Lately, I’ve been having dreams about swimming.

Sea Star for Your Hair. Mini Gator Clip.

Gray White and Black Rock Wreath With Shell Fossils or Candle Ring (RW64)

Delicate Seahorse Pendant

Gaudi Collar -Sterling Silver. Geometric Bubble choker

Jellyfish Line Drawing

limpet ring

Seahorses 8×12

Shimmery Koi Paper Mobile

We finally picked this year’s holiday cards, but here are the cards that got away:

Letterpress Peace Wreath

Set of 12 Letterpress Printed Holiday Cards Silent Night

5-Pack Holiday Cards with Hand Lettering, Peace on Earth

Letterpress Champagne Bubbles Holiday Cards, Set of 8

Screenprinted Walnut Wooden Holiday Card

Letterpress Seasons Greetings Notecards, Set of 10

Modern Geometric New Year Photo Card

The Orange – Set of 6 Letterpress Printed Note Cards

Sunburst Holiday New Year Photo Cards

Tiny Snowflakes Embossed Card

I’m a sucker for letterpress and gocco, but I’ve been pleased with the design evolution of preprinted photo cards –lovely, no? I’ll show you which card we chose once all of them are safely tucked in mailboxes, but what card are you sending this year?

I just lost an hour to Jason Travis’s Persona set. It’s similar to the What’s in Your Bag pool on Flickr, but you get to see the person behind the stuff.

I often used to ask to look through friends’ wallets and bags, and I’m especially fascinated by folks who carry almost nothing with them. I tend to be a pack mule, I feel like it affords me more opportunities for spontaneity if I have my stuff in tow. In fact, after looking through these photos, I’d like to start carrying around a switchblade, a tiny bottle of airplane tequila, and my passport. You never know.

What do you always have with you when you leave home?

Heather, as excerpted from Merlin Mann’s This Shouldn’t Seem Hot gallery. Plus a few Merlin missed.

This is a detail of Katy Stone’s “Little Universe (Burst Boom Bloom).” It’s on the wall at Spoon Bar in Healdsburg, which is one of our new favorite places to stop for a glass of wine while Hank naps in his stroller.

They’re hand painted acrylic floral shapes on clear Duralar plastic, nailed to the wall and arranged at different depths to create a nice 3-D effect. So clever. I think it would be cool to attempt a variation on this technique as art for a bathroom.

Here’s a time lapse of the installation: