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An eclectic array of gift ideas await you here, from gifts for compulsive puzzleheads to gifts for the hopelessly romantic writer! |
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CALENDARS - SUDOKU! - PENS & OTHER WRITING IMPLEMENTS
GIFTS FOR TRAVELERS - PHOTO ALBUMS, ETC. - INSPIRATIONS FROM THE EAST
GIFTS FOR THE HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC WRITER - ADDRESS BOOKS
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Gifts for the Gourmand...
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2009 Viva Mexicana! Week-At-A-Glance
Appointment Book
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"Mexico, every day, a new friendly smile and a different color with each step" says the back cover of this weekly appointment book, and perhaps rightfully so: the 2008 Viva Mexicana! Week-At-A-Glance Appointment Book is bound to make you smile with its 61 amusing illustrations, a collection of vibrant images – cultural, religious, and commercial – from Mexico's past.
Wrestlers and saints, soap ads and señoritas festoon the pages: this is definitely not your average, lifeless old desk calendar.
2008 Viva Mexicana!
Week-At-A-Glance
Appointment Book
Full color, fully illustrated
Size: 7.5" x 6.7" x .7"
Wire-O bound,
Made in Mexico
$29.00
SALE! $24.95
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2009 Vintage Mexicana
Desktop Calendar
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So cool they're hot! Our Vintage Mexicana Desktop Calendars are the stand-up sensation of the season, with irresistibly colorful vintage advertising images from Mexico's past.
Sure to liven up even the most deadly dreary cubicle! An excellent Christmas, New Year's or Holiday Gift (mailable and perfect for stuffing stockings!).
Flip around the freestanding calendar and take notes on the lined back: handy! Smart, too: mulitlingual (Spanish, English, and French) month and day translations and abbreviations.
2008 Vintage Mexicana
Desktop Calendar
12-month, freestanding calendar
Full-color illustrations
Wire-O bound
Made in Mexico
$15.95ea
SALE! $9.95
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| Gifts for the Sudoku Nut in Your Life... |
Sudoku Lovers' Mechanical Pencil
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Sudoku puzzle enthusiasts will love this quality mechanical pencil with its sudoku game grid pattern and brushed chrome accents. Comes gift boxed and includes tweleve pencil leads and six erasers.
Sudoku Lovers' Pencil
Size: 5"
Refillable; comes with:
12 leads, 6 erasers
$24.99
SALE! $16.99
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Deluxe Wood Sudoku Game Set
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This deluxe, all-wood sudoku set is sure to win new converts to the growing cult of this ancient and intriguing game.
Set up the board based on a puzzle you're working on, or use any of the 100 included puzzles. Includes "thinking tiles" to use while you're working on the ultimate solution. All the tlies pack away neatly in the drawer - until the next time a sudoku craving strikes!
Deluxe Sudoku Game Set
Size: 9.25" x 9.25" x 2.5"
100 puzzles with answer booklet
81 double-sided tiles
81 mini tiles
Includes instructions in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German
$149.00
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| Gifts for the Traveler... |
Nostalgia Avenue Postcard Pens
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Nostalgia Avenue
Postcard Pen Set
One pen per region
of the Good Ol' U.S.!
$59.80
SALE! $29.95
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Pick up one of these pens and you are immediately impressed by its pleasant heft, then drawn in by the fine details. Here, the four regions of the United States, their major cities, tourist attractions of yesteryear, and natural wonders are detailed in fine enamelwork on an all-metal, art deco-style barrel.
Thank goodness they're refillable, as they sure are keepers!
Nostalgia Avenue Postcard Pen
Four regions, four styles:
East, West, Mid-West, South
Refillable
$14.95ea
SALE! $9.95ea
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Art Tubes - Great for Budding Artists!
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These cool tubes are packed with art supplies and perfect for young artists on the go. They hold 18 color pencils, 12 crayons, 10 oil pastels, 8 poster paints, 8 markers, and a drawing pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener, and paintbrush - all neatly stored in a clear vinyl wrap!
Art Tubes
Size: 20" x 4" dia
Adjustable shoulder strap
Three colors available
18 colored pencils
12 crayons
10 oil pastels
8 poster paints
1 ea: pencil, eraser, sharpener, paintbrush
$45.00ea
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As seen in Condé Nast Traveler Magazine!
