Bringing an old-school concept back to life: silhouettes. This company makes beautiful prints and such out of your family photos. Pillows, messenger bags, mouse pads, mugs! This pillow is an instant room-updater and anything but boring. Ships with pillow insert. Removable zippered cover for easy laundering. And only $40 to boot! Check out the canvases also. Very cool wall decor that will become a family heirloom.
Tired of the same pink sneakers? With the Nike I.D. website, you can customize and personalize your own set of Nike's. Pick your sport/ shoe type, then change the colors and see what it will look like before it is built. Put your name or a motto on them if you want. They even have your favorite college team colors already built, so you can unify the campus a little faster.
Love me some Tracy Porter! Everything in her catalog is so luxe and unique. She even makes some of the furniture items in her Wisconsin studio. Take these cute candles, for instance. Comes in a tea cup with a saucer. Each arrives with a beautiful green hat box tied with a grosgrain ribbon. Perfect girly-girl, pick- me- up gift! This one is lemon chiffon scented, so you feel like you are at afternoon tea. Only $35. Check out www.tracyporter.com
Conde Nast has put together a unique collection of vintage photographs and illustrations from many of their different publications and have placed them into an online store. You can purchase these in many sizes, framed or unframed. All U.S. orders have free shipping. I love the feature where you can choose your mattes and view them online AND change the wall color for the background! This one I love because of her perfect scarlet manicure and dainty shoes. So feminine! It is from April 1, 1957. Always in fashion.
Have some embarassing essentials you don't feel like picking up at your local, nosy drugstore? Maybe you live in a rural area and have a hard time finding certain brands??? Maybe you are just plain lazy and don't feel like driving to the store! For those folks, there is drugstore.com. They have everything from pet supplies, contacts, toys/games, makeup to all-natural products. They even have an FSA store (flexible spending account). I like that they have some upper-end beauty products, like OPI nail polish.
Many pull-on knit boots are popular this season, including tall boots like this style from Ugg. These are versatile because they can be worn 2 different ways: folded down with small buttons exposed or folded up with large buttons exposed. They also have a sheepskin sockliner that keeps moisture away to keep your feet dry. They also come in Dusty Rose, Black, or Oatmeal. I found them at zappos.com for $140 (free shipping) and also at Nordstrom's for $139. Dusty Rose is my favorite. Perfect for throwing on with some shorts for your next beach bondfire!
Wine gift sets make the perfect gift and now with wine.com, you don't have to spend a lot of time perusing store aisles trying to figure out what to purchase. Wine of the Month gifts are excellent because they are the gifts that keep on giving. Another gift idea is a basket of goodies by Oscar-winning director, writer and producer, Francis Ford Coppola. Not only are the wines produced under his direction, but as an avid cook, he has created "Mammarella," a line of authentic organic pastas and sauces honoring his mother, Italia Pennino Coppola. Included in this package are the Diamond Series Claret and Cabernet Sauvignon, two types of artisan pasta, classic tomato/basil pasta sauce, red pepper packets and a "Mammarella" kitchen towel. Delicioso!
