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03/21/2026

It’s important to me to set dedicated time aside for my volunteer work with . 🖌️🎨 Tried something new this morning, I taped 15 cards edge to edge and painted, colored and inked over them as one entire canvas, then separated them back into individual cards. I love the idea that each family gets their own card, but they’re all part of the same painting. A whole made of parts, just like our incredible community.💕💕💕

Every week, Heart of Dinner delivers care packages with culturally thoughtful groceries, freshly prepared lunches, and handwritten notes — so our elders don’t have to fear leaving home or choose between food and rent. Each one is a simple but meaningful reminder to an elder that they are seen, they are held, they are not alone. 💌

Please continue to avoid large stores and corporations that profit from harmful immigration policies rooted in exploitation and displacement. Small choices made in common keep resources in our neighborhoods and with the people most affected. Contact your representatives, donate, protest, and amplify.

02/19/2026

Thank you so much Amber Luan of Department of Merch for the generous and kind shout out. It was such a meaningful opportunity to create illustrations for a new company I genuinely believe in, and more so to support a dear friend of a decade whose dedication, hustle, networking, collaboration, and generosity have always stood out. Seeing Amber open her own business along side Kate Foley and watching them grow together has been incredibly inspiring.

Being able to contribute to friends businesses and small companies as they build— fuels so much of what I do. Our communities and businesses thrive when we show up for one another and lend a hand along the way. So so very grateful for you Amber and Kate, so happy to have helped bring your brand to life! xx

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01/30/2026

Supporting every taking part in the National Strike, whether they chose to stay open or to close. Most of my clients are small businesses, many immigrant-owned and I stand in solidarity with them, with Minneapolis, and with everyone affected by the violence, fear, and instability tied to aggressive ICE terrorist operations and federal enforcement actions. I recognize the deep pain carried by immigrant communities and by those showing up to protect their neighbors.

There are many ways to support our immigrant community. Today I’m continuing my volunteer work with . With SNAP benefit cuts and ongoing surveillance, Heart of Dinner serves elders who have lost access to food assistance. Each week they receive care packages with culturally thoughtful groceries, freshly prepared lunches, and handwritten notes, so no one has to fear leaving home or choose between food and rent. ❤️❤️

Please continue to support small businesses and nonprofits and organizations that aid our immigrant communities. If you need to spend, use cash. Avoid large stores and corporations that profit from harmful immigration policies rooted in exploitation and displacement. Small choices made in common keep resources in our neighborhoods and with the people most affected. Contact your reps, donate, protest, and amplify.

01/11/2026

slow sunday sway🍐💛

01/08/2026

Hard to celebrate anything lately, and I feel a certain way posting, but maybe this is a little joy we need or maybe I need, just wanted to share my new Farmers Market temp tattoo sheets are here 🥬🍓🪻🍒🌶️🌻been waiting patiently for these to drop. 🔗I’m bio

A percentage from sales go directly back to the artists so supporting Tattly, means supporting me too.

01/08/2026

🎉BIG THANK YOU🎉 to everyone who bought prints for the holidays!!! Supporting local, small, women-owned, Asian American-owned means everything to me!! Every order helps keep my business running for real! (covering the unseen costs like software, materials, paper, transit, and more! It all goes somewhere meaningful!) 🥹🙏🏼

I’m also deeply grateful for your patience and understanding. 💕 Aside from just ONE spicy, grumpy email from an overzealous man about shipping delays that I had no control over and one very understanding customer about one damaged print, you were all incredibly kind!!!! (I’ll take this all as a win 😌)

This year was so incredible with a huge thank you to Assistant Editor at who nominated me for The New York Times 2025 Holiday Gift Guide . This was a HUGE support in purchases this year, my best year yet!! 😘

I’d love to print everything myself, but for now I use a drop-ship company, it’s what makes the most sense logistically and financially. I print locally for wholesale in NYC and SF, but I don’t control shipping timelines. Please continue to be gentle with me and your local postal workers— we’re all doing our best! If you’re still waiting on prints, email me with your order # at [email protected] and we’ll sort it ASAP. I’m a one-person operation and appreciate you all so much. Happy, happy New Year!! 🎉

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12/05/2025

Lately my mornings start with a quiet routine of drawing notes for 🫜💙 reductions continue to put real strain on Asian American elders in Chinatown, and is responding with something simple and human: handwritten Notes of Love. 💌 These messages are paired with weekly meal packages and offer a small but steady reminder that our elders are held by community. 💛

We’re working toward as many handwritten notes as possible, written in Simplified Chinese. Whether you create one or many, every message means a lot. Each note is a kind reminder to an elder: You are seen. 🫂

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11/14/2025

My morning routine as of late 🕊️💙As benefit cuts hit Asian American elders in NYC’s Chinatown, is calling for support through handwritten Notes of Love. 💌 These notes accompany weekly care packages and remind our elders they are surrounded by care and community. 💛

We’re gathering 990 handwritten notes in Simplified Chinese. Any number of notes helps!! The heart you put into each message matters far more than the quantity!! Every warm, thoughtful note tells an elder: 我爱你. You are not alone. 🫂

11/10/2025

Hi hi hi! Hello please read: is in urgent need for ✨990 handwritten notes✨in Simplified Chinese to remind Asian American elders in NYC’s Chinatown that they are surrounded by love. ❤️💌✍🏼🎨

As benefit cuts continue to impact the community, has launched an Emergency Relief Effort to support 110 additional elders who’ve lost access to food assistance. Each week, they’ll receive care packages with culturally thoughtful groceries, freshly prepared lunchboxes, and handwritten notes—ensuring they never have to choose between food and rent. ❤️❤️❤️

For more ways to help, please check out heartofdinner.org

11/03/2025

As SNAP benefit cuts impact Asian American elders in NYC’s Chinatown, has launched an Emergency Relief Effort to support 110 additional elders who’ve lost access to food assistance. Each week, they’ll receive care packages filled with culturally thoughtful groceries, freshly prepared lunchboxes, and handwritten notes—so they don’t have to choose between food and rent. 💛 here’s how you can help!

🍲Donate to our Emergency Relief Effort: Your gift helps provide culturally thoughtful groceries, freshly prepared lunchboxes, and care to 110 additional elders who’ve lost access to SNAP benefits—so they don’t have to choose between food and rent.

🥬 Create a Note of Love: We’re in need of 990 handwritten notes in Simplified Chinese to remind these elders they are surrounded by love. 我爱你

🍊Decorate a Heart of Dinner Bag: Help us bring J-O-Y to every care package by decorating one of 990 bags with colorful illustrations and messages of warmth.

🥟Restaurants + Food Friends: Since 2020, Heart of Dinner has partnered with local restaurants, distributors, and farmers to build a sustainable food ecosystem. For this Emergency Relief Effort, we’re grateful for any subsidized or donated lunchboxes to continue nourishing our elders.