Introducing Frenchie...

I am so excited...my etsy shop finally has a proper banner! Fabulous, no? For the past few months I've been collaborating with my ultra-talented cousin Stacey Chomiak (who just finished an animation degree and whose short film has won two awards and has been screening at 30 different film festivals!) to create a little french mouse who could become the face of my shop. So here's Frenchie...

We did a color and a line version as a nod to the two inspirations for my little mouse, Betrix Potter's delicately colored illustrations, and Tenniel's iconic line drawings. I'm so happy with how she turned out, and I have great plans for her! She's going to be an integral part of all my packaging. Wrapping up my little fripperies for the post office is one of my favorite parts of the etsy business; I love beautifully wrapped presents and I want each of my customers to feel like they're receiving a sweet little gift put together just for them! Since the name of my shop comes from a line in Alice in Wonderland I've been using Tenniel's images on my gift tags, but now I hope to have a custom stamp created of Frenchie.

Isn't she darling? I can't wait to send her to someone!