Covetable: Or, Stuff I Want

I'll take you there

2011-08-26T12:04:00.000-07:00

Beautiful, beautiful transportation typographic maps by Fadeout Design.

The SF one is actually BART, not MUNI. (I mean it's the cross-bay light rail commuter system, not the bus/tram system of the city.) It's a little misleading. Still beautiful, though.

I heart robots

2011-08-26T11:49:00.000-07:00

So I went into CB2 to get this.

It's a shower curtain with pastoral scenes of robots. Totally up my alley.

Anyway, CB2: it's such a dumb name (sorry Crate&Barrel - but your regular name is dumb too) and that stopped me from being interested in it before. But there were some things that appealed.

But my favorite was in the theme of "things that look like things that are those things but not really":

I am just the right age for this. I remember how fun it was pulling tape out of cassettes, and how delightfully wrong it felt. Now it's right!

POSTSCRIPT:

I think CB2 spelled Verity Freebern's name wrong...

High five

2011-08-08T17:36:00.000-07:00

I really like the bags Threadless is doing - the long strap and short handles are great. My favorite.

One hand in my Poketo

2011-08-08T17:09:00.000-07:00

I had a bag from Poketo that I loved. (Still love. Unfortunately a toddler dragging it down the sidewalk didn't really make it any better.)

But I digress from my main point, which is that Poketo has fun stuff.

Goodies from the new IKEA catalog

2011-08-05T18:06:00.001-07:00

I really like IKEA. I mean, yeah, it's not heirloom quality but there have been many, many times in my life when "saving up for an investment piece" was really not advice I could take.

And I like the design. Not everything (hate their florals) but many things. I like IKEA green! I like that the children's toys are cheap and conform to EU standards for chemicals.

I also secretly wish an IKEA room planning person would come to my house and show me how to fit a family of sixteen into my living room.

What's on telly dear?

2011-06-14T14:35:00.000-07:00

Saw this decal in one of those flash sales - by RoomMates. I like the idea of putting it right over a table.

Oh, Tom.

2011-06-03T18:32:00.000-07:00

OK, so I got my baby and my kidlet TOMS shoes. They are (a) awesomely cute and (b) good and flexible but, unfortunately, a+b is negated by the fact that in three (3) wears, they look thrashed. And I'm so not a person to care about wear and tear, but this is excessive.

I think it's the purple sparkly fabric; the metallic threads aren't holding up perhaps?

Anyway, sad face.

But cute, no?

Haaap Haap

2011-06-03T18:21:00.000-07:00

Boon ducks.

Not the Dewey decimal system

2010-11-05T13:48:00.001-07:00

Now, there's no way in the world I'll be able to afford this, but it's not just about possible, right? We've got to celebrate the covetable.

This is by Finnish-Ugandan designer Lincoln Kayiwa. I adore the way it makes a mish-mash seem purposeful. I mean, this is sort of what my bookshelf looks like anyway, only boringly flat.

Also...baby.

2010-11-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

So there's a lot of nice stuff out there. But sometimes I see something that just makes me go ding! And it's often not the cutest thing or the design-y-est thing or the most on-trend-y-est thing out there.

It's just something that I, Maya, love.

Like this.

Even though it's from Urban Outfitters and I have nowhere to put it, I am vastly tempted.

Etats unis

2010-10-08T15:41:00.000-07:00

Oh, damn! Missed this sale.

Hot on the heels of Anna's ILOVECALI necklace find is this.

But California is sold out, oh no!

I actually love all Kris Nation's stuff. I mean, this!

And this!

(You know, with a name like that she should also be doing countries.)

Well, hello, Anna

2010-10-08T15:02:00.001-07:00

Introducing occasional guest posts by Anna. Who is awesome.

Enough said.

Accessorize!

2010-10-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

My wardrobe could use a little somethin' somethin' lately, but who has time to shop? These I don't have to bother trying on.

Although I'm more of a pie than a pi kind of person, this looks delicious. If I understood Japanese maybe I could get a chance to taste it myself.

A different flavor altogether, suited to a more flighty mood.

A little more down-to-earth, in a charming way. Is your home where your heart is?

Of course, the items I desire cost more than a new pair of pants. Sigh. I really should just stick to my thrift-store silk scarves.

I don't know the code for the S with the proper accent, and I'm too tired to look it up. Sorry, Alex.

