400!

Sheesh--so much for more posting! It's been busy here. My daughter Marian was scheduled to enter the hospital today for preparatory chemo for her upcoming bone marrow transplant, which entails both (1) frantic preparations for a couple of months living out-of-town and (2) crippling anxiety. But a wee fever has pushed everything back a week and suddenly I have breathing room. So:

TA DA!! Celebrating my 400th etsy sale, a number that has FAR exceeded my expectations for my very small-scale, so-detailed operation, a giveaway. A little past the 400 mark, actually.

Thanks for your support! Comment on this post, and I'll randomly select one entrant on Friday night (let's say at 5 pm ET) to ship Saturday morning (if I get an address in time) before all of the drama starts afresh next week.

Here's how I would describe this cake stand if I were to list it:

I have found that I need less dessert if I can eat it splendidly. Ice cream in tiny bowls with my now-34-year-old baby spoon. Tiny cookies on dainty plates. (yet, if just still-in-the 9x13, even with a nice red dishtowel, 1/2 a pan of brownies can be breakfast lunch) I think a single cupcake each would suffice on this pretty vine-laden cupcake stand. My other cupcake stands have room for just one, but this 7" diameter holds enough to play hostess. White porcelain fired to cone 8; food-, dishwasher-, and microwave-safe glaze (though I can't really think why...maybe to heat a muffin?), but pottery always appreciates some TLC. [Admittedly inspired by my first thesmallobject purchase, a "celebration candle kid" in hedgehog red that I adore]

The top is glossy white, but the base is unglazed porcelain, with shiny green leaves and vine. I re-glazed after I took the above photos, so the leaves are greener now. Or maybe that's just because it is now officially spring :).