wednesday wishlist

Colorful cooking. I love all these fun, colorful cooking and dining items.

The chef set, page flags to identify recipes found at spoonsisters.com.
Preparation bowl set. I want this set badly. It has 8 pieces, mixing bowls, measuring cups, a sieve and a strainer. All stacked together to save space. Amazing! from josephjoseph.com.
Washable cake doilies from ikea.com.
Cheese knife set and vinyl placemats from patinastores.com.
Chopping board set with 4 color-coded boards, one for each food type to safely prepare foods also found at josephjoseph.com.

get wrapping - idea #4

Buttons, buttons and more buttons! Colorful and fun, they add a wonderful crafty touch to any package. Use interesting vintage buttons, fabric covered buttons or buttons in a variety of colors. Glue or sew them in a row on ribbon. Tie with bakers twine. Create your own gift wrap. The possibilities are endless. Check out these ideas here and let them inspire you.

Buttons and bows giftwrap - bhg.com
Blue and red button accents via Rachael H - flickr.com
Red button accent via noddyboom - flickr.com
Button gift wrap - marthastewart.com
STELLA+HODGE packaging
Anthropologie 2008 holiday packaging
Ribbon with buttons - bhg.com
Under my tree
Button stamps - marthastewart.com

get wrapping - idea #3

Glam up your gifts with brooches. Add a little sparkle with vintage or costume jewelry. All it requires is simple wrap and the brooch can steal the show.

Images found at:
1. Parents.com
2. Parishotelboutique.blogspot.com
3. Oregonlive.com
4. Bugsandfishes by Lupin's photostream on flickr

wednesday wishlist

Feminine and pretty is what my wishlist is all about this week.

Tempting Trellis Cardigan has a garden of blooms on front and back - Anthropologie.com

Gorgeous monogram pendants - intrinsik.etsy.com

Reclaimed wool sweater brooch - thejunebride.etsy.com

Beautiful happy campers green floral fabric - iltec.etsy.com

Silver dainty lace inspired ring - bcm999.etsy.com

Button love 8x8 print - lolasroom.etsy.com

sweet tooth

I have been wanting one of those giant cupcake pans for a while. I just think they are too cute. Well now I also added a sandwich cookie pan to my list of delightful baking gadgets I need to have. Seriously, how cute. Both can be found at Williams-Sonoma.

get wrapping - idea #2

I found this super fun idea on bugsandfishes.blogspot.com. What an adorably simple way to adorn your packages. Check out her blog post for more photos. She also has a link to this tutorial on how to create these crafty handmade poms.

giveaway winner is...Alex Clark!!

Congrats Alex! I will be contacting you to get your address and find out what name you would like on the bookplates, in case you want to give them as a gift? And get everything all packaged up and shipped to you. Thanks for following my blog and signing up!

STELLA+HODGE has a desktop calendar

Doesn't everyone love cute little calendars. Oh the excitement...a new design for each month. Fun colorful patterns, some that you see on my custom bookplates and some new ones. Have a boring office or cube? This is a great way to jazz it up and add a little style. STELLA+HODGE 2010 desktop calendar

wednesday wishlist

...on Thursday. Oops. Sorry for being a blog slacker lately. I've been super swamped. Not complaining though, its a good thing! Anyway, so my wishlist this week is filled with die-cut thick felt items great for entertaining.

I am totally loving the modern look of all of these. The gorgeous colors, unique shapes, love love love them. The first two items, coasters and trivets are from peppersprouts.etsy.com. Totally hip and festive for the holidays. Check out the little deer and fox detailing on the edge of the trivets. Too cute! Then we've got a striking table runner, coasters and trivets from moufelt.etsy.com, which all come in a variety of colors. And last but not least, this genius design is from dimmalimmhome.etsy.com. Coasters and wine glass tags all in one! And they have several designs to choose from. Cheers!

get wrapping - idea #1

I thought I would share some creative gift wrapping ideas I've gathered. I LOVE wrapping gifts. I'm teetering on being obsessed with wrapping paper and all that goes along with it. So I will show some ideas to make your gifts look stunning. I will be trying some along the way as well and will show you my results.

Monogram gift tags. I LOVE this example of simple solid paper with fun patterned initial tags. You can use recycled holiday cards, patterned paper or just wrapping paper backed with something more sturdy. I've done this before and it is an easy way to personalize a gift and turns out super cute. And the beaded letter accents really dress up a package and make it look elegant. Both ideas from Martha Stewart.

W7 December sale!

STELLA+HODGE will once again be at the W7 Collective sale this coming weekend. Make sure you check out all the fun stuff. Stop by the social gathering on Friday night for a glass of wine, music and pick up some unique holiday gifts.

GIVEAWAY come sign up!

I'm thrilled I have passed the 100 sale mark in my shop! In honor of all the wonderful customers I've had, I'm doing a giveaway. One person will be selected at random to receive a couple goodies from my shop. This will include a set of my cute new custom book plates along with this antiqued bronze, black faceted pendant necklace.

To enter the drawing you need to do one of the following, each one will get you one entry.
1. Visit STELLA+HODGE and come back and comment about your favorite thing from my shop.
2. Sign up as a follower of my blog.
3. Become of fan of my facebook page.
4. Blog about this giveaway.
5. Twitter or facebook about this giveaway.

You must come back and comment about what you did with a link and way to get a hold of you. Drawing closes Dec. 11 and winner will be announced on Dec. 14. Good luck!

wednesday wishlist

This week's list was inspired by my sister in law. She had on this cute flowered t shirt the other day so I thought I would round up some favorite items, neutral in color but adorably cute.

alphabet pillow sewn from recycled suit jackets - hilarycosgrove.etsy.com
faded floral tee - jcrew.com
wool ruffled scarf - fishermansdaughter.etsy.com
faux boot legwarmers - leshasworkshop.etsy.com
armwarmers - fishermansdaughter.etsy.com

custom bookplates - great gift for book lovers on your shopping list

I am so excited to have this new item in my shop. As a huge reader, I think this would make the most wonderful gift for all you book lovers out there. Each 2"x2" bookplate has a different pattern that I designed in pretty colors of mint, blue, orange, green and gray. These custom bookplates would be great for book collections or even dvds. Check them out in my shop STELLAandHODGE.etsy.com