just a few more things...

• seize your opportunity to win a mini diary of your very own. visit the giveaway over on SHOPtalk, wherein i'm offering up one of my new beauties. thank you, suzanne! hers is an ever-inspiring blog, always full of fabulous finds.

• if you've already pre-ordered your mini diaries, they will be shipping out on monday. i very much appreciate your holiday purchases. i cannot tell you enough how awesome it is to come up with an idea, create it from scratch, market it and send it abroad. a complete dream come true for me. i am thrilled to have sold 700+ mini diaries since their first debut in 2008. thank you, thank you.

• tomorrow we have big plans for whipping up holiday goodies, which means various vats of melted chocolate surrounding me. yesss. will also be attempting to rent j&j and wrapping up your orders along with other christmasy odds and ends. i painted my nails a holly red and am admiring them while i wrap, every day they are not chipped is a christmas miracle.

• for those of you celebrating Hanukkah, am hoping tonight's first candle is a special one.

• i'll be taking holiday orders up until tuesday the 15th. of course you can always purchase items from the mini mart, but after tuesday, i cannot guarantee christmas timing. thank you for understanding (and for helping me save my sanity). i appreciate your business.

• wishing you a happy weekend. for those of you counting down the hours 'til the princess and the frog opens in theaters, enjoy. i remember seeing disney's beauty & the beast around this time of year, when it first opened, in the theater with my family. what happy memories.