For this week and the next, I am blogger-in-residence over at the fab blog Scoutie Girl!

Tara is a cutie whose design blog covers all manner of handmade goodness. If you don't know scoutie girl, you should!

Have a look at the intro post she did about me and then meander over, if you like, and check out my first guest post!

Can you guess what inspired my freshman entry?

If you have suggestions for my next posts, let me know in the comments!

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In other news, I have the best customers.

One lovely girl who comes in brought me this over the weekend:

Can you believe it? Thanks, Jess!

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I hope you don't mind if I keep showing you the painting I have been doing.

These are  some painty/illustrationy/doodley things that I love to do:

Friends, meet omg-pig:

And a sweet little ellie:

 Um, he's not supposed to look like he has a package! I thought you might find it funny, though, so I'm showing you anyways :o)

How about some more little elephants?

I love drawing these guys. Painting, I mean. Gouache.

Some owls:

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Obsession Update: Only watched Jane Eyre once today :o) And started rereading the book. It's been three days since I finished it. This isn't too soon, is it?

Unrelated: Would it be wrong to start calling Stuart 'Sir'?

Those of you who said you would join me--- have you picked up your copies yet or ordered the film??

xo,

melissa