Hi, we're Toodle Lulu.

Like many artists, I worked double jobs for a while. By day, I was coding and designing websites and then by night, I was illustrating family portraits and designing stationery for people.

In 2018, I was in between moving into a new home and paying off my student loans. At that time, my husband and I temporarily lived and worked out of my grandparents small apartment. I will always remember us sweating in my grandpa's bedroom trying to get orders sent out. During this time, both of my grandparents became terminally ill and passed away. It was one of the toughest times I've had to navigate. My experience there had taught me the meaning of family, love and hard work.

In 2019, we had our daughter, Luna. She made me want to become the best version of me, not just for her, but for myself. My family's support and love over the years have helped me become who I am today.

2020 was a rough year for the entire world and it changed my perspective on everything. I realized that life is too short to not do the things that you love. So I quit my day job and busted out all my sketchbooks from the past ten years.

And that's how Toodle Lulu began.

My story is a little bit all over the place, but I wouldn't change any of it. There is still so much to grow from but i'm so grateful that I get to share my stationery and art.

It took a little while to get here but I'm so excited for what's to come.

When letters are written to friends and family, we sign off with words like "sincerely", "love", "always", or in our case... "toodles!" Lulu is our nickname for our daughter. Toodle Lulu is a play on words and one day it just stuck to us! 

Hand written letters are so essential, especially today. Sometimes we get so caught up in text messages and social media, we forget about the bit of happiness that can also come from physically opening a letter, feeling the paper, reading someone's handwriting and feeling their emotions. These feelings impact us.

Our mission is to encourage everyone (especially our youth) to show small acts of kindness through writing letters. 

Everything we produce is made with much love and positivity. Whether it's a greeting card, a sticker or a stationery set, we hope to have made your day a little bit brighter. Thank you for stopping by!

Toodles,

ML