2012 Gift Guide: For the Host(ess)!

Can you believe the Holiday season is upon us once again? Neither can I. But, man am I glad. I love this time of year and all the festivities that come along with it. I hope this season finds you bouncing from open house to cookie-decorating party to soiree all month long. Because, really, who doesn't love a reason to get together, nosh on bite-size delicacies and sip sparkling bevvies with pals?

So, in preparation for all those fabulous parties, without further ado, I present the first of our 2012 Gift Guides: For the Host(ess)

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1. Sydney Hale hand-poured soy candles (variety of scents $27)
2. Fabric buckets (variety of sizes & colors/patterns $12-$69)
3. Handheld Pies book ($19.95)
4. Note pads (variety of styles $9-$12)
5. Screen-printed linen napkins, set of 2 (variety of designs $28)
6. Watercolor-inspired desk calendar ($20)
7. Orla-Kiely ceramic plant pot (variety of colors/sizes $23-$39)

And, of course, we have boat-loads more gifties and goodies for you to choose from for your favorite party-thrower and oodles of Thank You notes to send post-extravaganza. So stop on by and stock-up so you can attend your soirees in style this season.  xoxo to you, you party people!

Happy Fourth of July Weekend!

Hey there friends!

It's Friday afternoon and I cannot believe how quickly the week flew! We've been organizing some of our last big custom wedding invitation projects for the 2011 summer season, unpacking the remains of our orders from the National Stationery Show, switching out the windows, and ordering for holiday 2011/12 (RIDICULOUS! I KNOW!!)

We hope you all are gearing up for a really lovely long weekend though. If this gorgeous weather holds out, we'll all be in luck! The shop will be closed on Monday, July 4th - but we will be here all weekend so come and visit. I pulled together a few little lovelies from our latest shipment of Seabags in hopes that these fun, sailcloth accessories would inspire you for BBQ hostess gifts this weekend :)

The new navy stripe bags are my favorites! They really pack a punch in terms of color, and how can you not LOVE that metallic gold star against the crisp white and blue?!

We also have decided to start carrying the Seabags wine totes and wristlets. The first little lot of blue anchor wristlets we ordered sold so quickly that we decided to bring in a few more patterns.

And these wine bags are just the most perfect way to wrap up a bottle of Pinot for a gift! They're re-usable, and are all made out of reclaimed sail cloth right up in Portland, Maine. Doesn't get much better than that!!

Pair these sailcloth goodies up with a card from Yellow Owl, and you'll be the favorite guest at any July 4th BBQ bash, believe you me!!

And that's that I suppose :) Happy Weekend and Happy Fourth - be sure to have a safe and restful holiday weekend. Chat soon!

XO

Lizzy