Etsy: On cats and pretty clutches

File under "Working from home is weird/Things so embarrassing I should die ": There's this DVD called Video Catnip which I play during the day for my cats when they are being insane, distracting, (literally) bouncing-off-the-wall freaks. It's super low-budget and features continuous footage of squirrels and birds frolicking in grass, eating nuts, flying--you know, animal stuff--all set to a chirpy, windy,

nature soundtrack. It is possibly the most soothing piece of footage ever recorded and makes me want to own a country house RIGHT THIS SECOND. Anyway, today the three of us were sitting around chilling, half-watching a field full of sparrows looking for worms, when I came across these really beautiful, nature-inspired clutches on Etsy (blogging synchronicity, yeah!). They're made by a designer named Briana Edelmanand they're sweet and feminine and old-fashioned, but not in a way that's at all cloying. I imagine carrying one to a bar with a billowy tank, jeans and sandals, or to some kind of ladylike garden party with a pretty dress. That is, if I ever pull myself away from Video Catnip and leave the house. Sigh.