As I planned this post in my mind, I googled the word “vignette”.  At first I was alarmed — did this word, which I use often and with confidence, not mean what I thought it meant?  Would I have to take this post in a whole Princess Bride direction?  But then I read further.
Wikipedia says [...]

Yeah, I know.
I have plenty of bags.
This one doesn’t have an outside pocket for my phone (something I have decided is important.)
It doesn’t have shoulder straps (another important feature.)
There are plenty of reasons for me not to buy it, but …. it really might be the embodiment of happiness in purse form.  Don’t you think?

If [...]

The vast majority of dogs in our collection are old – vintage, antique, aging, gracefully or not.  This little guy is an exception.  I bought this print on etsy a couple of years ago because I just loved his face.  His name is Bandit.

The artist is Pey Lu and you can check out her etsy [...]

Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me?
I love lamps and lighting of all kinds.  I understand the impact that the right shade can have, and the damage that can be done to good design with the wrong shade.  I get all that.
Often, when I see a lamp with a shade on [...]

                                      
Do you love MCM but are on a tight budget?  Do you yearn to surround yourself with great design, but live in a shoebox?  Then read on …
                                     
This is definitely the coolest item we are listing on etsy this week.  A three-piece set of miniature furniture, with awesome mid-century style!  Toy furniture with hairpin legs [...]

I love bakelite, even if it is not worth what it used to be.  It has wonderful qualities that are unlike other vintage plastics.  Bakelite colors tend to be rich and saturated, it was intricately carved and worked, and it has a nice weight in the hand.  I am attracted to it whenever I see it, [...]

 
I love coffee.  It is higher on my list of things I am passionate about than it should be.  I suppose. 
And I think the coffee experience can be improved in several ways.  No, not flavors - no caramel macchiatos here.  I mean everything that goes into it  - high quality beans of course, piping hot water, and a [...]

 
I spent time yesterday listing on my etsy site.  My etsy shop is all vintage, and I am really having a good time with it.  The mood of the marketplace there reminds me of the way ebay used to be 8 or 10 years ago, when it was fun.  When you could offer up all kinds of neat, kitschy things, as well as real [...]

 
One of the things we did this weekend was walk down Fifth Avenue in NY and look at the holiday windows.  Some were wonderful and some were gaudy, some charming and some just over the top.  But it got Steven and I thinking about Christmas shopping in general, and the contrast between shopping for new and for [...]

So I was finally able to inspire Steven to design a new logo for us and a header for this blog.  All it took was my seriously threatening to pay some designer several hundred dollars.  And, as always, once he put his hand to it the results are fab!  He really is a talented guy.   [...]