sparkly soft local handmade

I just dropped off a whole bunch of new and exciting softies at Chop Suey Books in Richmond for their annual holiday Bizarre Market. I also accidentally drank too much coffee. From what I saw, it looks like it's going to be a whole shop full of lovely things. woo!

the fawn shop

For anyone in the Richmond, Virginia area, this should be a treat. And I'll have a bunch o' stuffed animals there for all of your holiday gift-giving needs. Cheers!

out in the world

I just got a lovely message from Ashley of Sassafras Press, the proud new owner of Sleepy Bea (who is currently featured on Ashley's blog.) By all means, go and check her out.

an overscheduled november

My days between now and Thanksgiving will be, to take a line from Bill Watterson, just packed. In light of that, my posts for the rest of the month may be quite skimpy.

For now though, I thought I'd share a couple of things from the ol' vault - two collages I made a while back from vintage advertising bits. They were part of a larger mass of handmade postcards I sent to Joshua (or rather Joshua's held mail) while he was away on a trip. They seem appropriate for this time right before the holiday onslaught when everyone (possibly including me) seems to be thinking about food.

For Thanksgiving this year I'm pretty eager to try the Nutmeg-Maple Cream Pie from the Smitten Kitchen, probably baked in large shallow tart shell. But I really shouldn't even be thinking about that until I get at least the first half of my to-do list in the can. Sigh.

albu-quirk-ee

I'm home!

Everything was beautiful, the buildings and freeways were shades of pink and brown, and all the plants looked prickly.