say thank you and to show your appreciation to those wonderful people who spend their days helping your child grow. Let’s take a look to our nice, colorful selection of gifts that would make the best present for teachers. Our THANK YOU cards Pick out any of our Thank you cards to write some kind words to your...

Magasin Général is part of the nice boutique ensemble (located in those red containers) that makes the Old Port of Montreal looking so good and alive during Spring and Summer time. Very popular when the weather gets warm, these shops offer a wide range of local creations. Today, let's meet with Cynthia, passionate owner of the Magasin General, and proud Liligraffiti retailer.   1/ Hello Cynthia, can you describe your shop in a few words?   Our shop is located in the Old Port of Montreal, in front of the Ferris Wheel. The boutique is all about local products, art makers...

My everyday essentials rounded up! Today on the blog, I wanted to talk to you about what it’s like to be a free-lance designer. I’m often asked about my life as an entrepreneur, and I wanted to take this occasion to give you some insight about my essentials. Of course, drawing is still an important part of my day, but as the owner of a small company, I have to multi-task more than you can imagine! After 11 years of running Liligraffiti (including 7 years dedicated to stationery), I think I finally have all the tools that make my life...

An instant-classic!   Throughout the years, we’ve been asked numerous times to create this product : well, now this is a reality and we are really proud to present you the coloring book by Liligraffiti! Now, it’s your turn to color with your own shades our beautiful illustrations. The book contains 24 pages of drawings, alterning our Montreal houses, popular art works of our brand, and themed-boards. You’ll find this book equally fun AND relaxing, and if you purchase it for your kids, you’ll end up stealing it from them, that’s a promise!   Marie’s tips to make the most...

A few words abour our Spring/Summer '22 collection! In this Spring/Summer collection, we chose to explore, even more than usual, all the little things that we love every day. Our goal for this collection was to put a big smile on your face ! Yearly essentials, or seasonal pleasures, there’s an illustration waiting for you. As a matter of fact, our followers and fans have played an important part in this collection : Some themes of this season’s products were directly inspired by your suggestions, via a survey on Instagram. Our themed-boards, a vintage-inspired design, now exist on our collection...

We put a Liligraffiti twist on your Christmas presents this year! As you know, we released for the second year in a row a Christmas capsule, where you can find everything you need to wrap your presents with style (in a local way!) and create the wow effect on Christmas morning. You still have a few days to order these lovely items on our website : shop them now! Our wrapping sheets Perfect colourful touch around the Christmas tree, our wrapping sheets now exist in 4 different patterns: The snowy landscape, top seller from last year is coming back in...

Our most popular item is showing its new colors! With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to start a series of blogs to give you gift ideas to spoil your loved ones (or vene to spoil yourself, you know…) – We know how nice it is to have a little help to find the perfect, cool, local gift, so we are pretty sure you will love the series of posts. Psst: don’t forget to forward them to friends and family, for a subtle hint ;)  The first post is about our Montreal calendar - 2022 edition! It’s been a...

A kids' book made in Montreal, by Montrealers! With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to start a series of blogs to give you gift ideas to spoil your loved ones (or vene to spoil yourself, you know…) – We know how nice it is to have a little help to find the perfect, cool, local gift, so we are pretty sure you will love the series of posts. Psst: don’t forget to forward them to friends and family, for a subtle hint ;) The fourth post is about our children's book "Je découvre Montréal" This huge and oh...

A brand new collab for kids! With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to start a series of blogs to give you gift ideas to spoil your loved ones (or vene to spoil yourself, you know…) – We know how nice it is to have a little help to find the perfect, cool, local gift, so we are pretty sure you will love the series of posts. Psst: don’t forget to forward them to friends and family, for a subtle hint ;) The third post is about our personalized art prints for kids Today, I introduce you to our...

London is a cosmopolitan city, where many cultures meet, and where you have to go to enjoy a few days to appreciate all it has to offer! When I still lived in France (many years ago!), it was so easy to go there for a quick getaway: The Eurostar takes you there in a couple of hours. How nice it is to be a quick train-ride away to the heart of the busy London! More recently, I had the pleasure to go back there for a girl trip with my sister and my mom, for the birthday of the latter....

