Christmas Card Set

Christmas Card Fronts, originally uploaded by heidillustration.

These whimsical cards from Heidi Burton Illustrations are her current Christmas offering, but we think they would be great anytime. Her playful drawings remind me of the quirky pen and ink work of Shel Silverstein. Get yours before they are gone!

Gator Blood Notebook

DSCN8023-, originally uploaded by thekateblack.

*no gators were harmed in the making of this notebook*

The Kate Black makes interesting notebooks from 60 lb paper which has "a good amount of tooth and can handle ink, pencil and many other media" according to her descriptions. This one is simple in design, but her other use a wide array of vintage and new recycled materials. Find her noteboks and other interesting-ness here.

Bitter Betty has two super holiday tutorials to try. One is for this scrumtious cashmere headband and one is for pom-pom snow people. Both are completely irresistable if you ask me.

Headband tutorial

Snowpom tutorial

Nesting necklace

Nesting necklace, originally uploaded by skippingstonesjewelry.

Because we just can't get enough jewlery around here, we bring you these cool pendants from Skipping Stones Jewlery. Choose from three colors and many different styles. Our faves are the Nesting Necklaces.

More Mushrooms!

More Mushrooms!, originally uploaded by academybeldam.

More Blythe Love! I don't actually have one of these dolls (I have already posted my clutter issues over on the other blog) but if I did I would need to get the dresses offered by Academy Beldam. She not only makes the sweetest little dresses, she also poses them in such lovely ways. I think we need to convince her to do a postcard set...

Tea Cosy Cupcake

DSCF4712, originally uploaded by pink-petal-designs.

This is quite possibly the cutest little tea cosy I have ever seen. It is the handiwork of Pink Petal Designs based in the UK. She is making them only on a special order basis and you can contact her through her etsy shop to order one. Be sure to browse through her flickr sets to see more of the sweet itemas she knits and sews.

"One is nerdy.

One is crafty.

You can feel the heat coming off them when they're together.

And when they're apart, they both wanna be together (and smooching) more than anything. Aw...ain't Love grand!?"

These are the words of etsy seller button empire, and we couldn't agree more. Though when I showed them to my husband he was mildly insulted that I thought he was nerdy. (Only in the best way, honey!)

Other clever buttons include, "Every day Dick Cheney doesn't shoot you in the face is a good day" and "The Revolution is Being Handmade".

These Coasters by Magic Jelly are so pretty it will be hard to set your drink on them. They carry 15 different gorgeous designs, which are sold seperately, but buyers get a discounted price for 2 or more.

If my husband didn't already get a new wallet from my granny every year for Christmas, I'd be all over this one by Sewlution by AMO. They carry unique hamndmade leather goods for men and women. We also love the Leather Wrist Purse and the On the Go wrist cuff.

We all know that the men in our lives don't like to ask for directions, but if he had these cufflinks by luxedeluxe you'd never be late because of him again. They also make gorgeous jewlery and stock supplies to make your own.