misosouper, a shopping blog

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.

Forget the safety of those overpriced crystal picture frames that plague many a wedding registry.   I’m putting my nuptial black-and-whites in this handmade mosaic frame, inlaid with tiny pieces of ostrich shell (the eggs are harvested after the chick hatches), which will be a timeless artifact that transcends purple paper napkins and porcelain keepsake doves.

Oh Leanne, you of the Project Runway fabric swoops, how do I love thee?

1.  You call yourself the Leanimal.  In public.  Which is a little wackadoodle.

2.  You seem like the kind of girl who would never say the phrase “wackadoodle” (listen up, Suede).  Or maybe you just use it in private, which is, um, hot.

3.  You can make a raggedy-ass Saturn seatbelt look like feathers.

4.  You are selling this dress on Etsy, which is so *me* that it seems bespoke.  Except for the price, of course.

So unabashedly swank: if you were ever to serve brunch to stuffy future in-laws or your elegant boss, this mid-century toast rack salvaged from the London Ritz would be your table’s coup de grace.

Think of these lovely drains as incentive to keep your sink from becoming a dish-dumping ground.