Hello, I’m Nicole Salinger. I’m a Professional Children’s Illustrator with over 20 years experience. I love illustrating babies, children and happy and fashionable characters. I also love spreading messages of inner sparkle, to motivate kids and adults to find happiness in who they are! I share this mission through my illustrations, school programs and sparkly gifts! For the last 20 years, I dedicated my work to creating baby themed illustrations on cards, gift bags and gift wrap for independent baby & children’s retailers- designs which to this day, continue to sell out Australia wide. I get inspiration from so many places –  from fashion; from the sixties and seventies, from patterns, from nature – and Mary Blair is my heroine.  I live a life of creativity, positivity and love nothing more than to curl up in my drawing nook, hugging my loved ones, and creating happy characters that make people smile!