Puma

Check out Puma's new innovative and minimalist "clever little bag".

A re-think of the traditional shoe box, it eliminates plastic bags, coated paper, and tissue paper. Designed by Fuseproject, it is the result of almost two years of study. More details at TheDieline.

Garden Markers

I would looove to have a garden. Fresh veggies, fresh herbs. Yum. I love the smell of tomato plants. They remind me of summer- that perfect combination of dirt and sunshine. If I'm walking along and spy a tomoto plant, I have to stop and stick my nose in it. Heavenly.

While my little Brookly studio doesn't allow for much digging in the dirt, a girl can still dream. I think these silver spoon garden markers are adorable. What a sweet way to mark a small plot.

Spotted via Naturally Nina, available on Etsy at DaisyChestnut.

Happy Valentines Weekend!

Wishing you all a lovely long weekend, filled with lots of X's and O's! We'll be celebrating W's birthday out on the town tomorrow night, then cooking at home Sunday and cracking open a bottle of wine I brought back from Paris. 

I'll leave you with this lovely quote, courtesy of Melanie from You are My Fave, who's super cute love story is up on Adventures in Love and Happiness:

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." 

-Antoine De Saint-Exupery

card by Happy Deliveries, available on Etsy (and yes, the card is pink...).

Creative Barcodes

Now this is something that would make my job easier- perhaps there are puzzle piece shaped barcodes in my future?

Custom designs available at Vanity Barcodes, spotted via the always fabulous Swiss Miss

Colorful Bowls

These Husque bowls that are made out of macadamia nut shells caught my eye at the New York Gift Show. They remind me of a slick version of the Loyal Loot log bowls which I adore.

Mathematical Madness

I'm intrigued by this funky wallpaper. Wouldn't it be great for a small office space? Does it mean I've been living in NYC too long when I associate "home office" with "tiny little nook in the corner"? I think sitting next this paper would make me feel productive. I guess the pigs are piggy banks and a reference to pork futures? That part confuses me a bit. But crazy clouds of  mathematical scribblings? I'm totally on board with that. Perhaps you could make your own with a little chalkboard paint and those old college math notes?

Wallpaper via Maquette

Craving...

This lamp... in orange of course!

Printed Tins

Festive, cheery folk art tins! Full of Paulig coffee, via The Dieline.

Brown Paper Bags

I love these adorable lunch bags! I use a Built neoprene lunch tote to bring my lunch to work, but wouldn't these be perfect to wrap up a surprise for someone special? I can imaging coming home and finding one waiting with a favorite treat tucked inside! Available in packs of 10 (5 styles each) from bee things!

Pantone

How delicious are these Pantone Storage Bins? At just over 8 1/2 x 11", with names like "Macaw Green" how could you resist? I'd love to stack the Green, Gray and Pink together.  I'm already addicted to the Pantone Mugs below...

Available here for a price (but on sale today!)  found via Marvelous Kiddo

These are the mugs- two sets of 10 colors have been released, you can buy them individually here.  I have Paprika, Grape, Turquoise and Chocolate right now, but Baby Blue, Lagoon Blue and Cool Grey are tempting me...

Pillowcases... tempted....

I'm completely absurdly tempted to buy these pillowcases. Wouldn't the two orange ones look fabulous together? I have a fascination with orange. My apartment has two aqua/Caribbean blue walls, and lots of orange and silver accents. These would just brighten up the bed... but at $40 a piece it's tough to justify. My duvet right now is a green and white pattern but Licia (my cat) has put a claw hole or two in it. We play vicious games of catch the fishing pole on the bed. She does flips and flops and occasionally goes careening off the edge. She's gets so embarrassed. It's fantastic.

They are from Castle. They also have sheets to match, where only the top edge has the pattern, so you don't go blind from orange overload. Love. But resisting... re-sist-ing... gasp. (via Cup of Jo)

The Vampire Verdict... and Reel Clocks

New Moon was great- I loved it! It was much better than Twilight. The special effects (and even just the make up) were better. It was cheesy in all the right places- I laughed and squirmed and giggled. Ok, so there were no Oscar winning performances (my money is on Meryl Streep for her role as Julia Child, you saw that one right?), it was just pure fluff fun. Delicious girl movie, giggling, shrieking fun.

I'm squarely on Team Jacob- he's buff and sweet and yes, there actually are scenes where he has his shirt on. Edward is cool, robotic and cold, and just too aloof, pale, and skinny for my taste. Bella is just so awkward and angsty- she's as annoying as she was in the books. Jasper is downright creepy, Alice is just perfect- cute and sweet, and Dakota Fanning even makes an appearance as Jane. I can't wait to see more of her!

Feeling Orange...

I'm already missing warm weather and flip flops- when shorter days, gray skies, and the winter sniffles get me down, a little dose of bright orange always helps to cheer me up. Here are a few things spotted around the web this week that made me smile.

This is the Leica M7 Hermes edition. Only 200 will be made in orange.

What a showstopper. Sigh. Details here, via Whorange.

Sunshine on my shoulders Makes Me Happy. Soo true. And on my nose. So it feels tight when you wrinkle it up like a bunny rabbit. Oh Summer.
From Olympia Community Print.

This rabbit is made of carrots. A lot of carrots. He is such a serious looking rabbit, doesn't he make you giggle a little bit? It's an ad by Gavin Martin Associates showcasing their new vegetable inks. By Magpie Studio, details here. via Swiss Miss.