I forgot to mention these:

Last week I was overindulging in a fantasy about home ownership and pining away for one particular 1920s cottage for sale in our neighborhood. I was browsing the listing photos online and imagining my stuff in it's rooms and my garden in it's yard and especially my relaxed self in it's claw-footed bathtub. I dove so deeply into this dream that I began wondering what the neighbors would think of us when we moved in. I sketched a friendly little note to them and pictured myself putting it in their mailbox and them being utterly charmed by my neighborly-ness.

Sadly, I don't reasonably see Justin and I having the opportunity to buy our first home for quite awhile but that didn't stop me from printing the cards up anyway. For maximum sweetness, I was given permission to model the houses after Jessica from Petite House's little sculptures.

little bird network

Some very special things I would have otherwise missed have been brought to my attention recently from a handful of very considerate folk.

First, Andrea's sharp eyes spotted my scarf bunny patch in a photo that was featured on Craft Magazine's blog. The photo was of a great display idea that Brittni of Paper and Stitch uses in her home and I was tickled to see that she had pinned scarf bunny to her wall full of sweet things.

Then, Jessica Jane dropped me a note to let me know that she had seen that Kate from For Me, For You was a guest shopper for The Storque and that she'd picked My "Nom Nom Nom" print as one of her favorite items. Jessica is the creator of the pretty polymer birds that I used in the above photo.

Liz of Made in Lowell saw my "bunnies adrift" print on the front page of Etsy and even sent me a screen shot of my moment of fame!

I just wanted to say how much I appreciate it when I get a heads up like this. It is so nice and thoughtful! Considering how good it has made me feel, I've realized that it is a simple thing to do that generates a large amount of giddiness and I'll try to follow their lead and do the same for others. Michelle of Cicada Studio was the first person to ever alert me to a feature and she has been on a very high pedestal ever since.