An eclectic array of gift ideas await you here, from gifts for compulsive puzzleheads to gifts for the hopelessly romantic writer!
As seen in Conde Nast Traveler Magazine Clare Goddard Travel Journals

CALENDARS - SUDOKU! - PENS & OTHER WRITING IMPLEMENTS
GIFTS FOR TRAVELERS - PHOTO ALBUMS, ETC. - INSPIRATIONS FROM THE EAST
GIFTS FOR THE HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC WRITER - ADDRESS BOOKS

Gifts for the Gourmand...

Recipe Organizer



We love this recipe organizer for its colorful, no-nonsense, retro design - especially the spatter-proof, silkscreened cover - which reminds us of the Colorforms we played with as kids.

The 20 pocketed plastic sheets hold 80 4x6” recipe index cards (not included), and 10 tabbed dividers and a set of color-coded stickers lend method to your culinary madness.

Also notable is the cute, oven mitt-shaped placeholder, which lists several handy cooking reference charts.

Recipe Organizer
Size: 8.75 x 9.2 x 2"
Three-ring binder holds:
10 tab dividers
39 color-coded stickers for labeling
20 pocketed plastic sheets;
Holds 80 4 x 6" index cards for recipes

Optional Recipe cards not included but
highly recommended
Vinyl recipe card holder page refills also available.
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Retro Recipes Journal


The fabulous (and fabulously hard to photograph) cover art from Pamela Barsky's cool recipe journal.


Everyone who loves to cook eventually breaks down and does it: starts to create their own Recipes. It's the line between a food-making automaton and chef. Help your favorite cook release their inner chef - push them over the line!

Best to do it with style - like with our Retro Recipes Journal by hip L.A. designer Pamela Barsky. Ample room for recipes, variations thereupon, and notes to yourself.

We love the binder/journals in this series for their thoughtful attention to detail: the pages are whimsical and clever in design, and the swanky, rigid faux suede cover has a great “hand.”


Retro Recipes Journal
Size: 8.6 x 9.2 x 1.7”
1.25” 3-ring binder
Expandable to 200 recipes
Equipped to hold 102 recipes

Optional vinyl recipe card holder pages
$36.00ea
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2009 Viva Mexicana! Week-At-A-Glance
Appointment Book

See more images
from this appointment book


Trilingual? Information is displayed in Spanish, English, and French!
Fabulous! Fabuloso!! Fabuleux!!!

"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
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

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

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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Sudoku Madness Grips Country!
Pocket Sudoku 3-Packs
Size: 2.75 x 4.625" each
Each set contains 3 books
126 puzzles each
3 skill levels per pad
$7.00ea
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These Pocket Sudoku pads are the perfect gift for the sudoku nut in your clan. Each set of three books contain 126 puzzles each and three skill levels, instructions and, most importantly, answers to this simple yet engrossing game.

Gifts for the Traveler...
Nostalgia Avenue Postcard Pens

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!

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!
Condé Nast Traveler Magazine Clare Goddard Travel Journals
As seen in Conde Nast Traveler Magazine Clare Goddard Travel Journals

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
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Passport Italian Leather Travel Bag
Passport Italian Leather Travel Bag

The Passport
is delivered packaged
in a soft cloth
drawstring bag

Inspired by the messenger bags used in the great cities of Italy and crafted from the finest leather, these bags will last a lifetime. Stylish but unfussy, it features great detailing, including a working lock. Great for day trips when a journal or good book, a snack, and a map are all you need.

Other features include: two interior compartments, zippered back and interior pockets, top & shoulder straps, gusseted outer pocket.


Passport - Italian Leather Travel Bag
Handmade in Italy
Working lock
Hand- and shoulder-strap
Size: 10 x 8.25 x 4”
Reg $ 177.00
On SALE! $139!

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Outback Messenger Bag / Laptop Tote


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.

Holiday Edition Notes-To-Go Aluminum-Clad Notepads

Pen, paper, and ink refills (available here!) make these notepads a gift they'll use year after year!

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
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
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 Serving Tray

Personalized with classic family photos this serving tray
makes an unforgettable gift!
What could be nicer than being served breakfast in bed- with a dessert course of memories? This sleek serving tray of laquered wood and sealed glass, filled before presenting with your choice photos, makes for a heartwarming gift. Tea service not included (sorry!).


Snapshot Serving Tray
Size 15 x 18 x 3”
Holds four 4 x 6”, four 4 x 4”,
and one 3 x 4” image
$60.00
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Triplets Snapshot Album Set
Cute as a button, but not too cute, this bookshelf trio of albums - each with a customizable snapshot peephole on the spine - are covered in a soft yet rugged faux suede.

Set includes all three albums and satin-wrapped storage shelf.


Triplets Snapshot Album Set
Each album holds 52 4x6" photos
Size: 5.3 x 6.7 x 1.6" ea.

