Home is where you rest your head.

I love these pillows. Wait, love is not a strong enough word. I think I adore them and want to bring them to the Pink House and look at them all day. I commend the artist's attention to detail. Did you get a good look at the Maine coastline?! It's unbelievable. I can practically see the beach where I spent summers as a child.

Putting a heart on the pillow to mark the location of the capital is a sweet touch as well. Although I've never been to Kev's homestate of Nebraska, I think of it fondly. Especially since I love eating cow. And that's what I think of when I think of Nebraska (who cares if Kev isn't from the country but instead is from the city?).

The good news is that custom orders are accepted, so if your state of choice is not currently listed as available in LoveCalifornia's shop, you can still get your mitts on one. Another great touch of personalization is the color choice- LoveCalifornia will let you choose what shade you want your state to be.

Yet another great deal is the size of the pillows. We're not talking teeny tiny hand-sized pillows. We're talking useful-sized pillows. The Maine pillow measures 17 inches from top to bottom. That's normal-sized! I hate finding something I love online only to discover it's miniscule. How am I supposed to appreciate something I can barely see?

Kudos to LoveCalifornia for making me want a pillow shaped like Maine.

This is what blogging is all about anyway, right?

I do not hand-write much of anything anymore. I journal on a private blog and I write for two public blogs.

The only thing I write these days are "To-Do" lists and Christmas cards.

The journals in this Etsy shop are very good motivators for rededicating oneself to putting ink on paper, as is the quirky Scrabble journal I received from Andi.

Do pretty notebooks inspire you to push away the keyboard and pick up a pen instead?

For the car lover in you.

Kev is selling both of his Subaru Justys. If you're interested in the stats, head over to KSL classifieds and check them out here. Please spread the word so I can get them out of my driveway and into someone else's!

Amore

Really, what is it about birds that is so sweet? Why am I willing to pay $25 for this photograph when it's only 8X8?

Because it has two fat-bellied birds on a wire. A sight I can often see from my desk at work. I love it when moments like this are preserved.

Find this print and many others at Alicia Bock's Etsy store.

I love hippos because in real life they are SO ugly.

I need to visit the Hogle Zoo this summer because it's been too long since my last trip (probably junior high!).

I'd like to remind myself how ugly hippos are in real life.

These cute friends are from PlanetJune's Etsy shop.