In search of the perfect something...

With all the upcoming April birthdays, I feel like I've been running around like a madwoman searching for a suitable gift for each person.  If you guys are anything like me, it can be a bit stressful trying to find that perfect something.  Here are a few of my favorites I've come across while on the hunt:

Flowering Twig Pencil
7"l
carved from Mango Wood
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Gulping Guppy Ring Dish
Brass

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Fortune Cookie
holds placecards, notes, or small presents

Silver or Gold Plated
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Lovi Heart Postcard

Wood

Assembly Required

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Moleskine Pocket Plain Notebook

80 acid-free pages

Moleskin history inside

3.5 x 5.5 inches

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Decision Maker

Metal 

3.5" Diameter

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Salt and Pepper Remix...

A cool and inventive take on the classic salt and pepper shaker:

"Balloon Shakers"

by Masayuki Kurokawa

Salt and Pepper Shakers but also used

for other seasonings (see image)

Handblown glass by Shotoku Glass Co.

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Scent-sational Vessels

Today I have yet another confession to make, I am obsessed with perfume bottles. Purchasing or receiving a new perfume for me is just as much about the design of the bottle as it is about the fragrance.  I'm not sure if it's the glass, the weight of the bottle, or if it's just knowing that inside that unique little bottle that fits in the palm of your hand is a fragrance that can turn you into whomever you'd like to be.  What's inside that bottle has lasting effects on you and everyone that you encounter while wearing it.  One whiff of a woman wearing Chanel No.5 takes me back to my childhood watching my mom get dressed for work.  Paris by YSL evokes memories of silk camisoles, thigh high pantyhose, high heels, and mom in the mirror putting on lipstick with a lip brush. But this post is not about the actual fragrance.  This post is an homage to the bottles that contain those fragrances.  I've decided to start a collection of my own personal bottles to which I add whichever new (and old) fragrances that are in my fragrance closet.  Here are a few bottles that I love: 

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