13 Cheap, Last Minute and Actually Good DIY Gift Ideas
From D.I.Y. TO “I.O.U”, here is a round-up of the best and cheapest gift last-minute…
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Magical & Macabre Spell Ingredients to throw in your Cauldron this Halloween
We’re looking for a most powerful spell this year. Forget the “eye of newt” and…
Olympia Le-Tan transformed “Don’t be a Tourist” Books into Clutch Bags!
As an author and purveyor of curiosities, if there was ever a collaboration to be…
A Brief Compendium of the Traveling Salesman’s Vintage Sample Case
Unlike most of the vintage stuff we tend to get nostalgic about on this blog,…
Forgotten Object du Jour: The Vinaigrette
Pass the vinaigrette! No, not the salad dressing – we’re talking about the vinaigre de…
Twisted Treasures: The Quirky World of Telephone Cord Bag Collecting
We love a fashion moment wrapped in a mystery, which is precisely what happened when…
A Brief Compendium of Curiosity Shops
It’s not quite a junk shop, but it’s too informal to count as an antique…
Digging for Treasure (and Love) in New York City
Their’s is a love of strange and beautiful proportion. The kind measured in porcelain, peanut-sized…
The Messy Nessy Personality-Curated Gift Guide
“Remember, the big stores don’t do ‘a little Jig’ when they make a sale. Make…
So Today I Went Shopping for a Used Submarine
“So apparently Vancouver has something of a submarine graveyard,” says graphic designer/ photographer Emanuel Smedbøl…
The Secret History of the Conversation Chair
It’s taken many names, shapes and forms over the centuries – the conversation chair, the…
The Adorable, Squishable Soho Sex Shop
Do you remember the girl who revived an abandoned corner shop last year in East…