I am super excited to have just discovered that Joetta from Little Yellow Bird has opened an etsy store! I can’t believe I didn’t discover this piece of juicy news until now. The above photograph is one of the first images I ever saw on her gorgeous blog a year ago. It was love at first sight. Then I saw her embroidery work and my heart skipped several beats.. not in a row, more like… doo – doo — doodoodoo – doo – doo — doodoodoo — doo – doo…

Joetta describes her shop as “my life’s expression through thread, yarn, and the act of looking.” All her embroidery work are on vintage linen and are one of a kind. She also does custom work of embroidered portraits or text. oh wouldn’t one of Joetta’s pieces make the most beautiful gift for someone special? Or like, me?

Check out her store called Bird and Bear right here. Congrats Joetta!!

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I didn’t get so far as creating a whole blog favourites post today… instead I got so far as visiting the beautiful bientôt demain and found myself lost (read: in love). Here is what caught my eye and has not let go of it since…

These exquisite cups are created by danish ceramicist Jette Arendal Winther.

I’m besotted.

It’s been too long since I browsed through etsy. Check out what I found this morning…

I’ve mentioned etsy store Japanese Treasures before – I love to browse the collection as I always find a number of pieces that I instantly adore. And the above fabric is no exception. I can see this fabric working for all sorts of projects, can you?

I may be slightly obsessed with Resurrection Fern’s lace stones. Photographs of her work are here.

I’ve had my eye on Sydney-based tabi designs for a while now. I love the concept of her ACEO’s which stand for “Art Cards, Editions & Originals” and is explained as follows: “Miniature works of art the size of a trading or playing card (2.5″ x 3.5″) – an inexpensive way to collect beautiful prints.” Above are two of my favourites titled like tea, and type bird. Beautiful work Tabitha Emma!

wow, did I just do my first etsy favourites for 2009? I might even get to another blog favourites this afternoon too, watch this space! And as always I like to say thank you for stopping by for…

PS I love the vintage fabric collection of Lily Devine too, the orange pattern above is from her extensive selection – she is having a massive sale right now so be sure to check out her stock for some seriously cool vintage bargains.

The other day I received a rather gorgeous email wishing me a happy new year. It came from Parisian artist, Hélène Manche. Hélène’s work is whimsical and so much fun – I’m completely in love with her mobiles and gorgeous textile installations, and could happily play in her world all day. Click on PLAY above to get a glimpse of how clever this French lass is… what a wonderful way to ring in the new year! Be sure to check out Hélène’s work on her website and blog, it’s full of fabulousness.

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PS I will be showing you more of Hélène’s work this year and will even take you for a private little peek into her Paris studio. Didn’t I tell you this year in the (blog)house was going to be full of the good stuff?!

WOW! can you believe it’s been one whole year since I wrote my very first post!? approximately 400 posts + 7000 comments later, here we all are, regularly congregating in the little (blog)house. It has been so much fun hanging out with each of you. Your support & enthusiasm for my work has filled me with incredible energy.

In those 400 posts, in between regular posts we’ve seen little harriet come to life; explored 3 fabulous cities through soundscapes; wandered around my new hometown of amsterdam; peeked inside my old paris apartment; walked the streets of Paris while I write my Paris book; enjoyed my first ever impromptu (blog)concert; listened to my first ever full piano composition; had many a deep discussion about tibet; and had tea in my little Amsterdam houseboat. Not only that, we have all embarked on a journey to explore our wandering hearts. This for me is so very special, and next year I will be able to continue this project and reveal more about the My Heart Wanders book to come, as well as continue with all of the above.

But today, right now, I just want to say thank you for being here. And to do that, I have a rather beautiful little something just. for. you. But what is it?

Well, yesterday I mentioned that it was something über stylish. something unique. and something from Australia.

What I didn’t tell you is that it is gorgeous. it is hand made with love. and it has everything to do with the above photographs of one of my favourite designers in the world. This, mes chers amis, is…

The fabulous photograph you see above, taken by my friend, photographer Andrew Young is of an incredible seed vase from Dinosaur Designs, of which they have kindly offered for me to give to you to celebrate my one year blog anniversary.

This vase (click here to read the details about it), has come to be on the blog with the help of a couple of fabulous friends – while I’ve been busy with shoots in Amsterdam, I wasn’t sure how I could photograph the vase and get it here on the blog in time for the (blog)house anniversary, and then be able to have it in my hands to mail it to you. After all, it is on the other side of the world! But then it all came together – awesome andrew managed to pick up the vase on his motorbike the other night, then photographed it for me in his studio the next day, sent me the image that evening, then passed it to my friend and fabo stylist trish heagerty who is now minding it until I arrive in Sydney to pick it up to send to one of you!! Thank you Dinosaur, Andrew, and Trish, you all rock.

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For your chance to be the lucky owner of this vase (I already envy you!!), all you need to do is comment on this post. That’s it! I want to be able to offer this to all my readers as my way of saying thank you for your company this year, so even if you don’t normally comment please do – all your names will go into a hat and I will pull out a name on christmas day (with the help of a special little helper). I will announce the winner and send it to you from Sydney to where ever you are in the world, so by 2009, you will be the proud owner of your very own piece of Dinosaur Designs.

WOWSERS! I do hope you are as excited about this as I am. bonne chance my dear friends, bonne chance!

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