…note set. You already know I love ruffles, so it shouldn’t be too surprising I found these oh-so-pretty cards impossible to pass by. The set (6 notes and 6 craft envelopes) comes neatly packaged and is available at The Paper Apartment’s Etsy store for $14.

I’m loving these hair pieces by House of Telsa. I think they’d be fantastic for a daring bride, but, as the website says, life is a special occasion… accessorize accordingly.

For Christmas, J’s sister gave me a darling {but somewhat daring} headband with clusters of chiffon flowers. I’ve had success wearing it with otherwise basic, neutral outfits, and I think the same would work for these lovely pieces.

Take a closer look here:
pink and gray fascinator
bow headband
mustard silk headpiece
petal pink rosette headband

Last summer, I fell in love with the idea of the color-coordinated stamp sets from Etsy seller TheLittleChickenCoop. I immediately bought these three packages:

Now, a few month later, I still don’t know what to do with them. They are certainly lovely to look at, and I think their loveliness is actually holding me back – I want to make sure they go towards a project that’s worthy of them!

So my question for my readers is this: do you have any lovely stamp-based projects I could tackle? My only lead so far is this gorgeous project by Miss Cream Puff (aka Stinkerpants):

See her instructions here.

I don’t think I have quite a large enough collection for this one, yet, but I’d love to hear your ideas!

…as scary as that seems! But since we’re almost through November, and then there’s just December left in 2008, I decided to jump on a recent post over at Style Me Pretty.

This set of 12 Gocco’d calendars by Sarah Parrott is to die for! Individual month calendars have become sort of a “thing” with small presses lately, but these ones stand out from the pack. Check them out in her Etsy shop here.

Besides having delightful designs, the presentation is superb: each month’s card comes tucked into its own cotton drawstring bag, and the whole package comes “numbered and packaged in glassine with a festive ribbon.” Festive ribbon! I can’t wait for these to show up in my mailbox.

If I were to keep these for myself, I’d either prop each month up one at a time on my desk, or else tack all 12 in a grid to an empty bulletin board.

However, I haven’t yet decided whether to keep them or give them away at Christmas. What do you think?