2010-10-01T21:54:00.001-07:00

Okay, so the title of this blog is Covetable, right?

This is some seriously covetable covetry right here. Alex Sepkus, the jewelry of.

So I was in this jewelry store - not shopping, just getting something cleaned. And I saw this ring. And thought, wow, that's neat. And went home.

And then kept thinking about it, with that mental version of lust that led me to start this blog in the first place. So now I'm jonesing after gold jewelry. I should get back to coveting kids shoes already.

Also, his bio makes me laugh.

Lorum shmorum

2010-10-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

And speaking of the shape of t-shirts...

Not to criticize, Veer, but I have some criticism for you. See, I'd buy this if it were a different shape.

But you know I love you, really. I own two (2!) typography hoodies after all. (I know, that's weird. It was an accident.)

For those of us who can't afford a chair...

2010-10-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

Fab-tastical new posters from Blue Ant.

Love, love, love.

Everything is a plate

2010-10-01T21:22:00.000-07:00

From Everything is OK, a new piece of irony in the form of a collectible plate. Which, actually, would be really fun to serve cake on. Collect all one!

Threadmore

2010-10-01T21:16:00.000-07:00

Threadless has come out with a fancy line of fanciness. The important bit being that the girl shirts have some shape. Which is what has stopped me clicking "buy" on about a thousand Threadless designs before, so good for them.

I like this one.

And this one.

(A whisper in the Ear of Threadless - how 'bout some Ray Fenwick?)

The backlog

2010-10-01T21:13:00.001-07:00

No excuse for a backlog, no excuse! So, you know, here are some posts.

Chomp

2010-08-30T16:37:00.000-07:00

OK, this is perfect and clever and I adore it. My baby is cutting a tooth now and there are a lot of lovely teethers out there, but none so apt.

Little Sapling Toys

Round bracket

2010-07-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

So yes, IKEA is IKEA...but for 10.99 where do you find shelf brackets this nice?

Tea time

2010-06-18T11:37:00.000-07:00

Tea on sale! Kids' clothes, but the kind you half-wish came in your size.

Tea is known for great prints, but I love these, too.

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2010-06-12T18:09:00.000-07:00

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5-7-5

2010-05-20T18:11:00.000-07:00

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i like these shakers

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Instruit en amusant

2010-05-10T11:04:00.001-07:00

My friend Anna pointed me to this great image blog, agence eureka.

Don't you want to play alphabo? Educational and fun!

Specious

2010-04-23T19:19:00.000-07:00

I totally covet all the kids clothes by speeses. The colors! The graphics! (Oh, yeah, and they have a nice message.)

And I just noticed they're having a 20% off sale. Go snabble something!

Match up

2010-04-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

From my friend Chris, who mostly knows about this, comes a tip:

I like that it's lower case, because if you think about it, isn't lowercase more common? By Voila.

Nibble nibble

2010-04-20T15:24:00.000-07:00

OK, yes, it's been a while. What can I say, I've been busy - had a baby. Yep.

But anyway...

hello, is this ring not lovely?

You know I love cocktail rings, but on the other end there's something so nifty about this perfect little nibble by bittersweets NY.

Moo-moo

2010-01-21T11:27:00.001-08:00

Not sure I'd send for these all the way from Australia but they beat the look of Born Free for sure!

Via Odeedoh (how are you supposed to say that?), which once nicked a photo of mine.

Hose off

2010-01-07T20:10:00.000-08:00

Another cool thang by Ray Fenwick, available at Faucet Face.

Barrel roll

2009-12-22T13:41:00.000-08:00

Stainless steel sharpie! Not quite as good as a space pen but cool.

This is Radiolab

2009-12-19T11:03:00.000-08:00

I am a huge Radiolab fan. I also like great neato prints.

So I am very bummed that I missed out on this sale. (And, Jez Burrows, a whole new set coming next year doesn't really make up for not getting these!)

And if you haven't heard Radiolab yet, get over to there now and download the podcast for Choice. Or Placebo. Or Memory. Or any of them!

Flower power

2009-12-16T20:06:00.000-08:00

Here's another Etsy find - giant cocktail ring.

I love it, and the matching-ish necklaces Jill Popowich makes.

Sunburst

2009-12-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

Check out this great (affordable!) bag from Etsy seller Bayan Hippo. I think it would make a pretty great diaper bag because of the outside pocket thingy. Of course, the fact that it's just canvas would mean - in my life, at least - it would get pretty grungy pretty quickly.

