lovely things happening

Lots of lovely things have been happening in and around the launch of Riley and the Curious Koala, and the upcoming handmade living.

One of them has been having Curious Koala reviewed... Susan Stephenson from The Book Chook also did a wonderful review.

And then my gorgeous friend and Kids Book Review partner Megan Blandford did an impromptu review of the book at her Writing Out Loud blogsite.

So lovely of them all.

Then, I was hosted by around 20 blogs on my book launch blog tour - such special people supporting me in this way.

Another lovely thing is that recently, I saw some gorgeous reindeer ornaments at Shop Handmade. Shopgirls Rachel and Julie had made a trip to IKEA and brought them home to roost and it was instant love for me. Only problem - no IKEA within any kind of sane distance.

So when Megan told me she was hotfooting it to IKEA to buy a desk, well - guess what she sent me in the post a few days later? COMPLETE with her little daughter Abbey's artwork on the emvelope! SO cute!

The other lovely thing that happened, is our lemon tree has sprouted! You may remember the total butchering of our tree in an attempt to bring it back from an ailing life... and well... look at it now! So so beautiful - and starting to flourish again beautiful. Thanks, Peter Cundall.

Another REALLY lovely thing that happened is this...

Sigh. So so wonderful to have her in our clutches, and winging her way to media outlets all over the country. Our handmade living designers are waiting with baited breath for their copies - and the launch is only weeks away... You can check out the details for the launch party here. Come along!

So many lovely things happening at this glorious time of year. What's lovely in your world right now?