Are you my new spring jacket?

I need a present.




Too much money, at net-a-porter.com.

Full frontal

Beautiful and plain, grandma-inspired aprons from Ice Milk Aprons come in rustic colors like oatmeal and toast.















Waist, $55. Full, $85; Images from icemilkaprons.com

Funny people

For those who don't take themselves too seriously, illustrated calling cards from Rifle Paper Co...

Image courtesy from riflepaperco.com

Nice to see you again.

Pretty eyechart pillow makes me long for a nap. Designed by Heather Lins.
$89. Photo from gnr8.biz.

Monsters, inc.

This may be the cutest children's toy idea I've ever seen: the Make Your Own Monster kit from North American Bear Co. turns kids' monster doodles into the real thing.

Grow your kitchen

A few reasons to check out the Living Plants in the Kitchen gallery on Apartment Therapy's the kitchn blog.

niblets

Yummy-looking treats from chef Jamie Oliver's webshop.


Check out his new publication Jamie Magazine (sadly not yet available for purchase in the US) on issuu.com.

Next on my reading list..

Call me crazy, but reading cookbooks is easily as good as reading regular books sometimes. I am putting Marion Cunningham's The Breakfast Book on my must-buy list after this rave review from Diane Abrams on Gourmet.com.

Homemade Honey-Roasted Peanut Butter

Peanuts, salt and a little help from the food processor. Mm hmm.
Recipe at JoytheBaker.

if i ever get around to it...

I'd love to transform an old, raggedy t-shirt with one of these Sukie Iron-ons (look left)—from the bound collection by Darrell and Julia Gibbs. Or get organized with the Sukie address book (look right).

::sale shopping::

Amazing staples from the Gargyle site.

Clockwise from top left: Annet13 shoe by Bstore, WW Scarf by Wood Wood, Cream Zebra Sunglasses by Linda Farrow, Dinha shoe by United Bamboo, Lilly May 35 shoe from Bstore, Uneck Minidress by Plastic Island (center), Collar Dress by Mjolk, Waist Belt by Karen Walker.

I feel fluttery

Lifestyle and still life photos from Ron Hamad.

message in a bottle

I can't stop clicking away at this quirky site for Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia Wines (their first-ever screw tops). Their team traveled to five well-known wine regions and kicked down some educational tidbits. I love the lexicon and the calendar feature, which lists wine events around the country.

An Apple a Day

Usually I find the stickers on my apples a little obnoxious. Somehow they always end up attached to the edge of the sink or the kitchen floor—or me. But V-i-k Design Studio's letterpress poster gives them a nifty home.

For sale at their Etsy shop. Photos from Etsy.com.

If money grew on trees..

I'd have stopped eyeing this beauty of a bag from NYC-based designer Lucia Nenickova months ago. Taunting me, for $1300, on the auto website.
















Photo from thisisauto.com.

Zoology

Sadly I can hardly read anything on this Japanese site, but I am in love with these silhouette-style Animal Indexes.






Photo from shop.h-concept.jp/.

'Oh, the places you'll sew..'

Spurn those corner store postcards. On your next travel adventure, send home these stiching notecards sold at UncommongGoods.com Made of paper and a pre-drawn map, they come with strings and needles for customizing a trail of where you've been.

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Photo from uncommongoods.com.

On Layaway

Sweet and cushy Layaway house shoe from eco brand Simple Shoes.. They're made with organic cotton and natural rubber.

Photo from simpleshoes.com.

happy softie fish

Meet Alphonse and friends..
Can't even handle the sweetness of these little stuffed fish from the Flora Douville shop on Etsy. The description says they're one of a kind, made with vintage buttons and stuffed with organic British wool.

Photo from Etsy.com.

And speaking of trees..

I'm adoring this Axe Silhouette and Tree Pin by another Canadian designer, Anneke van Bommel. From goodeggshop.com.

Photos from goodeggshop.com.

Loving these logs..

These woodsy-meets-glossy Log Bowls would be amazing anywhere..

Designed by Doha Chebib of an artists collective in Canada called Loyal Loot.

Photo from loyalloot.com.

Never a dull day

Just found these cute, colorful paper goods from the Etsy webshop Edesse Designs. Love that their pages are all made with recycled and reclaimed white, newsprint, graph and sketch papers.

Left to right: Fried egg book, 2009 Doughtnut Desktop Calendar, hand-stitched Meaty Book.

Photos from Etsy.com.

Business As Usual

Untitled watercolor by artist Michele Bosak, who apparently also goes by 'Mimi.'



Photo from michelebosak.com.

Carried Away

Take these little felt
pouches anywhere.
From the webshop
at Hable Construction.