Your Message Here

The dynamic duo Shauna and Stephen (of Something's Hiding in Here) have a rad installation piece in the windows that face the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, PA. They've invited readers to submit a message, and they'll post a new message each day on their hand built wooden sign. Today my submitted message got picked and placed in the window! I love this saying from the opening song of the Mary Tyler Moore show. It has helped me keep my head above water on many occasions when the cards seemed down. How'd you like that mixed metaphor?

Here's a shot of Stephen changing out the sign. To submit your own message, just write a comment on the project's blog, Your Message Here. All photos courtesy of SHIH.

Design*Sponge love

Grace posted a lovely photo and mention of our wooden apple boxes on Design*Sponge on Thursday. If you know me well, you know that I've been reading her blog for several years and can be found browsing it throughout the day. Through her posts, interviews, and ladies business nights, I've learned so much about how to take my ideas and turn them into a real business. One of my goals when I started Miss Natalie was to make it onto her blog, so it was real milestone for me. Thanks, Grace!

In other apple news, I'm working hard to get more and more apple boxes ready for this weekend at Renegade. I will have a big shop update on Monday, so check back then! If you're in SF this weekend, do swing by the Renegade show and say hello!

The Daily Coyote

I don't remember how I found this gem, but I've been fixated on The Daily Coyote lately. It's the daily journal of writer Shreve Stockton. In her own words:

Charlie is a wild-born coyote who was unexpectedly delivered to my doorstep this past April after both his parents were shot for killing sheep. Whatever reservations I had about raising a wild animal simply didn't matter - couldn't matter - when I realized his survival, at least in the short term, depended on me.

At the time I write this, Charlie is nearly six months old. I don't think of him as "my pet," even though he sleeps curled against me every night (every night except the nights around a full moon), and happily rides in my truck, and adores my cat. I don't wish to own him, just to live together in harmony. And that we do.

Her photos and tales of Charlie are amazing. It fulfills a deep childhood fantasy of mine to run away to the forest and live amongst the animals. This can be traced to my fascination with St. Francis and various Disney movies I watched while I was home sick from school.