Essential Gift Ideas : Favorites for the Home

For the home :

Lighting :

Fabric Cord Light

Pendant Lamp

Storage :

Rustic Wood Shelves

Decker Bookshelf

Wood-Handled Wire Basket

Lounging : 

Rhys Chair + Ottoman

Essential Gift Ideas : Favorites for the Office

For the office :

Classic Typewriter

French Press

Beechwood Tape Dispenser

Essential Gift Ideas : Favorites for the Kitchen

Just in time for last minute shopping, here's a very simple list of gift ideas for just about anyone.

For the kitchen :

Hanging Fruit Basket

Pizza Stone

Eco-Friendly Brush Cleaning Kit

Today in the Studio

Listening to Christmas music on Pandora while working on a few prints and wrapping gifts.  Happy holidays!

Golden Goodies

Several golden goodies have caught my eye this season, just wanted to share a couple of my favorites!

Tiny Heart Necklace

Gold Wishbone

Initial Rings

Gold Flatware

One of the Reasons I Love this Season...

Aside from the decorations, peppermint white chocolate mochas, and general holiday cheer, I love this time of year because you can get d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s grapefruit!!!  I could eat about a hundred of these a day.

My Little Studio Mate

Ella loves to be around the action... even if it's just working at the computer.  Here's her favorite daytime spot :

And if you can't  find her supervising computer work, be sure to check the sofa : 

Isn't she just the cutest?!

Homemade Chinese Dumplings

Several days ago, Josh and I had another adventurous day in the kitchen.  We made Chinese dumplings from scratch!  They were oh-so-yummy with our hand-rolled dumpling skins, and small-batch fillings containing any of the following ingredients : shrimp, tofu, scallions, cilantro, ginger, garlic, onion, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, and of course sesame and red pepper oils.  We made enough to have a couple of rounds of leftovers, but they didn't last long.  They were just THAT GOOD.

Here are some photos of our cooking adventure:

Dear Santa...

While catching up on my blog reading this morning, I found myself repeatedly saying "oohhhh, I want that!"  Instead of adding several different posts for each of these items (many of which I've noted before), I thought I'd just do one big Dear Santa post comprised of some wonderful things to add to our Brooklyn home :

Resin Trophy Heads

Porcelain Trophy Heads

Arrow Wall Decor

 

Birch Wallpaper

Scrapwood Wallpaper

Floating Feather Ornaments

And of course something for miss Ella :

What a Wonderful Weekend

My weekend was packed full of happy things : Ella our new little kitten, sleep-in and be lazy Saturday, home-made omelet brunch, Charlie Brown Christmas play, holiday card printing on the press, ZuZu Ramen, and an Arrested Development marathon to finish off Sunday.

It was a good one, hope yours was too!