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Miniature gardens open up a child’s world of imagination. My daughter is intrigued with fairies and loves the terrariums at her school. I was searching for some modern and cleverly designed vessels (other than a mayonnaise jar) to create our own terrarium at home. I found these table top terrariums at Anthropologie. They are made of Paulowina wood and the little wooden ball serves as a topper and the entire glass case can be removed for planting. Paulowina wood is very durable, warp resistant and it is used to make Japanese “Geta” sandals as well as surfboards. It is customary in Japan to plant one of these trees when a new baby is born or to celebrate a wedding.

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It impresses me that a necklace this dramatic rings in at a relatively reasonable price.  (Also available in single flower versions, if you can’t swing all that beaded bling.)

Sinister and sweet.  Just like you.

This week at our house, one of my daughter’s fish fought the garbage disposal in a battle as sordid as it was strange.  (The details are too depressing and guilt-laden to even recount; let’s just say that thanks to Finding Nemo–”All drains lead to the ocean, kid”–my three-year-old thinks that her suckerfish really, really wanted to get back to its mommy and daddy.)

If only we had the Alligetter, whose built-in light and narrow design could have gone where my fingers wouldn’t.  Its tag line could easily be “The Alligetter:  Saving The World From Sink Sushi.”

I saw this wall-mountable, aluminum chair a million years ago in Domino Magazine (RIP), and had all but forgotten about it until this evening, when I was crouched in an eight-month-pregnant pretzel trying to bathe my daughter.  Bathrooms, kitchens, garages:  the possibilities are endless.