Daily Find
Still stumped on what to give Mom on Sunday? A perfect gift for Mother's Day can be found at the costume-jewelry treasure trove Rhinestone Rosie on Queen Anne. What Seattle mom -- or mom with a kid who lives in Seattle -- can resist a sparkly rhinestone brooch immortalizing the Space Needle?
By Scout Colmant | May 9, 2008
Daily Find
Kim O'Neil Screen comes from good stock. That's what her grandfather always said. So after putting together a beautiful bound book for her mother's 60th birthday and witnessing the joy it brought to her and her family, Screen, a graphic designer, decided to launch a press, bindery and custom-book company, which she named -- you guessed it -- Good Stock.
By Alison Brownrigg | April 29, 2008
Daily Find
My love of paper goods is no secret, and not since Swee Swee Paperie opened in West Seattle more than a year ago have I been so smitten with a local card shop. The new object of my affection is Paper Delights, a delightful new stationery and party shop in Wallingford.
By Natalie Bow | April 14, 2008
Daily Find
In case you've missed the clues -- red- and pink-packaged candies at the grocery store, nervous men standing in front of the jewelry store and an overabundance of red roses at the flower shop -- Valentine's Day is upon us.
By Natalie Bow | February 13, 2008
Daily Find
For those of you who are searching for that perfect Valentine's Day gift, I suggest you check out the offerings of Seattle "wine lifestyle" company True Fabrications, purveyors of the "What's Your Vine" collection of women's T-shirts.
By Stacy Nguyen | February 12, 2008
Daily Find
Local artist Stacy Day Parade hand-prints greeting cards on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper, then embeds them with flower seeds. When the card's novelty has worn off, the recipient can simply plant it in a pot or in the ground outside and -- voilà! -- she'll have a crop of pretty wildflowers in about four weeks.
By Kathy Schultz | January 10, 2008
Holiday 2007
Origami artist Cindy Ng, who built her business, Finger Magic, on whimsical, three-dimensional forms made out of paper, has now upgraded from paper to fine metals with her new line, Origami Bijou. With deft and delicate fingers, Ng transforms thin sheets of silver into everything from frogs and bunnies to fortune cookies and castles.
By Natalie Bow | December 24, 2007
Holiday 2007
An astonishing number of new food-related books kindled my interest this year. I read — and reveled in — a stack that melded entertainment with enlightenment, offering an extra-big helping of history, geography and cookery. Among the highlights were the following giftables that delved into everything from food politics to food snobbery, kabocha squash to kumamotos.
By Nancy Leson | December 12, 2007
Daily Find
Though your brother claimed to love the pipe-cleaner key ring you made for him last Christmas, you couldn't help but notice a less crafty contraption dangling from his ignition. Perhaps this year it would be best to entrust your artsy gift-giving inclinations to real artists.
By Britt Olson | December 5, 2007
Holiday 2007
They may not be welcome at Sea-Tac Airport this year, but for many Seattle families, the Christmas tree is the highlight of the holiday season. The tree itself is important, of course, but as Charlie Brown and his gang so poignantly demonstrated, it's really the ornaments that hang from it -- and the love with which they're placed on it -- that count.
By Lara Ferroni | November 26, 2007
