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Independent business: Asking For Trouble

For 15 years Asking For Trouble has been making people smile with a range of colourful, happy products featuring original kawaii characters. Everything is designed by me, Marceline Smith. I’m an artist and writer based in the West Coast of Scotland. My designs and characters are inspired by my many trips to Japan and I always aim to create useful, long-lasting products that don’t harm the planet.

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Educational posters displaying seasonal fruit and vegetables in the UK with a green background, featuring illustrations of various fruit and vegetables for each month.

UK Seasonal Fruits & Vegetables Charts
Available as a set of 2 postcards or 2 magnets

A colourful meal planner and shopping list pad, featuring cute food illustrations, arranged on a pastel purple background. The meal planner is designed with sections for each day of the week, while the shopping list features borders of various fruits and vegetables.

Kawaii Meal Planner & Shopping List Set

A cute, glowing green ghost with a smiling face and small hands, accompanied by a speech bubble that says 'BOO!'

Glow in the Dark Ghost Brooches
Available as a Glow Ghost only, Trapped Ghost only or both brooches together

A set of two cute cloud-shaped keychains with smiling faces next to a key, against a blue background.

Happy Clouds Kawaii Acrylic Keyrings
Available as eyes open or eyes closed

A cute blue coffee mug and a yellow and pink square Battenberg cake icon with a smiling face, pinned to a red and white knitted sweater.

Battenberg Cake Kawaii Wooden Pin

A collection of colourful greeting cards featuring cute illustrations, including smiling fruits, cats, a rainbow, a flower, a mountain, and a shamrock with the phrase 'GOOD LUCK!'

Pick and Mix Kawaii Cards
Available as a pack of 2, pack of 5 and pack of 10

Last updated:

Tuesday 12th August 2025

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