I've just gotta shout it out.

OK folks. I'm squealing. Yes...it is that exciting.

Big sale this week! I'm giving away my favorite item in the shop. Yes, favorite.

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Remember these? Made with Soy Inks, recycled paper, soft paper to your favorite sketching pencil or journaling pen.

These will make great gifts this spring, or let it be a sweet gift to you...just because.

When you order, just mention which journal you prefer in the "Message to Seller" box.

This week only! Hope to see you around...and remember...

New items in the shop include:

*Any image in the shop can be a handprinted folded card

*11x14 inch prints are now available

*Personalization of prints and cards now available with custom fee

Enjoy!

Click here to visit the shop.

Noah's Room.

Samantha, of Samantha Cabrera Photography, sent me these images of her little boy's room, I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. Samantha Cabrera is an amazing photographer and hip mom, and put this room together for her son Noah. She has done an amazing job, and I love seeing how all these boy prints go together. Putting together a design for a boy's room can be more challenging than you'd think....and I just am in love with Samantha's collection of boy prints she chose. So inspiring!

If you have images of how you've designed your kid's room with Sarah Jane Prints, you can join the flickr grouphere or email me here.

Book's you'll love: My Garden

We started our garden this week. Our yard is going to need quite the make over (it hasn't been tended in over 10 years!) But that is the charm of it really. It's like having  a secret garden....we're uncovering all sorts of wonderful things. We've had the kids out digging and planting and watering. A garden is magic to a child, and magic to me really. My Garden is a new book by Kevin Henkes (one of my children's illustrator hero's) and this couldn't be any more perfect for this time of year! So charming and sweet and simple. I absolutely love his illustrations....like I said...he's my favorite to admire. And the story is just as charming: this little girl imagines what her garden would be like if she could have it any way she wanted: and there are endless possibilities. I have this book standing upright on my desk and it's like having a bouquet of flowers right next to me. Happy reading and happy gardening!

The Tree Swing.

We moved in about a month ago, and the very first thing we did was put in a tree swing in the back. Well, not we exactly....my monkey husband who climbed 30 feet up a tree and even chopped off a huge limb (in his dress shirt and slacks mind you....it was that urgent!) to give the rope maximum swinging power. My kids have spent hours on this thing. It reminds me of this print, but with much more action.  And it makes me so happy to see them swinging up to the sky without a care in the world. And somehow when I watch, I remember my carefree moments as a child, and realize that they aren't so far away. Better yet, they can still be had....mixed with the typical mothering-worries of course....but there are so many moments of bliss in every day.  I am thankful for reminders from a tree swing.

Fabric.

I got something in the mail this weekend. I am so thrilled about some new items coming soon. Can you guess what this will be for?