Coffee mugs have always been my desktop storage vessel of choice. The extra heft of fired ceramic makes for a solid base for pencils and pens, and every office kitchen has a cupboard packed with abandoned cups. The Hookmaker teacup tile puts a much classier, decorative spin on the old stand-by.
How do you take your coffee? Design the perfect cup by matching the color of your beverage to these Pantone Espresso cups. I’m a latte girl myself (Pantone 464 C) but perhaps you’d prefer an Americano (Pantone 175 C), a cappuccino (Pantone 1395 C), or a straight shot (Pantone 1545 C) for the purists.
I picked up these canisters at Target last week (on clearance; strange that the website doesn’t list them as such), and the pitiful photo included here does not do them justice. Sweet bamboo tops and spoons, airtight lids: perfect for prettying up your sugar, coffee, and tea storage.
Just in time for spring gifting season, Bloomie’s is chock full of new goodies. While not necessarily cheap, these home goods won’t be something your mama/newly married best friends/hostess whose front yard you’re digging up for a plastic easter egg will hide in a cabinet until you come over.
1. Stainless Steel Asparagus Pot by All Clad; 2. The very strange, very appealing Paris Votive by Bernardaud (check out the other patterns, including a Chicago version); 3. Nambé “Butterfly” Salad Bowl Set; 4. Michael Aram for Waterford Woodgrain Cocktail Shaker; 5. Mediterraneo Kitchen Jars by Alessi; 6. Latte Machiatto Mug by Konitz; 7. Jungle Jubilee by Lynn Chase–one big serving piece is all you need; 8. Jardins Du Monde Ceramic Collection by Juliska–a set of dessert plates from this lovely line is a more than generous gift; 9. The Ice Cream Scoop & Stack by Cuisipro makes perfect ice cream plops; 10. FrouFrou by 1891 by Sferra Sheets are actually more elegant basic than over-the-top froufrou; 11. The Eva Zeisel for Royal Stafford “One O One” Teapot will make your design-minded friends swoon; 12. Dustbuster by Alessi; 13. Clare Flower Pots by Marc Jacobs Waterford; 14. “Banana Brothers” Salt/Pepper Set by Alessi (do kayaking monkeys really need commentary?); 15. “Tea Over Ice” Pitcher System by Tea Forte.
Am I insinuating that the gifts you usually give aren’t meaningful? (Maybe I am. I can be like that sometimes.) Regardless of how much of a jerk I am, these should go out to the ones you love.
Tiny and delicate can also be a grand gesture.
A container for just one thing. Your love? Your dignity? I’ll let you decide.
You heard the man. Be somebody, all day long.
While Virginia Woolf insists on a room of one’s own, I’d just settle for my very own comfy chair.
Putting your jewelry in this dish will probably scare the robbers away.
I’m not sure what the metaphor is either, but I think I like it.
Perfect for your new assistant. When he finds a better job, ask for it back and give it to your next one.
Felt is so much sexier than leather. What would you rather rub up against in the subway?
Give this to your mother-in-law. Then smile like you mean it.
For the more cynical among us. (Hey, I say meaningful, not joyful.)
These honesty stamps allow you to apologize or inflame, all without opening your mouth. Isn’t that what got you in trouble in the first place?
A much better teacher gift than caramel corn or an ornament.
A little handmade book of garden birds for your favorite green thumb.
An elegant home for the most modern of necessities.
Puts those Cartier love bracelets to shame.
There’s someone like this in your life, even if it’s your therapist. A route we do not recommend.
Ridiculously romantic: artist Jessica Marie Lertvilai collected love letters and transcribed them in Braille onto the surface of this vase, appropriately entitled “love is blind.”
Is there a more affectionate term of endearment?
These metal flowers come gift-ready in a long white box. Bonus: they’ll never, ever die.
Acrylic is the new gold. Custom made, so get your order in now.
After all these years, there are still some questions left unasked.
And after all these years, they still deserve some secrets.
Send in your doodle, and they’ll stuff it for you.
An anatomically correct silver heart locket. Go Victorian and enclose a lock of hair.
This therapeutic warming mattress cover, with its six separate temperature zones, could save your relationship.
Remember when you used to go to concerts? (Both a question and a statement.)
Limited edition, just like your kid.
Yes, you could just write out twelve ways you made a difference in a plain journal; but if it were that easy, wouldn’t you already have done it?
Make a wish. Make it count.
