Want To See The Christmas Gifts I Gave This Year?
I had a glorious time finding Christmas gifts for my family this year. Here are some of the presents I chose:
Journal by Amanda Ross featuring her botanical designs printed onto fabric. I purchased the journal, along with some notecards and lavender-scented silk sachets, from the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, which you can read more about here:
Coasters from The Perfect Gift Shop on Etsy - I emailed four photos from our summer holiday in Provence to the designer, Allison Bridges, and she printed them onto travertine:
Poppy dish and red heart vessels from Elizabeth Prince (I blogged about Elizabeth's work in this earlier post):
Blossom lamp from Hannah Nunn (you can see one of Hannah's lamps in situ on my mirrored chest of drawers here):
Perpetual Paris calendar from Little Brown Pen (who was awesome enough to arrange special postage to the UK):
Japanese puzzle box from Hawkins Bazaar - it took Andre about half an hour to get into it, but he said it was worth it to find these cufflinks by Colette Hazelwood inside:
Silver necklace by Franny and Filer - bought in the awesome Manchester Craft Centre:
Vintage letterpress blocks by Home and Glory from Not On The High Street:
Everything seemed well received by the intended recipients :-) so it was defnitely worth the effort involved in both finding these gifts, and then wrapping them elaborately in paper, hessian, lace and twine.
Would you like to receive one of these gifts? What was your favourite gift that you gave (or received) this year?
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Reader Comments (7)
I would love to have got those letterpress blocks! Some of the best presents I got this year were some typographic cards and a lifetime diary!! from here -
http://www.magmabooks.com/content/bookshop/book.asp?disp=0&id=6085&page=1&c=&sc=89
I cant wait to get started on it!
Hola! I must confess that I liked the letterpress blocks so much, I bought some for myself as well :-) They were all used in the print industry around the turn of the century - soooo much history. And awesome diary! Magma always has the coolest stuff.
How lovely of Little Brown Pen to special arrange your holiday parcel! You gave so many thoughtful gifts. When I see them displayed, I understand your brand a bit more. Objects tell many stories about their masters don't they!
I gave a snarky art collage that I picked up at Art Basel Miami to my husband and a beautiful burgundy asymmetrical neckwarmer to my sister who lives in France.
Lydia - I was so happy when Nichole said she would ship Perpetual Paris to the UK for me. In fact, I believe Little Brown Pen now offer international shipping on all the items in their Etsy store, so if any other UK peeps fancy a fabulous Perpetual Paris calendar, you are in luck!
Hey this is a great blog and Im very flattered to see that amongst your christmas presents is one of my necklaces - www.abbyfilerjewellery.co.uk, I hope the person you gave it to loved it as much as I love making them :-)
Visit my website to see my new collections and please get in touch if you want any more info and Ill keep loggin into your blog to keep updated :-)
Hi Abby! So nice to come across a local artist - you're in Chorlton, I think? The necklace was a gift for my Mum - and yes, she loved it :-) I now have my eye on the matching bracelet...
The necklace looks simple and rare. I like it. I personally have an inclination towards silver jewelry. They just shine and give you that glitter all its own. Also, you won't need to worry much about what you wear with them.
Irene Love
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