mail love and other stuff...

these past few weeks have brought me some amazing mail- one of my favorite things. so many, many thanks to these kind friends..

Chad ~ Mon Petit Fantome...

mr. Mon Petit Fantome, (who jeremy calls the Kevin Bacon of the etsy world because there seems to be three degrees between him and any etsy shop- he's just that nice!) sent me some mix CD's and this lovely little print he used for a note..

Alyssa ~ BrooklynRehab

I got a set of Alyssa's Uninvited Guests Doilies that came awhile back in the smartest packaging. these little doilies were wrapped in a gingham paper, like a table cloth. so good. i put them up in a little corner and you can see Chad's bear there close by in the second picture too...

Nicola,
is one of my great friends from school. she makes a-ma-zing baklava from an old family recipe. It's seriously delicious and insanely good. how amazing is it to get fresh, homemade baklava in the mail?!! **i'm pushing her to make an etsy store and pretty soon there should be one up.
any one interested?!**

she also sent me these tiny, vintage books which upon seeing i literally screamed in delight...

toni,
also a friend from school, sent me a curious new friend, but how the hell did she get the rhino in that little box? ha! so fun to receive. the package also had a vintage embroidery hoop, and a small, vintage glass bottle. the bug liked it too...

other wise this weekend has been spent lazily working. heres what i've been making of late:
new little/big constellations. here's a 5" Orion...chad, alyssa, nicola and toni thanks for all the mail love!!!

Trading Curiosities

BrooklynRehab makes this wonderful NY Souvenir. Its a pigeon feather in a large corked vial with a tag that tells you exactly where it was found. The tag makes it a specimen of study, the numbering and location details, and I love the idea of being a naturalist in the big city- is that even possible? This reminded me of one of my favorite possessions, an old bird watcher's field guide. It's kind of a fill in the blank type of book. The woman wrote long hand in beautiful script where she found all kinds of birds, what they ate, how many she saw and even drew colorful pictures. Its amazing!

I also got a Charmed custom initial pin with an "M" I put it on right away and love it. I'm so excited about my little treasures. She has lots of other great vintage finds and the images are beautiful, so check out her shop.
I traded A Miniature Cabinet of Curiosities #10, which had lots of little natural wonderous objects in it and it came wrapped up with a vintage key...