Goodies from Miss Jamie

And here's the promised post with pictures of my splendid package from Jamie of I Suwanee.

And here's a few of the items close-up.
He's poo, right. Cause I think he's the most adorable poo who looks like he's pooing.
This I lurve so much. My very own octo-pillow. Cause I lurve me some octopi.
And the coolest coasters ever. People have been oohing and ahhing over them.

Thanks to Jamie for all the fun stuff. My first swap and it was a lotta fun.

A Multitude of Crafts

I recently did a swap with the fab Jamie of I Suwanee. Her blog is definitely one of my faves. Here's what I sent off to her:

I got a whole lotta terrific items back - including the most darling pillow ever! I'll post them as soon as I get the pictures off my camera.

Stardust

I may be just a wee bit too excited about the upcoming Stardust movie. Its based on a novel by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman.

See the trailer here. Anyone have any other upcoming movies that I should be getting escited about?

Pretty Art

Two artists discovered in two days through my addiction to design blogs.



The first is Maija Fiebig (found via Design*Sponge).



And the second is Bailey Saliwanchik (found via decor8).

Pretty pretty!

Adoptable Dogs

I'm a firm believer in adopting pets from the local shelter. I like wandering through the shelter websites and looking at the sweet faces in need of homes (and hoping that someday soon I'll be in a positions to adopt some of them myself). For now, I have to settle for just one wonderful pound puppy to love - and he's very okay with that. But I do want to feature some of these dogs on my page now and then. Even if folks aren't here in Ohio to adopt them, maybe it'll spread the idea to check out the shelters first when adding to the family.


So my dog of the day is Yellow Dog. She's and 8 year old German Shepherd mix and so sweet looking.



Don't you just wanna squish her? Available at the Franklin County Animal Shelter if you're looking.

The Sweet Hereafter

I watched The Sweet Hereafter over the weekend. I quite liked it. The scenery was cold and beautiful. The characters were subtle and interesting. In both those aspects, it reminded me of The Shipping News which I just loved. I really liked how it twisted in the tale of the Pied Piper throughout the film.

I think this film is gonna haunt me (in a good way) for a while. I may have to pick up the book someday soon.

I must be in need of some shopping therapy. I love these pretty skirts from Skirt Spot:



Found via fashionaburu.