Sometimes in my many travels around the web I stumble across something that just speaks to my soul.  This shop is one of them.  I would love to have this woman decorate my entire house, there’s just something so sublime and beautiful about her work.  She’s an artist after my own heart.

She’s got an antiquated touch to her work that avoids looking scrap bookish vintage and yet it transports you away to somewhere else with all the care and attention she obviously puts into each product.   I never thought such simple luxuries would ever charm me like these do but

indeed, it’s such pretty things like these that feed my soul.  (And yes, I still have one.)

Go visit ForStrangeWomen and admire.   You won’t regret it.

Who has got super cute stuff?  Maya from Static White’s Stitchery does!  She’s an Indi Etsy seller who happens to have the most adorable handmade stuffies!  I’ve been a fan of her work for a while now and I can’t believe no one has snapped up this Devilish Bear yet!

What better excuse to go shopping than to take in a sweet hearted little Devil Bear, hmm?  Look at them, sitting there waiting for you to adopt them, giving you those big, shiney Devil bear eyes.  Doesn’t it pull at your heart strings?  Don’t you just want to take them home and show them all the love and affection your black little hearts can afford?  Well?  What are you waiting for? Let’s get this bear a home!

(P.S.  A special secret prize offered to the person who actually purchases the Devilish Bear and names it after me!)