gift guide // edibles.

Merry week-before-Christmas! I’ve got one last gift guide for the food fans everywhere today – perfectly shippable and sure to delight! Enjoy: 1. Mix and Mingle treat set ($30) at Droga 2. Port wine caramel sauce ($8) at Sweeteeth 3. Hammond’s peppermint sugar puffs ($17) at Amazon 4. French chocolate fondue ($25) at iGourmet 5. Fig

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lazy animals.

“Everything starts as somebody’s daydream,” Larry Niven once wrote. And in the case of Ayelet from Israel, a mother and famed handmade shop owner, Larry wasn’t lying. “The work on my finger puppets consists of two of my favorite activities – knitting and needle felting – that allow me to do a lot of day dreaming,

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bookmark it.

Happy weekend! I’m taking off early for the holidays, but first I’ll be sharing one last gift guide and a few Christmas treats with you all next week. Until then, enjoy a few goodies that landed in my inbox this week!: 1. Can’t wait to dive into Project Life 365 next year. 2. Unbelievable necklaces

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an optimistic planter.

The 24 Dientes team have finally designed a planter that speaks the language of plant-killing humans everywhere. Handmade by artisans in Spain, each “I Will Survive” pot is unique (and uniquely optimistic in lieu of our botany-centered forgetfulness!). LINK: 24 DIENTES

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mini links.

Happy Friday! Here’s hoping you’re soaking up this last weekend before the holidays arrive – Ken and I plan to squeeze in a few more Christmas movies while it’s still socially acceptable! See you back here Monday, and enjoy a few links I found (and a few I wrote) from around the web this week!:

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keisarinna.

Aarikka is the Finnish company behind Keisarinna: a collection of wooden lamps, vases, candleholders and serving trays that launched in 1969. Run by three daughters whose mother created the line after being inspired by a wooden button in her studies at Helsinki Arts and Crafts Institute, each wooden bead is assembled either at home or

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drew tyndell.

Drew Tyndell creates arty architecture pieces and now I’m really resisting the urge to title this post ‘art’chitecture because I’m a nerdbomb. Growing up with a home builder as a father, Drew ran around job sites as a kid, making huge piles of wood scraps in the front yard. Fast forward 10+ years and those

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a perfect gift for new parents.

Although I love the idea of gifting meals to new parents, I’m not particularly inventive in the kitchen so I often rely on shipping fresh fruit baskets or savory sweets to new mothers and faraway friends. And all too often I search high and low for a stylish option to send, dreading another unused wicker

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