YeeHaw Happy New Year!

Happy 2009 Everyone!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful and happy new years eve!

So many gems to be found in this YeeHaw letterpress etsy shop. I love this Jim Flora musician series. The hand printed letterpress images are in red, gray and black inks on recycled white paper & matted inside a black letterpress mat - border printed in silver metallic ink. Image area is 4.25"x6"and the full matted print is ready to go into an 8"x10" frame.

The whole series includes: Drummer, Piano Player, Saxophone Player and Guitar Player. If you want the whole set it is $75.

Quilted jacket / Built by Wendy

I love Built by Wendy designs -- especially this quilted, collarless jacket, with its sweet floral print. Warm, versatile and on sale for $120 (orig $240).

i heart fink / etsy shop

Merry Merry Christmas!!

The I Heart Fink Etsy Shop: some of their work is screen printed. Some is reconstructed. Their tops are about $35-75. What's not to heart?

Ball Grenade Oil Lamp

If someone didn't tell me these were made out of surplus military grenades, I might think they were cute little modern lamps. Anyway, here's to repurposing. Available for $55 at elsewares:

Sprout Jewelry

Happy Monday before Christmas. I hope you guys are all having a fun, stress-free shopping season so far!!

I love these pieces from Sprout:

Taste for tunics

I like this one (available for $45 at tracetextile):



and this one (on sale at Beklina for $98)

Miriam's etsy shop of Floral Pins

Miriam creates this fantastical and unique floral pins; each one is a little bright and whimsical treasure. These are a couple of my favorites (sold, sadly) but there are more in her etsy shop! (Also check out her cute measuring tape bags!)




(via MightyGirl)

alphabet shirt by Makool

Cute alphabet shirt by Makool's etsy shop:

12 Days of Handbag Giveaway

I love giveaways and there's a great hand bag giveaway going on right now! Luxeaholics and the Purse Blog have teamed up to create 12 Days of Handbag Giveaways!
Check it out, I hope you win!

Sweet Revolutions Caramels

Sweet Revolutions maple caramels are mindblowingly good and I'm not even a "caramels" person. Organically made with love by a woman who lives near us in San Francisco, they contain maple syrup, cream, honey, butter, sea salt and vanilla bean. The box packaging, with red string and a wax seal also is very special! We've bought boxes and boxes as gifts, always receiving very happy responses. (For locals, you can also pick them up at Rainbow Grocery and Bi-rite.)

Ann Wood

Happy Friday! I'm very excited because today is our holiday company party/activity and we're going to be doing an IRON CHEF contest. FUN!

Someday I hope to own one of the precious pieces by Ann Wood.


The diorama it went in:

foudreblanche's etsy shop

I love the raw organic quality of these porcelain and gold leaf necklaces in Foudreblanche's etsy shop.

About $14-18, so affordable too:

Fred Flare stocking stuffers

Fred Flare has a huge "under $10" section that's great for stocking stuffers or small gifts. Here are a few of my favorites:

Heart-shaped sunnyside up eggs is the way to start the morning!


Gorgeous calendar by Jill Bliss & Saelee Oh, combining drawing, collage and found objects: (on sale for $9.99!)

And a selection a great ice cube trays, from gems to dentures to the titanic:

Luxedeluxe jewelry on etsy

Luxedeluxe has a huuuuge etsy store and it's full of beautiful, varied jewelry. I love this one:
Rhiannon (turquoise): A gorgeous carved turquoise acrylic rose is set on vintage brass filigree and adorned with a spray of beautiful spotted feathers. ($49)

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Mociun Sale

Liking these Mociun pieces that are on sale:
Sundress: $168 (50% off)


Turtleneck with line print: $54 (50% off)

Bauhaus tee: $34 (50% off)

igrobot planter

Happy Friday! It's fun to watch things grow, especially at work. This little guy can keep you company while you're toiling away ($12.50). Ok, I guess it's official - I have a thing for silly planters.

Longwearing Lip Color

I wear lipstick but I get so caught up with work during the day, I never bother to refresh. So when I discovered these lipsticks/glosses that are really truly "long wearing", I was happy. (Happy and a bit shocked at how HARD I had to work to wipe the color off my lips at the end of the day.)

Rouge Double Intensite $32


Mac Cosmetics Pro Longwear Lipcolor $20

Get a Life.doc

Before my sister got this Life.doc, all our information was scattered everywhere in our home...if we ever needed to look up something, it took abouuuuuut 3 hours to hunt it down...we're just a little messy, ok! But having all our essential info in one organized place definitely gives you peace of mind. The Life.doc Binder features eight sections including space for: Medical, Financial, Insurance, Legal, Your Emergency Plan, Family, Household, Caregiver Information (babysitters, elder care, house sitters)

Night Owl Paper Goods Discount

Night Owl Paper Goods is offering friends a great discount on their lovely modern, folksy cards! SHOP now thru Dec 31st to SAVE 25% off ALL orders. Use Code: "friend08" at checkout

Chronicle Books is also having their Friends and Family sale now (35% off and free shipping with discount code: "FRIENDS"). Love the holiday discounts!

DearBirthday Etsy shop

Hope everyone had a great weekend and/or turkey holiday!

I love this sweet white dress by DearBirthday on Etsy. The inspiration for the dress is kinda funny: "inspired by communes, compounds, cults and modest clothing, this dress started out with good intentions, but became subversive quite quickly. the sweet pointelle knit, made from 100% unbleached organic cotton is reminiscent of nightgowns and longjohns--comfortable, warm, soft and safe." $150




Another pretty dress