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Clare Goddard Travel Journals
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In Transit Travel Journal
by Clare Goddard - Blue
Size: 5.25 x 7.25 x .5"
160 pages; 144 lined, 16 graph
50pt board cover
Elastic closure, page protector/bookmark
Reg $16.00ea
On SALE! $14.00ea
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These journals, with a distinctly international flair, are perfect for young writers, compulsive list-makers, and dreamers on the go. Featuring an unique bookmark/page protector (no mashed-up edges), rigid covers, impact-resistant rounded corners, and a convenient elastic closure to keep things tidy.
The evocative collages by the artist Clare Goddard feature old roadsters, scooters, train tickets, road maps, postmarks from faraway lands, and other travel ephemera in warm orange or cool blue tones.
Plenty of lined pages for writing, plus a stash of graph paper for drawing up top-secret plans!
In Transit Travel Journal by Clare Goddard - Orange
Size: 5.25 x 7.25 x .5"
160 pages; 144 lined, 16 graph
50pt board cover
Elastic closure, page protector/bookmark
Reg $16.00ea
On SALE! $14.00ea
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Outback Messenger Bag / Laptop Tote
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Outback Messenger Bag
Made in Australia
Size: 18 x 18 x 5"
Heavy-duty cotton canvas
Fully lined
Shoulder strap
Leather and brass hardware
$99.00
SALE $69.00
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These awesome bags, designed and manufactured in Australia, are tougher than overcooked prawns from the barbie!
Superior craftsmanship, top-quality materials, and rugged good looks make these bags a standout.
The rugged construction features heavyweight "scrub washed" canvas (giving it its unique, broken-in look), durable metal grommets, snaps, and buckles, thick leather straps, and plenty of pockets and compartments to stash your stuff.
Built to survive in the most demanding and diverse environments: from the hipper-than-thou urban jungles of the world to the Outback itself.
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Holiday Edition Notes-To-Go Aluminum-Clad Notepads
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Pen, paper, and ink refills (available here!) make these notepads a gift they'll use year after year!
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Field-tested at a post-Thanksgiving, 4am shopping brawl, these handy notepads are both stylish and tough! In sync with the season, they feature winter and holiday jeweltone colors - and are perfect for keeping your gift, wish, or naughty/nice lists in order.
An ideal gift for the gal or guy on the go, these sleek notepads slip easily into a pocket, purse, backpack or glove compartment. The sturdy, anodized aluminum case is spring-loaded with a retractable pen: slide the pen up, and the case flips open easily for quick note-taking.
Notes-To-Go Holiday Edition Notepads
Size: 4" x .25"
Spring-loaded aluminum case
50-sheet notepad (refills available)
Metal retractable pen (ink & pen refills available)
Four styles available
$12.95
SALE $9.95ea
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Albums always make great gifts - we love these for their customizeable covers.
(Tip for the gifting-handicapped: customize the gifts with a special photo before presenting them) |
Simple Snapshot Album - Small
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Simplicity is underrated these days. This album has features that seem simple, but are hard to find: handsome styling, a customizable stained and laquered wood cover (with aluminum bezel "frame" for your image of choice), pleather spine, detailed stitching... Suddenly simple is simply wonderful.
Simple Snapshot Album
Cover holds one 4 x 4" photo
40 black self-adhesive pages
Holds 80 - 4 x 6" or 40 - 5 x 7" photos
Size: 9.5 x 7 x 1.5"
$33.00
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Simple Snapshot Album - Large
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Simplicity is underrated these days. This album has features that seem simple, but are hard to find: handsome styling, a customizable stained and laquered wood cover (with aluminum bezel "frame" for your image of choice), pleather spine, detailed stitching... Suddenly simple is simply wonderful.
Simple Snapshot Album
Cover holds one 4 x 4" photo
40 black self-adhesive pages
Size: 9.25 x 11.25 x 1.5"
Holds 80 - 4 x 6", 40 - 5 x 7"
or 40 - 8 x 10" photos
$38.00
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Snapshot Photo Box
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Say goodbye to that raggedy old shoe box full of memories forgotten high on a shelf somewhere in a dark, musty closet! Keep memories close at hand in this modern and handsome photo box. Holds over 500 photos; customizable top displays six of your images. Also popular when repurposed as a photo recipe card box - nice kitchen!