Not shower curtains

2009-12-05T22:45:00.000-08:00

I keep trying not to like stuff at Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. There are a million reasons why, many quite obvious, having to do with silliness/price. But really, they do have some good stuff.

What I was looking for was a new shower curtain, but what I saw was this.

And this.

Roomtogrow

2009-11-03T21:17:00.000-08:00

In some of the stores around me I've seen, recently, some great kids' backpacks and lunchboxes. I kept trying to remember the name of the brand so I could blog about it; finally, I did. (Also I remembered how to spell 'maintenance', which has always outfoxed me.)

So. It's called roomitup. Which, honestly, is not a good name. And it turns out they are marketing this to college students, not the very smalls. But still, this is preschool chic:

Tippy toes

2009-10-30T13:21:00.000-07:00

This is a post about baby shoes. Be warned.

Back when my daughter first put foot to pavement, she wore Robeez, like most of the other kids. Which are fine.

But now I see that See Kai Run has a new line called Smaller. These are soft-soled, like Robeez, and hella cute.

Window dressing

2009-10-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

I got this catalogue in the mail. CB2. I've seen the stores around, but never looked into one.

The catalogue, though, entrances me, and this is why - I've become fascinated with the pretend reading matter scattered through the scenes. I don't even know what it's supposed to reflect - is it an aspirational lifestyle to read the New Yorker, the NYT and Twilight? The bathroom has National Geographic (currently laying people off, apparently). There are also the inescapable Large Design Books and, of course, everyone uses a Mac.

There is some ok stuff in the catalogue but it's very IKEA and I'd rather just go straight to the funfair land of slides and macaroni and cheese (most people think of meatballs, but a family member is addicted to the mac).

Added: Those reviews are totally fake! CB2, in my book you are busted. There is no way a pitcher can have that many good reviews because real people are picky and grumpy. Also, take note, real people don't spell well and use poor grammar. Especially in reviews.

Space 1979

2009-10-10T20:25:00.000-07:00

OK, I was at IKEA today. This is so unfair. How can they have these in Conshohocken and not here in the mod-lovin' Bay Area?

Photo and info via Daddy Types and Greg's army of tipsters. Here's what he says:

curvy plastic base in black or white, pop-in seat in red, black, white or transparent smoke [!], plus a detachable tray, all for $60 [additional seats are $20]

Stringing me along

2009-10-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

I recently got a bag of blog swag from 1000 Markets, a new Etsy rival. There was one thing in there that I've come to really love - earrings by Cheap Date made out of guitar strings.

Now, I hate the word 'upcycled'. So that nearly put me off them immediately. But let me tell you why I love them: they're light. Super light. I hate heavy earrings with a passion and these are so light that I forget I'm wearing them, go to bed, and end up with them tangled in my hair. Sorry, that was beside the point. They're great, anyway. And no one would know they're strings, so I can avoid looking like some weird band groupie.

(It occurs to me that both my friends named Cara would probably appreciate jewelry from a place called Cheap Date. A coincidence?)

Plastique

2009-10-08T22:15:00.000-07:00

The emporium of the reliably covetable known as Veer is selling the Diana plastic camera.

It makes lovely/horrible photos - photoethnography.com says you should tape it up with gaffer's tape!

Veer's selling a remake, but look how pretty the pictures are.

Little tiny Swedes made this

2009-10-08T14:58:00.001-07:00

Look, a Stokke for only thirty bucks. Oh, wait, it's a knock-off. Oh, wait, it's "Swedish Style" doll chair.

You know you've made it when Target makes you mini. Now where's the American Girl size 'Dutch Style' stroller?

Swingin' in the breeze

2009-09-25T17:00:00.000-07:00

So the first time round, I made a mobile for the babe. I found some stark black and white stuff, like the Target logo, printed it and glued it to cardboard stuck them to popsicle sticks and took two wire hangers and bingo, infant mobile. The hardest part was tying the yarn right in the middle of the popsicle stick (actually from popsicles, too - Trader Joe's lime fruit floes).

I think we still have it but it's probably wack after being crushed in the closet for four years and I'm not sure I have the mojo to make a new one.

On some blog (sorry, can't remember where) I saw someone talking about getting a handmade one off Etsy, which seems like a good idea.

