Small Things Jewelry

The beautiful handcrafted jewelry of small things jewelry would be perfect for that special someone this holiday season. I especially love the art deco poppy necklace.

Aprons from Carolyn's Kitchen

There is something so wonderful, and distinctly girly about these aprons from Carolyn's Kitchen. I would love to have one of these sweetheart aprons to bake pies and casseroles in. There is some definite underlying naughtiness here, and I simply love it.

Christmas-- consumerism at its finest!

Long time no post. I've been busy with getting my MA, looking for a job, and then subsequently getting a job! But the consumerism that is in the air due to the holiday season hasn't escaped me. Urbanoutfitters.com seems to have quite a few cute gift ideas this year, and quite a few this girl wouldn't mind receiving.....

Naughty Secretary Club

Mint Julep Necklace

Saucy Schooner Necklace

Hoots McGee Necklace

I seem to have this endless need to buy necklaces. I have some quite lovely pieces in my collection but I still feel like there is always room for more. Above are some I've been admiring from the Naughty Secretary Club website.

10% off sale @ PreciousPups on Etsy

Sacred Heart Necklace

Love Letters Necklace.

I love sales, especially sales for well designed goods that I really like. Above are a smattering of things I would love to have from PreciousPups' Etsy shop.

Fred Flare

crafternoon tote

jill bliss and saelee oh calendar

Peanuts all over tee

Fred Flare has incredibly wonderful, well-designed items year round, but I seem to ache for things from them a bit more around the holidays. A sampling of the many wonderful things they sell, above and below.

blue seersucker tunic

holly purse

tweet dinner plate set

Pare Umbrellas

The rainy season should be arriving soon, right? Sure, it's still 80 degrees here in Southern California, but I keep hoping rain and colder weather will reach us soon. Now that I walk to campus, I feel it's important that I get a quality umbrella this year, and these umbrellas from Pare are the best of the web.

Cut + Paste

Cut + Paste is one of those sites on the internet that you can always depend on to have amazing and inspiring goods. The really beautiful items usually sell out within a week of first being posted. There is plenty here I'd like to give to others as gifts. Ugh, if only I could afford more.

Perfect for our future Art Deco themed viewing room.I would love to finally have a nicely designed mousepad, instead of the free one I use now.

Almost the entire story and bright catalog of products is already sold out, and oh so beautiful.

And well designed paper products abound...

Day-Lab

MacArthur Set

Matte Black Bird

For some reason I can't quite explain, I am drawn to unique necklaces and brooches likea magnet pulling me into its force field. Despite the fact that I have a number really beautiful pieces of jewelry, I can't seem to satiate that desire for more. Day-lab is one site that has highly coveted jewelry, and many other things for that matter.

Julia Dalton

Porcelain designs

Lone Bird

Cuckoo Clock Tee

Elsewares

I was linked to Elsewares from one of the many blogs I read, and let me just say, they have some amazingly well designed items. A few of my favorites:

Unicorn Mermaid Tee.

Record Bowls.

Recipe Book.

Cupcake Scented Love

I forgot that these cupcake necklaces from Pancake Meow are a close second after the owl for necklaces I must have! The best thing about these necklaces? You can custom order any scent from the scent menu to be infused into the clay! Butter cream frosting flavored necklace? Yes, please!

still in love...

i am still in love with this necklace from leviticus jewelry and this week only, tara is offering free shipping on all orders! if i had that much left in my budget, i'd finally get it.

Posh Girl Vintage

I am a conoisseur of all things vintage. If I could outfit myself entirely in vintage dresses and skirts, I would. As it is, I could never afford to do that. Posh Girl Vintage happens to have some of the nicest vintage dresses I've ever seen, with the incredibly high price tags to match.

Lately I find myself browsing their catalog and thinking of a time when I would be married in a small, quiet ceremony in a dress similar to one of these beauties:

Threadless

Since everyone else has posted about Threadless on their wishlist blogs, I feel it is now my turn. Threadless is an amazing site that allows designers to submit t-shirt designs that the public then votes on. The higher the rating a shirt gets, the better a chance it has of being made into a shirt. I now own 2 threadless shirts, and would love to own many more. I've cut down my want list to these five:

I like the play on the idea of the "map of the human heart."

Since UC Irvine's mascot is the anteater, I feel this shirt is appropriate.

Adorable nostalgia.

Pandas and Robots-- two of my favorite things.

Soon I will be a full blown Statistician, and I like how this shirt plays with that.

Crowded Teeth

Today I would like to recognize my friend Michelle Romo's website, Crowded Teeth. Michelle has been plugging away at her graphic art and online store for many years now and I think everything she does is adorable and wonderful. I've yet to buy anything from her store (I should really remedy this), but I have received handcrafted Crowded Teeth Christmas cards for several years. Check out her vast array of graphic tees. I would love to own this owl print tee.

You may also recognize Michelle's shirts from the popular NBC show, Scrubs. Check out the gallery of shirts that have appeared on the show here. It's the perfect marriage of things; cute shirts and comedy. Here's hoping Michelle's career continues to take off.