Claire Belton is an artist and entrepreneur based in Chicago. She spends her time petting cats, drawing cats, and pursuing cat-related endeavors. Sosae and Dennis Caetano are a wife and husband design team based in California, specializing in all things cute. For over eight years, they've been designing for Trellis & Thyme, their popular needlecraft and quilt pattern company. Their kawaii cross stitch designs appear regularly in the UK's World of Cross Stitching magazine, and they have over 100 published cross stitch and felt-embroidery patterns in Cross Stitch Crazy and Mollie Makes magazine. They are the authors of Kawaii Craft Life (Running Press, 2019), and the Kawaii Cross-Stitch Kit (Running Press, 2019), and Cute Kawaii Cross Stitch (David & Charles, 2023).