However, most of the Etsy ones are not fantastic. They often fall into the trap of 'stuff facing the parent not the baby.' Or they're paper, and will get crushed the minute an infant fist accidentally comes in reach.

I like the idea of this, though.

It's nice, and because it's foam it's light, but there should be more cool crafty mobiles out there. Don't let me down, Etsy!

Now if I only had a baby...

2009-09-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

It's a long time since I've coveted a stroller. Sure, there are some nice ones out there, but nothing has really blown my mind since this (check the date!) and living where I do I'm all bugaboo'd out.

But.

Awesome. Thanks, mima.

Via Daddy Types.

Motorbike

2009-09-01T11:42:00.001-07:00

The thought of actually stitching these makes me just feel tired, but I love the way they look. By Tamara Maynes, via Design*Sponge.

And back up, too

2009-08-25T18:55:00.000-07:00

Holy moly, more awesome posters by awesome Amy Martin! At 826 in LA, of course. (I always feel funny writing that, because it's not the address of the LA place, only the SF place...whatever, I'm just trying to edit reality.)

Anyway!

This one is my favorite but they're all awesome. We own three from series one and might need this one, too.

Check out Amy's site - the Tiny Vaudeville posters are great.

Striking

2009-08-24T21:57:00.000-07:00

I've always loved matchbooks. I'm really sorry restaurants don't offer them anymore, even though I know it's the smoking thing. But they're so much fun to collect, which is why I want:

this book

and

this book.

(Sorry about the crappy Amazon pictures.)

Drink me

2009-08-24T21:50:00.000-07:00

Okay, I'm mellowing on you, catalogue. (See below.)

Look, it's another 'not-a'! These are not those horrible little plastic cups that are thin and weird and easy to squish.

They're ceramic, natch. Still too small, though.

Boom car

2009-08-24T21:40:00.000-07:00

The MoMA store rocks; the MoMA catalogue, on the other hand, does not. But it's not the products inside, it's the way they select them. Too many scarfs and notecards - this ain't the Met.

Anyway.

Love this. It's more a wristlet size and I'm sure the sound quality is awful, I just like the way it looks.

Leads in performance

2009-08-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's a little bit hard to see (and I'm too lazy to tinker with the photo on a Sunday morning) but I loved this. It was set into the floor at what is now a Honda dealer - so it's a little sad, really. But check out the awesome rocket logo. Atomic age!

Cookin'

2009-08-19T19:59:00.000-07:00

I've been in an uncoveting rut recently, I think. I spend too much time in Trader Joe's, where the packaging is awful.

But check this out - IKEA getting into the stove biz. Kid stove, that is.

This is important because most fridges either look like this, or cost a lot. The IKEA one has burners that glow, man. At least that's what I think they were doing. And all for $99.

Of course you could put this together yourself out of bits and pieces from the as-is section.

Area where?

2009-07-30T16:04:00.000-07:00

New shop to get all covetable about - Areaware. Check out some of my favorites.

Obviously cool:

There are *so* many decals now, but this is truly different. Plus, you know, type as decoration, love it.

The songs of the fifty states

2009-07-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

A new, major covet - the work of Frank Chimero, which I saw on bangs, a beard and ballyhoo.

Just look:

And then this is awesome - the covetable states of america. Makes me wish I lived in Colorado.

Keys

2009-07-20T11:42:00.000-07:00

Love this threadless t-shirt design. It reminds me of a shirt I got someone at Brooklyn Industries - it was a line-drawn image of a computer/accordion/boat.

Put it in my stateroom

2009-07-18T13:29:00.000-07:00

Um, hello beautiful luggage (found on angry chicken). I know I should pick the editor series, but it's linen, for god's sake. Can you imagine what would happen to linen luggage! So that above is the aviator series. But all the series are gorgeous. Put me on the QEII already.

Whoo

2009-07-17T22:59:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, owls as a "thing" are a few years out of date. But I still like this. Plus, it's a piggy (owly) bank. Ah, function!

I took a crappy picture of itthe other day with my blackberry, but I might post it anyway just because you can see how big it is. But for now, this:

A tub with wheels

2009-06-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

So I saw the MADSEN cargo bikes over on Junior Society, run by the guy behind Mahar Dry Goods, which I've blogged about enough times that linking the posts would be tiresome, so just use the search.

Anyway.

Check these out.

You can put kids in it! You can put dog food in it! I want one! (Also she has cute shoes.)

