A New Raft of Critters at Fivetrees

Check out my new little buddies in my fivetrees shop!

Havel

Ulla

Artur

and the photo shoot was going very well right up until someone jumped on me and bumped my arm so that I got this picture. . .

the cutest critter I know. . .

Brigid

New at my fivetrees etsy shop. . . Miss Brigid!

Go Bears!

Chicago is deeply entrenched in Bears-y football fever. I'm not a big football fan, but I'm excited for the city. Plus the young guy who sits next to me at work is from Milwaukee and is therefore a huge Packers fan and it's fun to talk about the Bears and yank his chain.


But little felt christmas ornament bears is really the closest I've gotten to the fever.

Matte Stephens

Today, I am loving Matte Stephens' art on Etsy in his matteart shop.

I love Modernism as a sensibility. I love Eames and Herman Miller . I love those big glass box homes in LA that cling to the side of the hills (such a weird choice for the land of earthquakes and landslides. . . but maybe that kind of oblivious, naive hopefulness is part of their charm). I love the idea of making the color turquoise a part of decorating. I love low slender boxy couches, open space, sunken living rooms.

So, I also love Matte Stephens.

Edwin and Rosemary upon arriving at Yosemite for their honeymoon were lucky enough to spot a rare green friendly soft tooth bear, 1927.

Sigmund Abernathy taking a ride through Central Park On Thunder Bolt On his first Trip to the United States

the giant suburban bear monster