Dinara Mirtalipova is a self- taught illustrator/designer. Born and raised in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she eventually landed in snowy Ohio. Raised in Soviet Uzbek culture, she inhabited Uzbek/Russian folklore that still influences her work. For a long time Dinara has been among illustrators and designers at American Greetings. She left her creative role at American Greetings in February 2014 to pursue her ever growing freelance career and to start a new chapter as a free spirit independent designer. Currently Dinara works from her home studio in Sagamore Hills, OH. COURTNEY ADAMO was raised on a tulip farm in the northwestern corner of America. She studied journalism in Chicago, worked in Los Angeles, and then moved to London where she has lived for the past 11 years. She and her husband have four children: two boys and two girls. Courtney is co-founder of the successful Babyccino Kids website, and blogs on international lifestyle and travel tips for modern families. After living in New York City (where she got engaged), Brussels (where she got married) and London (where she got a couple of children and met the co-founders of Babyccino), ESTHER VAN DE PAAL moved back to her home country to live in Amsterdam. Trained as an architect, she likes things to be organized, functional and good-looking. She is a mother of four, and co-founder of Babyccino Kids with Courtney. LIZZY STEWART is an illustrator and artist currently based in London. Lizzy graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009, and received an MA in Communication Design from Central St Martins in 2013. She is also one half of independent publishers Sing Statistics and an associate lecturer at Goldsmiths College.
