early christmas shopping

i am always amazed at other people's minds and essentially the handmade items that flow from those minds. one of my pledges this christmas season is to buy/trade handmade for as many gifts as i can, and in return put on my own wish list all handmade items (or cash-haha). in order to support the industry, let me encourage you to visit etsy - it's the best place to find any type of handmade item ever known to man!

one of my most favored artists on etsy is elephannie. she is an apartment-dweller's fairy godmother! with the resignation that my walls will probably be white for most of the rest of my life due to the wonderful and exciting fact that we'll be moving to nyc in january and living in an apartment 'til we claw the walls and beg for mercy, i have found much hope in elephannie and the ability to make a white wall snag some pizzazz. the pics below are my faves!