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Objects of desire and a warm up gift guide.

Objects of desire and Anmutig's gift guide
Accept my humble apologies and lateness on completing Maquette’s gift guide and instead relish this fabulous gift guide by my favorite German blogger Nadine of Anmutig blog. She’s done an incredible job of featuring gifts for particular ilks like: Little girls, older girls, and boyfriends. I like, I like! Notice how beautifully she laid everything out. You are an inspiration Nadine! I’ll pull something useful together for my readers. It would be a shame not to since I’ve been collecting ideas for months…just give me till Friday. For now I share with you my drawing “objects of desire“above.

Enjoy Anmutig’s gifts for:

Girlfriends

Boyfriends

Men’s graphic T-shirts (Great gifts)

men's graphic tees

I love t-shirts. My husband is always wearing them so I say go for an artful graphic look instead of just plain solids or stripes. I’m a big fan of Poketo and Chocosho, I’ve posted about some of their other items in the past. Both are just splendid places to get some great gear and other aesthetically pleasing items online. I’m still in love with these unique t-shirts as well.

A Maquette reader/blogger AdamX told me about another gift for men. It’s possibly the funniest and most practical I’ve ever seen. Prepare to smile…heartily.

Jill Bliss journals and notecard book available at Reform School

jill bliss at reform school

The first time I saw Jill Bliss‘s work it was in my mom’s purse. She has the address book. I thought “ohh” and I said “ohhh….preeetty”. Then I forgot about them until now when I was perusing Reform School a great site to pick up gifts, art, design, and crafts. If you’re not in a spendy (I think my friend Hannah coined that one) mood it’s still a fun site to peruse just for fun.

Check it out when you order one of Jill’s journals or note-card books (here or here). They happen to be printed on 30% post-consumer waste recycled paper with conventional inks. Green is pretty.

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