Twitter/winner

2009-06-16T15:21:00.002-07:00

Hey, everybody, an Envirosax giveaway!

So, Envirosax we've talked about more than once.

Well, they are sweet enough to do a Covetable giveaway, sort of in time for Father's Day (delay my fault, not theirs). So listen up, dear readers. If you look over to the right, you will see a link to the Covetable twitter. Yeah, I know. But anyway, sign up to follow the blog and I'll put you in the running to pick one bag of your choice from either the retro graphic series or the oxford series.

My favorite retro is this.

And my favorite oxford is this.

But no pressure.

Stumped

2009-06-16T15:21:00.001-07:00

So this is - well, I don't know what it is. Yes I do: it's a cardboard stump from Target. That's all I can say. But I like it.

Whoosh

2009-06-16T15:13:00.000-07:00

Okay, some stuff I've been meaning to post for a while.

First is the IKEA slide, which of course Greg at Daddytypes beat me to - but hey, that dude has ads.

Our local IKEA (aka my daughter's favorite restaurant) recently remodeled and the tunnel/slide play combo through the wall in the kid furniture section has been replaced by this mysterious small chamber with changing lights. I better post a picture because that sounds weird, but it basically looks like a child-size teleport device that will take you straight to Sweden.

However, there is still a slide at IKEA. It's pretty great, actually, especially compared to the bright plastic, static-inducing kind. Not cheap, though.

Ticket to ride

2009-06-10T13:17:00.001-07:00

You have to live around here to get the awesomeness of this shirt. I just wish it came in grown-up sizes.

It's made by a local company, of course.

Pretty colors

2009-06-05T18:57:00.001-07:00

Awesome! Makes me want a baby to bottlify.

Also a good idea - people are into glass these days (smart) but the sleeve makes it a tiny bit safer.

Amping up

2009-05-24T19:15:00.003-07:00

Awesome blog about ampersands. Spot them in the wild! Found via Typophile.

Not quite as cool as if it were a pilcrow blog, but still. (Actually there's a pilcrow stream on flickr.)

I heartily encourage this trend

2009-05-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

Following in the line of "not a plastic cup" and the even better coffee cup coin purse, another backflip product.

Found at cut+paste, which has a lot of fun stuff sort of in the Fred Flare vein.

Upper(nut)case

2009-05-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

Yes, well, of course I like this. I liked it the moment I saw the cover. Then I liked it when I read the copy on their website, below the photo (text that - almost troublingly - seems to be written as if it were targeted at me, which probably means I am supremely unoriginal. Or it's my Canadian genes.).

I didn't have to see the kind of things they like to know...well...I'd like them, too. But look at them anyway. And they have some pretty books, including one with a great theme - art by artists all named Jennifer. I love a good gimmick.

Snap Zip

2009-05-15T15:37:00.000-07:00

I got this camera case at H&M today. Of course I'm taking this photo with a camera that won't fit in that tiny bag, but I love it anyway.

Labels I Like: Tchoklit

2009-05-14T21:38:00.000-07:00

So TCHO is coming to (my) town. I really like the choc packaging. (Not that I'd eat citrus nibs - keep that fruit out of my chocolate!)

Labels I Like: Or, What I Got at Target - Part II

2009-05-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

This is probably not very good coffee. But I had to buy it, just for the tin. Only I liked the color scheme of the decaf, which you can see - blurrily - on my stove. Sideways.

Labels I Like: Or, What I Got at Target - Part I

2009-05-12T16:00:00.000-07:00

So I went to Target today to get something boring and I bought a couple things just because of the way they looked. One was this stuff - J.R. Watkins.

I've pretty much always been a Meyers person, but I really like the labels.

Lobster quadrille

2009-05-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

I was in a local store today, buying a Mother's Day present. It's the kind of store that has Coelacanth and BlueQ type stuff, plus like slinkys and Zutano. You know.

Anyway, I spotted some bags by a company called Bungalow360. New to me. They looked pretty nice, sturdily constructed and with some good prints. There was a lobster that took my fancy. Also, they are greenies and love cats!

Rad Fenwick

2009-05-03T21:52:00.000-07:00

Remember Ray Fenwick? I keep talking and (talking and talking and talking) about him because he's fantastic and in thirty years I'm going to be boring people at his retrospective at sfmoma by telling them that I always knew his was a genius, always knew it!

