Articles Archive for October 2009
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Feeling that chill in the air yet? Crickets Creations can take care of that. Just wrap one of Celeste’s (aka “Crickets”) handknit scarves around your neck and you’ll be snuuuuug as a bug in a rug. Celeste’s line of handmade fiber art is brought to us from Kanab, Utah. Where’s that, you ask? We looked it up and can now tell you that it’s seven miles north of the Arizona border AND, according to the City of Kanab website is often called “Little Hollywood” because of its film-making history over …
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We’re serious fans of crafts with a Japanese flavor, so we knew we had to have Yokomono Studio in the house. Powered by designer/creator Yoko from her studio in Berkeley, California, Yokomono Studio offers dainty handle bags, quilted lunch bags and tissue box covers in some tasty fabrics.
Aside from being fun to say, we like the Yokomono name because of its meaning too. Mono (pronounced with a long “o”) is Japanese for “things, articles, objects”, so Yokomono = things brought to you by Yoko. Clever! Thanks for being a part …
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You’ll make your gift-giving prowess known if you package it up with a lovely greeting card, gift enclosure and/or gift wrap from Feterie. We’re drawn to the vibrant colors and simple yet sophisticated patterns in Feterie’s paper products, which are inspired by founder and designer Cathe Huynh-Sison’s nomadic travels around the globe. And we appreciate the fact that all of Feterie’s products are printed using eco-friendly paper and soy ink (for products that are offset printed).
Based in San Jose, California, Cathe’s not only the driving force behind Feterie, she also …
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Aaah, just reading about mi SPA‘s product line makes us feel like we’re being pampered at the spa:
The line’s luxurious indulgence awakens the senses with its intoxicating Asian-inspired scents from sensuous sake to the aromatic tropical scents of dreamy coconut lemongrass and sweetly-refreshing Yuzu.
We’re talking the likes of green tea body lotion, asian pear perfume oil and some amazing looking bamboo charcoal soap! Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Can you smell it yet? We’re liking the fact that these yummy bath and body products also happen to be nutrient-rich, rice-based ingredients …
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Fabric lovers will be happy to hear that San Francisco’s Helen Fawcett will be gracing our shelves with her Cookie and the Dude line of deliciously yummy fabric headbands, belts and jewelry We have ichi-v to thank for bringing Cookie and the Dude on board, and we’re dancing like mice that she did!
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We snatched up one of olive‘s Pop Props as soon as we saw it! Simple yet ingenious, this product comes flat like a business card so you get to pop the shape up on your own and lean a lucky item of your choice on it: iPhone, business cards, photo… Heck, ours doesn’t hold anything just so we can stare at the lovely design.
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