Awww – the Animal Print Shop

One look at the Animal Print Shop and I guarantee you will be saying Awwww within 3 seconds.

Whilst Sharon Montrose’s photos of animals are super super cute – they have that styled look about them which make them perfect for any interior from the super stylish modern living room to the super cool (but not necessarily cutesy) kids room. 

Sharon originally began selling the photographs as large limited edition prints back in early 2008, however after overwhelming requests, and lucky for us, she now offers small, more affordable open edition prints at only $25US each. And better yet for 1 more day (sorry about the late notice) – buy 3 get 4^th free – check out the website for more awwww worthy photos and offer details!

My Favourite – the donkey of course!

(PS – thanks @swissmiss for the heads up)

Fuel to the Fire - Creative Collection Card Swap

To further fuel my stationery card addiction I am taking part in the Creative Collection card swap this year. You make (or buy handmade) 5 Christmas cards and then send them to your five allocated people. I popped my cards in the post today - no photos as it was very late when I finished them – however hopefully my receivers will post about them and I will link back to them.

But – more importantly – I received my first card yesterday from the lovely Laura of the even lovelier Moags and Smeet. Laura makes and sells beautiful jewellery on line, and blogs in her spare time, and as she is a self-admitted non-paper crafter she purchased her cards from City Kitten Designs on Etsy. The card is beautifully made – and brought a smile to my face – so thank you Laura for making me card post happy!

I will be checking my mail box eagerly each afternoon awaiting my remaining 4 cards – be sure to pop back in to check out what other beauties I receive.

In the meantime – are you posting any Christmas Cards this year – why not take a photo and share them on my face book page.

Bespoke - free shipping

Quick one from me today as a little under the gun… You know I can’t go past a good letterpress – so when I received an email last night from one of my favourite’s – Bespoke – I just had to share  – and better yet they are offering free shipping before December 15 (sorry Australia only).

Letterpress Friendship print - coral & grey - would make a great present for a best friend

Letterpress Premium Christmas 6 pack 600gsm large gift tags / ornaments

Letterpress 12 pack kraft christmas swing tags - red

These are a few of my favourite (Anthropologie) kiddie things....

Today – a few kiddie things on the wish list from Anthropologie 

1.      Les Oeufs Verts au Jambon

2.      Standout Giraffe

3.      My Favourite Things Flashcards

4.      Alphabet Wagon

5.      Mushroom Pouf

6.      Chatterbox Charlie Puppet

My Christmas Tree

Thanks to the very timely post from Steph at Bondville on Christmas Wall Decoration Decals – I finally got my act together last week and chose a Christmas tree wall decal design and ordered it on line. I chose this Bosco Bear design

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at the size of it. It was super (if not slightly time consuming) easy to put up – and I believe it is the ultimate solution for small toddler / Christmas tree clash crisis’s

Here’s the final result at our place. I just need to strategically place my little man in a santa hat in front of it and then it would just like the store picture!

How are you decorating your house this year? Have you come up with any child friendly solutions too?

My Creative Space

This week my creative space consisted of completing a couple of orders (yeah!) for Sarah Allen Consulting and a New York Client, who ordered some of the White Apple Trees to use as her Christmas Cards. Sarah commissioned me to make her corporate Christmas Cards, including a logo stamp, and also some custom packs of Peg it Ups for her Creative Clients to pin up their creative (social media) ideas. I also started work on my Christmas tree last night and I have included an honesty shot of what my creative space actually looked like this week!

What did you get up to this week? Check out some more over at Kootoyoo's blog

Random Etsy Wednesday

(clockwise from top left)

Three Wish Fish - Wall Décor by darlingsavage

Randall the Country Rabbit - Sewn Plush Toy by chantelstar

silk screen printed card - Three Wise Owls by slide sideways

Teal Cup Cozy, Blue Mug Sleeve, Topaz Coffee Tea, Green Peacock Turquoise by natalya1905