Well, I admit I'm not the only one who knows. Tiny Showcase does too, and they've restocked a shirt they carry with a great Ray Fenwick design.

And don't forget to sign up for the regular Tiny Showcase stuff - it's a brilliant idea and has a devoted following that's totally warranted.

And on to the V-Shirts

2009-05-03T17:12:00.000-07:00

More Veer goody-goodness.

I love this - birds *and* lorem ipsum!

This is also pretty fantastic. We should all have our own couches with us.

Concept=great. However, there's something about where the hem/baseline actually hits on this gal that is a little bit...problematic.

TYGR

2009-05-03T00:36:00.000-07:00

Watch out, this is a covetable freak-out edition. You know how I get when I really like something...

Via Pilcrow Pabulum - and no, it's not my blog - the too fantastic merchandise section of Veer.

I pretty much love every damn thing in the clothes section. Also, the product descriptions make me laugh.

Petite front pockets thwart the urge to stash bulky objects at your midsection but still give your hands a cozy refuge.

(And yes, they do tell you what typeface is used on the clothes.)

Drinks on me

2009-04-26T18:51:00.000-07:00

One thing that can really bring out my inner seven-year-old is cocktail rings. I always have fun poking around at Forever 21 for giant sparkly rings that cost five dollars. Like this.

Or this.

Or this.

wrong DAY

2009-04-15T18:51:00.001-07:00

Okay, I don't know how I could have missed Richard Tipping. He is clearly madly wonderful.

I saw these signs at MoMA, when I was looking for the bag I just mentioned in the previous post.

I love them. Covet them. (Especially "Wrong Day," which is just so fantastic on so many levels.)

Shiny happy veggies

2009-04-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

So on the site Delight.com, where they offer daily deals, they had this RuMe shopping bag. (Although, that name...I'm totally thinking "rue me," as some purchases do tell you later.)

Now, I'm all for fancy shopping bags, and metallic is a good thing in mundane places. But I really do prefer this one, which I saw at the MoMA store. (That place is really dangerous for me, it's like my imaginary Xmas stocking.) Because it holds 18 liters...it's all about the typography, baby.

What would the Swiss say?

2009-04-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

Under the category of 'it is but it isn't' is this covetable cuckoo clock by Decoylab at fawn&forest. All the cuckoo without the damn noise.

Thing one, thing two

2009-03-21T00:08:00.000-07:00

I keep boosting Objectified, and I haven't even seen it. (I planned to go to the screening in SF but there are some babysitting issues. Damn kid, interfering with my glamorous lifestyle!) But this is a grand poster, certainly worth the twenty bucks.

Essentials

2009-03-20T19:52:00.001-07:00

I would never pay this much money for a tote, but I have to admit I like this. It pretty much sums up my shopping - or it would if there was a little pocket for CHEESE.

Packin' my bags

2009-03-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

I have a new favorite for the imaginary overnight bag I don't have, but want.

Jane Marvel bags have great prints and look strong and capacious. I haven't seen one in the flesh, so to speak, but from the pictures they look pretty covetable.

Also, I'm very intrigued by this toiletries bag. It's not insanely huge, like the Eddie Bauer one I have, which I could practically pack for the weekend in. But it still unfolds and hangs. And check out the the awesome little round mirror.

She wears Banana Republic jeans

2009-03-18T18:01:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine is getting a bag -- not this bag, but you know I'm in to the wristlets. I really like the fabric of this wristlet by Cotton Candy Boutique on Etsy.

Inch by inch

2009-03-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

I like the little photos on the Etsy site of feaverish. Some of these would be great for art in a kid's room.

Robots obey what the children say

2009-03-15T18:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, actually having to play this would drive me crazy (it's something about not touching the wires) but I find the box itself appallingly cute.

I feel like I'm not out of bed yet

2009-03-12T10:25:00.001-07:00

So when I first found out about Tivoli radios I was actually looking for a clock radio for my mom. I ended up getting her a Model One, which is not a clock radio but is such an awesome radio that it doesn't matter.

Of course, now I see this. The Model Three.

An analog clock, too! The speaker is on top (that confused me for a while).

You. Roll.

2009-03-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

Modernseed has some stuff on sale. I like this Uroll scooter - it's obviously still crazy much even on sale, but then again you can use it as a night table when the kid is done with it. Or as a stand for your Tivoli radio.

