…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?

…notebook. By Carrot & Stick Press. $6 each. Blank. Love.

Wouldn’t you like to spend the weekend in a tree house?

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The designer and builder, La Cabane Perchee, writes on its site:

“The whole idea is to relive our childhood dreams of building tree-houses. This is a dream that we all had, as a child or later in life… Living high in the trees to observe, to read or write, to listen to music, to feel well, to dream, sometimes to be alone and sometimes to love.”

Well said.

{Thanks to Rachel for the tip!}

What lovely hair accessories I spied this morning over at Snippet & Ink! The designer, Chelsea, has an Etsy shop where she sells her dreamy flower and feather fantasies. My favorite part? Each piece is christened with a name straight out of the past:

Miss Betty

Miss Doris

Miss Irene

Miss Lucille

Miss Phyllis

Best of all, Snippet & Ink is hosting a giveaway – one hairpiece to one lucky reader! Check out all the designs on Chelsea’s blog, then comment with your favorite on Kathryn’s post before Wednesday at midnight. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Friday!

And if you haven’t yet been introduced to the glory that is Snippet & Ink, be sure to spend some time checking out the months and months of out-of-control gorgeousness that are Kathryn’s inspiration boards. A warning: you just might find yourself completely rethinking your wedding color palette, or be suddenly struck by an urge to redesign your house top to bottom – her combinations are that convincing.