For a year filled with travels and yummy things!   With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to start a series of blogs to give you gift ideas to spoil your loved ones (or vene to spoil yourself, you know…) – We know how nice it is to have a little help to find the perfect, cool, local gift, so we are pretty sure you will love the series of posts. Psst: don’t forget to forward them to friends and family, for a subtle hint ;) The second post is about our planner 2022! The perfect gift for those...

How I love writing this series of blog "Things I love"! It's time to discover our fall edition. Fall is, here in Quebec, especially inspiring, reassuring, comforting, colorful. We enter this season filled with joy but also a bit of apprehension, as we well know that Winter and cold are just around the corner. Here are, without particular order, the things I love the most during fall. 1-Take walks in the woods   The fall colors in Quebec have a world-wide reputation: we are so lucky to be able to enjoy them just a few miles from home! I love...

A collection filled with joy, colors, with a hint of organization. Here comes the time to unveil our Fall/Winter 21-22 collection! A soft, sparkling one, that reflects my creative phase that led to these new products. Here are the themes you'll find in this collection: 1-Montreal: A classical theme! For its third edition in a row , we pimped our popular Montreal calendar: no more cute and bright facades, but instead, we take you along with us on a nice walk around town, through 12 iconic places of Montreal: From Lachine Canal to the pools of the city, or even...

Exclusively on our newsletters! I am delighted to present you our 2021 yearly series of illustrations, the one that you can find exclusively every month in our newsletter. The past year, we successfully explored the thematic of travels, with a world tour in 12 postcards from some of our favorite places. We were thrilled to have your amazing feedback, and quickly decided to put these illustrations in a brand new calendar: you loved it as much as we did, and we were very proud of the result. This year was the perfect opportunity to continue to explore the travel theme...

Today we’ll take you on a little tour behind the scenes of Liligraffiti’s creations: we wanted to share with you the story of our “Pool” visual, a very special design for us, that symbolizes and incarnated the whole collection for us. This collection, as you already know, was born during the lockdown and the pandemic context: it was designed as an artistic response to the negativity, the loneliness, and the uncertainty all around us. The result was an overload of  bright and luminous colors, representations of people gathered again, a general feeling of joy that we can feel like a...

We know you loved the first edition of "Things I love", which was the Christmas edition. And since I like pleasing you, I'm really happy to present you the summer edition of this post.  Summer is a joyful, luminous, inspiring season. We love the urging feeling of enjoying the day till the very last bit, just for the sake of storing enough light, warmth, and moments spent in the sun for the upcoming winter. Here's my summer edition of "Things I love"! 1-Go and have a swim at my hood's pool I love going swimming during my lunch break on...

San Francisco is one of those cities that you fall in love with instantly. I discovered it a few years back, during a family trip. I was supposed to went back there, on my own, last year for a business trip, but unfortunately the Covid situation stopped that project. So be it! I'll take today down memory lane in this magical city, that reminds me in lots of way (and especially the sweet way of life) my dear Montreal. The San Francisco vibe is quite different from all the other US cities that I've been to. More relaxed, more creative, more...

Spoil your dad with our lovely greeting cards + some great local business items. Father's Day is just around the corner....We love to take this moment to celebrate all the dads surrouding us: Ours, the father of our children, the step-dads and father figures in our life. We carry a selection of 4 different Father's Day greeting cards on the shop: They are fun and original, and there is without a doubt the one for you and the dad to spoil: Playful dad, traditionnal dad, hipster dad...yours to pick! Plus, we share some local ideas - on top of our...

A nice collab with a local flower shop. You know how much we love our local boutiques. They need you more than ever in this strange period! One of our lovely retailers, Florilège (A flower shop) contacted us a few months ago for a very exciting project: to create the visual of label of their upcoming candle. This was something absolutely never-done-before for me, and I was very happy to start this job. A bit about Florilège: Florilège is as flower shop located in the St-Henri hood in Montreal, and has opened less than 2 years ago. Run by two...

Our selection to say "I love you" to our favorite person.   Mother's Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate our moms/mother figures in the most gentle and special way. This year, we celebrate them on the 9th of May here in Canada, as well as in the USA: it's time to think of little gifts and attentions to make you mom feels so special. In our team, we love spending this day in the most simple way, surrounded by our loved ones: what a feeling to be the queen for a day! A nice meal, a cake made with...