I thought I would share a few of the fun purchases I’ve made over the past few months.  Online shopping is so fun, isn’t it?  Etsy is completely addicting.  I need to get some things in my own shop to offset my little shopping habit.  You can find so many wonderful things there, vintage or hand crafted, two of my favorite characteristics.

This is a letterpress piece that I had custom made at 12fifteen.  Her work is lovely and she is very accommodating.  I saw a design on some of her coasters that I really liked and asked her to make a larger size that I could frame.  I plan on hanging this in our new bedroom some day. 

I found just jenn designs via Cool Mom Picks.  I have found a ton of cool things through their site, plus they have a lot of giveaways as well.  I ordered these cute circus themed notepads for the girls and couldn’t resist adding a smaller notepad for myself.  These would make a fabulous gift for a young (or young at heart) person in your life.  I have no idea why a four year old and seven week old need their own stationery (thank you notes?  letters to Grandma?), but I have always been a sucker for personalized items.  I don’t see that particular vice ending anytime soon.

I found this wonderful site via the chicken.  They sell a variety of art supplies, cards and toys, all of them eco-friendly and so cute.  I’m saving these for a particularly rough day or special occasion.  New art supplies always brightens up the day, right?

This last one is a total 80’s throwback.  When I saw the folder on the shelf in the school supplies aisle, I really couldn’t leave the store without it.  I had a purple Trapper Keeper in the fourth grade that I loved.  Why don’t they make Trapper Keepers anymore? On the first day of school that year I wore purple from head to toe.  I wish I still had those purple Nikes.