Faux Suede
$36.00
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$30.00
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Snapshot Photo Box
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
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

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
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
Treasures of the Scholar's Table
Chinese Calligraphy Set - Deluxe

Elegantly encased in a folding, fan-shaped box (nicely finished with a bone closure), this Treasures of the Scholar's Table Chinese Calligraphy Set is a charming introduction to this ancient art and a great gift idea.

Set Includes five brushes, brush rest, water pot, an “ink stick” (this is rubbed against the ink stone - the resulting concentrated powder is then mixed with drops of water from the water pot 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.


Treasures of the Scholar's Table
Chinese Calligraphy Set
Size: 8.75” x 6” x 1.375”
Also checkout the Master Set
$25.00
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Book of Good Fortune
Chinese Calligraphy Set


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
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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.
MiniSquare Accordion-Fold
Chinese Calligraphy Books

A perfect accompaniment
to any of our calligraphy items
or sets - and great for kids!
These playful little accordion-fold calligraphy books, with their iridescent silk covers (whose shimmering qualities are impossible to photograph, our Art Director wants you to know) and gold-flecked inside covers, are so sweet you'll want to eat them like candy. Please do not.


MiniSquare Accordion-Fold
Chinese Calligraphy Books

Size: 3.125 x 3.125” ea.
Four iridescent colors available
$9.00ea
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Thinking green?
Check out
the entire
ecojot line!
For the Environmental Activist on Your List:
100% Recycled Notebook Journals

Jumbo 100% Recycled Notebook
Size: 6" x -9" x 1+"
150 lightly lined sheets
$22.00
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These hefty notebooks, with their direct reminder for the environmentally aware but sometimes forgetful, are laudable for their environmental merits (see above), and perfect for note-taking, list-making, and letter-writing. Front-and-back heavy-duty covers (85pt board) give them an appealing sturdiness.
Paper is 70lb, acid- and chlorine-free,
lightly lined (in green, of course)
Made from 100% recycled
post-consumer waste
Glues and inks used are vegetable-based and biodegradable
A portion of ecojot product sales
goes to environmental causes

100% Recycled Notebook
Size: 5" x 7" x .375+"
75 lightly lined sheets
$13.50
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Handstitched Tao Journals
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
Alphabetica Italian Leather Journal
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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Italian Calligraphy Set

For the aspiring scribe, this calligraphy set - imported from Italy - comes complete with pen, nib, bottle of black ink, and a lettering chart for reference (for those whose calligraphy skills may have gotten a little rusty).

Ensconced in an attractive box that's a “keeper” itself, it's the perfect way to turn a writing journal present into a very special gift set.


Italian Calligraphy Set
with Wooden Nib-Pen
Size (boxed): 9.4 x 3.1 x 1.4"
Nib pen length 7.9"
8ml premium black ink
Flat writing nib and lettering chart included
Gift boxed
$34.00
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Pedestal Candle Holder with Candle

Giant 12" candle
included!
A simple, bold, yet elegant candleholder. Antique styling and fine craftsmanship make this a lasting treasure. Stands 16" tall with included hand-dipped 12" ivory pillar candle.


Pedestal Candle Holder with Candle
Pedestal 4 x 4"
Candle 3 x 12"
$47.00
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Hurricane Lamp with Hook

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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Italian Calligraphy Quill with Wooden Stand Set
For the aspiring scribe, this calligraphy set - imported from Italy - comes complete with turkey quill with permanent scribe nib, bottle of premium Francesco Rubinato ink, and a wooden stand. Choose from brown, black, or blue quill and ink sets.

Ensconced in a box that's a “keeper” itself, it's the perfect way to turn a writing journal present into a very special gift set.


Italian Calligraphy Quill
with Wooden Stand
Quill length 8"
Box dimensions: 9.2 x 2.2 x 1.2"
4ml premium Rubinato ink
Rubinato certificate of authenticity
$34.00
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Bedside Candleholder
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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Because cell phone batteries die and hard drives fail...
Little Red Book & Little Red Address Book

Little Red Book
Size: 3.5 x 5.5"
176 lined pages
Smythe sewn
Memento pouch
Ribbon page marker
$9.95
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Our Little Red Book makes a great gift and travel companion: there's room for all your important contacts on fully-tabbed pages, plus an accordion pouch in back to keep track of all of those ticket stubs and other mementos that can get lost so easily. Rounded corners let it slip easily into the pocket or bag.

With its trompe l'oeil faux aged leather cover in deep crimson with gold foil tracery - these little books are destined to become classics.

Our Little Red Address Book has fully-tabbed pages for keeping your contacts close at hand.


Little Red Address Book
Size: 3.5 x 5.5"
128 tabbed pages
Smythe sewn
Memento pouch
$14.95
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