peace cranes . . .

you may know that caroline has become so good at making peace cranes, now that she's made hundreds of them, that she can make them without looking down . . . and we've had a few requests, so we've added  a couple of her new mobiles to our etsy shop, fergusandme.etsy.com.  They are very sweet!  we actually made a seventy crane mobile for caroline's grandma's birthday -- it was beautiful.  take a look ~

and here are a few more photos of the new crane mobiles ~

lovely, aren't they? the tradition is that if you make a thousand of them, you will have a wish granted ~

amy perrotti's lovely valentines

 

images copyright amy perrotti, via AmyPerrotti.etsy.com

as soon as you get a look at the lovely valentines on etsy, you won't ever be happy with those old sponge bob or transformers ones again, especially since the very talented illustrator Amy Perrotti has put together these compilations, ready to snip and give to all your kids favorite people (or to give to all your favorite people -- why should kids have all the fun?).  i discovered Amy's valentines while looking for some things for my own family (shh! don't tell caroline she'll be getting something sweet from Amy's shop for valentines day . . .), and i figured they'd make a great lead in to a few posts about gifts for valentines day, and loving gifts in general.
and even better, Amy is a north carolina girl -- support handmade, and local, at that!  you'll never want to look at a mass produced box of valentines again.  and check out Amy's blog at AmyPerrotti.blogspot.com