A, B, C, D....

Cavallini and Co. make such beautiful products that it's impossible for me just to point out one thing. When my youngest son was born, I bought a tin of alphabet cards (you can see all of the images in this wrapping paper they sell, below).

Sadly, like most boys, he is far too rough and tumble to be trusted with these beautiful cards, and I know, I could put them on his walls, but he's now almost 4 and even I have to admit, they're probably a little frou-frou for a boy his age. But they're soooooo pretty. So, they have sat in this tin, unopened. I should give them to someone, I suppose, but I can't stand the thought of parting with them.

Recently I spotted these fantastic tapes by Cavallini...no idea what on earth I'd do with them, but I want!

Stationary Store Love

If there is one place, besides a book store, where I feel absolutely happy, it's gotta be a great stationary shop. Here in my home of Victoria, B.C. I am fortunate to have a number of great places where I can indulge my love of beautiful cards, papers and just generally cool stuff that I never knew I wanted until I laid eyes on it! Yesterday, while waiting for an appointment, I wandered around one of Victoria's coolest print stores, Island Blue which is technically more of an art/print store but has enough of an amazing stock of stationary items to keep me satisfied.

Anyhow, I'm walking through the aisles yesterday and after admiring product after product, I spotted this by Global Solutions, and I thought it would be a very cool stocking stuffer for my excellent and totally cool 12 year old niece--sure, no one needs a wax stamp for their mail (can you even send one through customs these days?) and yeah no one even mails things anymore but there's something just so cool about the idea of personalized stamp that makes me actually want to write real letters!