Littleflowers Goes Down For a Nap

Giorgione, Giorgio Da Castelfranco
Venus Asleep
C. 1510
Oil On Canvas
108 X 175 Cm
Gemaeldegallerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Holy crow - thanks so much to everyone who participated in my birthday sale - items flew off the shelves at a rate beyond what I could have imagined.

As you may have noticed, our stock has dwindled quite a bit! This is not unplanned; it is time - until I am well enough to get back to full-time, hardcore creating - for my beloved home-away-from-home, Littleflowers, to go down for a nap. Plus, as amazing as it's been to work in tandem with Jason, I've missed being able to write to each of you individually; to connect. I've missed wrapping up your items with little flourishes and sneaking in a sample of this or that tailored especially for you, if you're enough of a regular that I have an idea of things you might covet. I really am struck by how many true sweethearts I've been privileged to meet since the shop hit etsy in summer '07.

Please know that even if I was unable to drop you a note directly this last round of orders, I followed every purchase (with wonder and gratitude, as always - These people are buying my stuff!), read each one of your sweet notes, and was happy.

Our remaining stock is still up for grabs (sans sale prices as of tonight though!), and that will be all for now in the perfume/ natural skin care department. Really.

In a shocking twist of events, however, I have tentative plans to post types of items in the shop that neither of us has ever seen there before - perhaps some scrips and scraps of original art, hand-made dolls, poetry, even music! As I convalesce, my creative impulse grows restless; the muse is definitely back with the coming of spring. So, as I continue to grow stronger, I will make art from bed until bed becomes couch and so on (picture the evolution of early man for a quick animation of how my healing progress shall play out). If you're so inclined to follow the track-marks of this wily creative journey and come along, please do!

I will be popping in regularly to update this blog, and I hope to keep in contact with each and every one of you who have touched my life and made it better.

much love,

xox.nicole