Snapshot Photo/Card Box
Stores 500+ 4 x 6" photos
or 500+ 4 x 6" index cards
Stained and laquered wood
with glass cover
Also available in Black
$30.00
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Snapshot Folding Screen Desktop Photo Gallery
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Inspired by the simple, sleek design of Japanese Shoji screens, these folding “screens,” made from laquered wood and glass, display nine 1.5 x 2 images and look great on a desk or on a bookshelf.
Snapshot Folding Screen
Desktop Photo Gallery
Holds 9 - 1.5 x 2" photos
Also available in Black
$20.00
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Smile! Photo Album
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Smile! That's what this snazzy little photo album is sure to make you do, with its charming vintage style - and convenient, take-along size. Holds 36 of your favorite photos.
Smile! Photo Album
Size: 4.5 x 7.25"
Holds 36 - 4 x 6" photos in
18 plastic sleeves
Acid-free colorful card inserts
Elastic closure
$15.00
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Visions Desktop Gallery
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Change and rearrange the frames and images in this sleek, contemporary desktop ”gallery” with your every mood swing! Infinite variations.
Visions Desktop Gallery
Holds eight photos: two 2 1/2 x 3",
two 3 x 3", two 4 x 4" and
two 4 x 6" photos
$23.00
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| Inspirations from The East |
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Book of Good Fortune
Chinese Calligraphy Set
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Book of Good Fortune
Chinese Calligraphy Set
Size: 8" x 5" x 2"
Silk-covered, handmade box-enclosed set includes:
36-page, accordion-fold book, 2 brushes, ink (see above), Fu stone seal, seal paste
$30.00
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Enclosed in a folding “book” (nicely finished with a bone closure and covered in the traditional color of the Chinese monarchy, royal blue), the Book of Good Fortune Chinese Calligraphy Set is a great gift idea.
This set includes a brocade-covered, accordion-fold book for calligraphic exploration, two brushes (with brush rest), a water pot and ladle, an “ink stick” (this is rubbed against the ink stone - the resulting concentrated powder is then mixed with drops of water to make the ink), ink stone; a carved stone seal, and a porcelain jar of red seal paste. The seal is of the Chinese character Fu, which means good fortune. |
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Handstitched Tao Journals
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Traditional Chinese painters aimed to capture the inner essence of the visual form: their rhythmic brushstrokes on silk or paper were attuned to give form to the invisible forces of the universe - the Tao that pervades the world we inhabit. These paintings by four Chinese Masters of the 14th to 16th centuries reveal the workings of the Tao through the vitality and expressiveness of their brushstrokes and the harmonious rhythm of composition. Handstitched open-back spines with sturdy silk matte covers over boards, the pages are lightly lined on a cream paper. Available in four styles Plum Blossoms, Bamboo, Sunset Landscape, and Egrets.
Handstitched Tao Journals
Size: 7 x 9"
128 lined pages
Handstitched binding
Memento pouch, elastic closure
Available in: unlined or drawing too!
$16.95ea
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| Gifts for the Hopelessly Romantic Writer |
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Alphabetica Italian Leather Journal
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This wonderful journal - one of our personal favorites - is made in Florence using traditional tools and techniques to emboss and intricately detail the rich, deep brown leather cover using real gold leaf.
Pair it with any of the items in this section for an unforgettable - and (dare we say) Potteresque gift!
Alphabetica
Italian Leather Journal
Imported from Italy
Color: Deep Brown
Size: 6 x 8.6"
Lined, gilded-edge pages
$150.00ea
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Hurricane Lamp with Hook
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Whether atop a nightstand or hanging on a study wall, the classic design and styling of this lantern makes a stylish impression. A set of three 3” natural, hand-rolled beeswax candles (included) complete the set.
Hurricane Lamp with Hook
Size: 10.25 x 3 x 4"
Made in Italy
Candle refill sets of 8 and 24 available
$48.00
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Bedside Candleholder
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Conjuring up images of romantic nights of yore – the winds howling outside the window as The Writer feverishly toils over their latest manifesto... This simple yet elegant candleholder will keep you company on the longest of nights. Antique styling and fine craftsmanship make this a lasting treasure. Includes a box of 12 hand-dipped 12" ivory taper candles!
Bedside Candleholder
Made in Italy
Candleholder: 3.25 x 4"
Includes 12 Candles, each .9 x 12"
Made of solid antiqued brass
$35.00
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