let's make up for the lag...

but this is still my favorite performance of theirs...

Check out these cool shirts from Seen Studio, my favorite is the abstract blobs design. They'd make a neat gift. See more designs and purchase them here.

If you're looking for ideas for gifts, do check out Gifted Magazine's holiday gift guide. Above are a couple of my favorites, pebble erasers and animal calendars. And yes, my Maia playing cards are mentioned in the guide (see my post from 9/13).

There's a neat store on Etsy, Pretty Tape, that specializes in Japanese decorative tape Who needs fancy wrapping paper? These are beautiful.

My friend Lindsay added a wallpaper gallery to her beautiful site Herd in Iceland. Download one of their photographs and refresh the look of your desktop here. I went with the close-up of the horse (image above). While you're there take a look at some of the videos, there's one that shows the horses as their being herded approaching the camera, it's so quiet and intense—I love it.

This planner would make a neat gift. It's by Ocheck (in Korea), I love the leather cover and simple pages inside. See more images here.

Now that I lead a busier life I'm finding myself drinking a cup of cold tea way too often. So maybe it's time to get a tea cozy? I thought this one from Tas-ka is the cutest (and not too granny looking).

I also like this doll they make:

And these envelopes are great too: