Last night we turned our heat on for the first time this season (our brand-new baseboard heaters for the first floor...very exciting because last winter we walked around the house swathed in blankets). This wonderfully chilly fall weather has me daydreaming about cozy sweaters and absolutely anything knitted. Basically....

It is fall.

I want leaves and chai lattes. I want to curl up and watch movies. And I want all the stuff in the Anthropologie catalog (well, some of it...I think I just want to be tromping around in fields with old barns on them).

I love soft and cozy things this time of year so when I found myself clicking over to etsy for some options. These cream wrist warmers above remind me of dainty white lady gloves. They're femme enough for me and not at all bulky.

I also think this black neckwarmer-hat combo would be pretty chic with a black or red coat for those days when it's so cold you can barely stand to go out. How creepy is that photo though? Head on a desk!!

My favorite find this morning though was seller romanticgems. She's in China though (sigh...of course) and despite he fact that it would take a whopping 18 days to receive, I'm seriously considering one of her perfectly slouchy knit hats or one of the incredibly ornate rosette scarves. They'd be a great way to incorporate the statement-necklace trend while keeping warm at the same time.

And this is just cute.

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Object Inspiration

Posted on October 6, 2008
Filed Under Everything Else, On The Street | 1 Comment

I walked by this odd bit of...something (electrical wiring?) the other day and stopped to admire it for a little while. I love the way all the different materials look together (metal, wood, painted cording...leaves!) and the once-usefulness of whatever that little gearbox is, and how now, discarded and rendered objectively useless, it just looks cool. Kinda like these wearable pieces formed from old watch parts that I discovered not too long ago.

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