Fallback Gift of the Year: Etsy Introduces Gift Cards

I’m not always gung-ho about gift cards. Generally I think they’re a little lackluster. At times impersonal. But this is different. This is big. And I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it.

Etsy recently (finally) announced the introduction of Etsy gift cards. The reason this matters is because Etsy is vast. What Amazon is to pretty much everything, Etsy is to pretty much everything handmade.

You see, my favorites list on Etsy is about a million miles long—surely I’m not alone here—making this a really great gift for me. Me. (There, I said it.)

We’ve got gobs of gifts on Wantist hand-picked from Etsy. They’re awesome because the people who make them are awesome, thereby making a gift card that enables folks to shop at whim there, pretty damn awesome.

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Make this Gift! DIY Yarn Ball Bookmarks

DIY Yarn Ball Bookmark by SeeJaneBlog for Design Mom

Have a favorite bookworm you’d like to do something special for? Of course you do. Have a hankering for a quick fuzzy project? I’m guessing it’s quite likely.

As Jane says, it’s “a charming little bookmark that would make a great anytime gift.” With the trees turning and the holidays coming, that time is now!

Grab some yarn, a mug of cocoa, and get going. This one’s so easy you can get the little ones in on it too.

Visit Design Mom for the step-by-steps to make your own yarn ball bookmarks. Created by the lovely Jane of SeeJaneBlog.

DIY Yarn Ball Bookmark by SeeJaneBlog for Design Mom

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Send Surprise Spirits! Julibox Cocktail Subscriptions

Julibox Cocktail Subscription: Autumn Sling

Shaken, stirred, swizzled or straight, if they fancy fine drinks then a Julibox subscription is sure to please their palate and excite their inner adventurer.

Each month Julibox’s esteemed mixologists hand-select two classy cocktails and box up everything but the ice for their customers to savor at home.

For the month of October the curated cocktails were the Bramble 75 and an Autumn Sling—a bourbon drink shaken with ginger liquor, apple and lemon juices, and garnished with cinnamon. Sounds delicious doesn’t it?

Julibox Cocktail Subscription: October Box

Subscriptions ordered now through Nov. 24th will begin with the December Julibox—just in time for the holidays! What libations lie ahead? Well you’ll just have to wait and see…

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OHdeerME Crafty Kits from Freckled Fawn

Freckled Fawn Autumn OHdeerME Kit

Filled with enticing tags and tapes, one of my favorite online supply shops is Freckled Fawn.

It’s a store fit for crafty imaginations, creative gift wrappers, and those only slightly obsessed with the wonderful world of washi tape. Ahem…

Beyond Doe’s delightful collection—hello woodgrain and arrows and birds on a wire—Freckled Fawn puts together seasonal bundles of indie goods and supplies called OHdeerME Kits.

To the aforementioned gang of craftmongers, these kits are way better than a box of chocolates.

I mean look at that Autumn lot (up top), wooden leaves, cork clouds! I don’t yet know what I’d do with them but that’s hardly the point. Amiright?

The OHdeerME Kits do have a tendency to sell out so act quickly if you wish to claim one.

Freckled Fawn July OHdeerME Kit

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Dare to Drink: Poisonous Printables for Halloween Libations

Printable Poison Apothecary Labels by Cathe Holden

What’s your poison? A Cyanide Sour? Perhaps Arsenic, straight up?

Head to your Halloween parties this year with a proper potion for your haunting host.

Rebrand your best bourbons as sinister spirits with these printable lethal labels created by Cathe Holden for Country Living. Download them here for free! If you dare…

Printable Poison Apothecary Labels by Cathe Holden

(h/t How About Orange)

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Oh Deer… It’s Not Dead, It’s Crochet!

Crocheted Faux Taxidermy by Manafka Mina

Taxidermy is certainly not for everyone. (Though faceless antlers have for some reason gained mass appeal.)

These colorful beasts however, do liven things up. And not in a Zombie Bambi kind of way.

I’m a sucker for anything made from or covered in yarn, and what’s the weekend if not for weird and wonderful things?
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Party by Post! DIY Halloween Mail

DIY Halloween Mail by Lovely Indeed

It’s a snail mail lovefest kind of day. And why not? Don’t the ones we love deserve to hear from us in a way that shows care and effort went into the hellos we’re sending? You can be sure I kick myself over such things more often than I’d like to.

That’s where people like Chelsea Costa help to make this world a better place. When she gets crafty, our creative juices get energized. I mean look, she’s sending a freaking party to a mailbox! Complete with tootsie rolls, candy pumpkins and homemade spooky skull garland.

DIY Spooky Skull Garland by Lovely Indeed

Visit Lovely Indeed to see what went into Chelsea’s DIY Halloween mail and get inspired to send your own party by post. What would yours include?

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Send Inspiration: Holstee Manifesto Greeting Cards

Holstee Manifesto Cards by Yoko

There’s a good chance you’re among the tens of millions who crossed paths with Holstee’s Manifesto in the last year or two.

Maybe you read the poster or you watched this video. If it missed you, then lucky me to be the first to share this with you.

Our friends and good-life ambassadors at Holstee recently collaborated with designer Yoko Sakao Ohama to create a set of four greeting cards that capture treasured nuggets from the Manifesto.

If one thing is certain of such inspiration—it should be shared. Thanks, Holstee for another beautiful way to do so.

Holstee Manifesto Cards by Yoko

In addition to these new gems, the Manifesto is also available on a card in it’s entirety. All the cards are blank inside, “making them an open canvas for any occasion.” Especially fabulous as a New Year greeting, don’t you think?