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ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE daily reads, elephantine, has written a nice post about my work. elephantine is full of the most delightful eye candy, and amusing snippets from rachel’s life — plus her pup bodhi is the cutest thing ever — double plus, rachel has an incredible etsy shop and i dream of owning this, this, and this {pretty much everything in the shop, tommy}.

here’s the fun news friends: rachel kindly offered to host a giveaway of my stationery. you must be thinking, wha? are you serious girl? and i say, yeah i’m serious girl! you could win everything you see above {blue leaves folded notes + branches gift tags + i’ll throw in some fun surprises AND draw all over the outside of the package to give your postman a hardy chuckle}.

so go on over and enter the giveaway!

a few weeks ago tommy forwarded me a message from our friend eric, sharing news that his coworker wrote a nice note about me on the design blog jolie jolie design. we had sent eric a birthday invitation to wren’s party, which he then took to work, tinyprints, so naturally, it was a blushingly sweet surprise that someone from such a fun, creative company would take notice of our little wren’s birthday birdies. i’m still blushing just a bit and feeling encouraged to keep moving forward with my illustrations.

now if only we could add two extra hours to the day purely for drawing and painting and blogging. if only!

and if you’re wondering why i haven’t posted pictures of wren’s birthday invitations {i did on twitter, you should follow me}, well, it’s because i’m working on it. i am! along with five other posts that are tardy – way past due – late – old news. but for my own sake, i’ll still post them anyway.

a few years ago my beautiful friend wendy asked me to design her wedding invitations and requested that i illustrate dogwood branches and blooms. these branches always put a smile on my face, reminding me of my friend and how much i love springtime.

while preparing for the craft faire i rediscovered the illustration and decided to print a few flat notes – they were a surprise hit and i also sold a set the first day listed to my shop. i added more sets to my shop just in case you might want a little piece of spring during the cold months ahead.

NOW THROUGH MONDAY purchase a set of holiday note cards and receive a set of holiday gift tags {your choice}. happy holiday shopping! visit my shop…

GIVING GIFTS NEVER GETS OLD FOR ME, {neither does receiving them, hehe} and neither does making gift tags and cards. now that shopping {or making} is on all of our minds, don’t forget the little touches that make a gift extra special – eh, hem, tags and cards – do you see where i’m going with this? check out all the new holiday lovelies in shop:

shown above: silver flurry mini cards, merry little circles mini cards, reindeer greetings tags, winter stripes mini cards

I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT in preparation for the craft faire next weekend…and let me say, it’s really hard getting into it without a tree. i even bought a ‘holiday scented’ glade candle to set the mood. i think it’s working. three new note card designs added to etsy, more on the way: reindeer greetings, silver flurry, merry little circles.

LOOK FAMILIAR? in honor of october, my favorite month of the year, branches gift tags and personal stationery added to my shop.

THREE new tag designs added to etsy, piccolo gift tags