Kot-kot-kot-kodacs!

2009-03-12T09:29:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure I've seen Jaime Hayón's green chicken before, but I can't remember where. This time Anna sent it to me.

Of course, it would fall right over. But it's gorgeous anyway.

Hummingbirds vs. robots

2009-03-09T19:57:00.000-07:00

I bought this Coelacanth bag today at my local fabric store. It's a nice size, smaller than a shopping bag but big enough for stuff.

Coelacanth also sells this great little robot tote that would make a great lunch bag if you added a a little velcro to the top (I mean, I don't know about you, but my stuff would fall out).

I don't have a link, but it looks like this.

Update

2009-03-02T15:32:00.000-08:00

That thing about cups? I meant these.

(Kitt's keeping me honest.)

Mushrooms and elephants

2009-03-01T17:58:00.000-08:00

So also I was pretty psyched by this new series at IKEA in the kitchen department. It reminds me of my 1970s childhood. Even the colors call it back.

These are place mats. Pretty small.

This is a tray.

There were also glasses, smallish ones, but there's no picture online.

Hot coffee

2009-03-01T17:56:00.000-08:00

We didn't buy anything fun at IKEA today, but I saw some things I liked.

Ten bucks each.

Sitt!

2009-03-01T09:51:00.001-08:00

This is sort of like a mini Tripp-Trapp. The HandySitt is a tray-less booster to put on a chair, which can be a lot more useful than a high chair sometimes. It folds up, although honestly I never want to carry anything when I travel.

It's also great-looking, though a chunk of change. Comes with an add-on so it can be used on the floor, although it inevitably would be used as a stepstool too and I'm not sure how stable it is.

I think it's one of those things you might love, you might not use -- depends on your kid-feeding lifestyle. But at least people are making things that look nice, right?

Saw it at NOTCOT.

My favorite year

2009-02-28T19:37:00.000-08:00

I like this a lot. Not that I have any attachment to that year, but you can choose what year you like, and the numbers themselves are very appealing.

From Etsy seller Chocolate and Steel.

Footnote

2009-02-26T21:19:00.000-08:00

I like this one. I think House Industries needs to make laptop skins.

Robot parade

2009-02-26T19:52:00.000-08:00

I got a new laptop, which means I can blog again about laptop cases and skins! Just in case you didn't get enough before.

This site has a lot of those big-head "artsy" line drawings that are so popular these days, but I do like these two:

Hippos go berserk

2009-02-24T18:29:00.000-08:00

I like this simple maple teether from Etsy seller little alouette.

Covet freakout

2009-02-23T16:43:00.001-08:00

It's rare that I find a site where every damn thing is so covetable I just have to stare and stare.

I found one in House Industries. Grain Edit was giving away one of these shirts as a prize.

Pretty much the only thing I'd like more (psst! House Industries!) is a pilcrow.

But I adore that shirt, and maybe even more in brown, rockin' the orange ampersand.

Which I could then accessorize with this.

There's even a freakin' cutting board, although I'm sure I'd lose minced onions over the curve there.

But for those of you less convinced of the domination of the ampersand, there's always this.

It's all about brunch

2009-02-23T11:22:00.000-08:00

My mom sent me this link, and it makes me laugh. I'm actually pastrami myself, which is cool (at least I'm not corned beef!) but I like the bagel look. And of course I really want to be a black and white.

People read this?

2009-02-21T21:27:00.000-08:00

So I was reading Daddy Types, because it's awesome. And he had this post that was all about 'Hey, there's a Mammut crib at IKEA.'

And I said to myself, 'Hey, I posted about that. Twice, actually.'

And then I kept reading and it said, 'Oh, look, Ohdeedoh spotted it yesterday too. At covetable' and I said, 'Hey, that's me." Ohdeeoh is Apartment Therapy for babies.

So there was one of those ourobourous bloggy moments.

(Thanks again for the photo, Kitt.)

Command and obey

2009-02-17T20:49:00.000-08:00

This is a lovely set of prints from Christopher David Ryan. Doesn't 'command' just look so pretty?

The last one definitely has some extra appeal.

Book for sale = must buy

2009-02-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

I seriously covet this book: For Sale: 200 Innovative Packaging Designs

I saw it in a bookstore but didn't really have time to stop and check it out enough. But just the cover is enough to show me it's a keeper.

Here's an interview with the author, John Foster.