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Dear Olive,
Whatever you do when you grow up, don't be broke. It's a complete bore, I can assure you. I'm working a couple of days this week, which is a good thing. What with Christmas and presents and new black sandals in my sights and all. Broke or not, I couldn't go past these sweet little cheapies I saw at this etsy store.

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Dear Olive,
In part inspired by this lady, but mostly just to show off your smashing new hot air balloon (Made by Mosey strikes again!), here are some photos of your room - the good corner anyway. It would be unforgivingly misleading of me to photograph your room without a shot of Pepper, she's always nestled in there somewhere. (And is not as mean as she looks. Although quite possibly as aloof.) I probably should confess that it's pretty much all your clever Dads decorating handiwork (the bad lighting all mine!).

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Dear Olive,
More baby shower presents, more etsy sweetness in the form of the cutest ever pom-pom booties from this etsy shop (the clever lady knitter is also the owner of this lovely blog). Can't wait to see how adorable they'll look on the teeny tiny baby feet of my soon to be born neice or nephew.

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Dear Olive,
Don't you just adore it when wonderful wares ordered on the interweb arrive and exceed your outrageously high expectations by being even better in real life?
Take, for example, what I recently ordered from the amazing Made by Mosey. You can see her seriously beautiful work at her etsy shop here and her blog here but unfortunately, I can't show you the actual item, as it's a special baby shower present for a special person who I know reads this (Hi Sarah! Don't open the links Sarah!). If you think her wares look sweet in the photos, I can assure they are absolute perfection in the hand. Lovely Madeleine even included a gorgeous treat for you too (thank you!).

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Dear Olive,
Time to sort out your winter wardrobe. Baby Navajo leggings: tick. 
(From here.)

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Dear Olive,
Friday night and I'm trawling etsy. Oh dear. It's going to be winter soon (in our hemisphere anyway) and I just had to share these unreal knits. Pricey but surely justifiable? (From here.)