About fort and field  

My name is Jessica and I live in beautiful Mount Dora - a country, hilly, tree filled town outside of Orlando. We have lots of lakes, antiques, and peace & quiet. I love working outside in the yard, antiquing, and crafting. My crafting interests are broad - I love sewing, crocheting, quilting, and paper crafts. Check out my blog fort & field for a close-up look at my crafting endeavors.

It has always been a dream of mine to open a store selling all sorts of odds and ends from handmade crafts, antiques and newer home goods, garden wares, old papers, stationary, fun present toppers, books, and clothing/accessory items - a store for all kinds of great finds and gift-giving items! I have slowly been working on some items to add to my etsy shop as the first step on the way to a brick & mortar space.

I have always loved putting together gifts for my friends and family. Usually, I pick up a few smaller items so the recipient of the gift has a little box of goodies to open. Other times, the gift consists of just one large item. Either way, I thoroughly enjoy the process of searching for the perfect item(s) and in wrapping the gift. I wanted to create a site not only to keep track of the ideas I have, but to share them with others so that they might get inspiration and not have to head to the store blindly with no idea of what they're looking for. And, in that the gift enchiridion was born! Gift ideas for 22 categories are listed each month along with links so that each might be purchased. Packaging suggestions are also given so the outside is as special as the inside.