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Olive Juice Means I Love You

I have an unhealthy obsession with olives (unhealthy in the way that anything is if you don't indulge it in moderation), and apparently the designers of this olive bowl do as well.

Posted Jun 10 2008, 02:00 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: kitchen, ceramics, design

What I Missed At ICFF: Lladro

I really meant to attend ICFF last weekend, but then Boston happened, and I had to choose.

One thing I missed? Apparently, Lladro, that purveyor of all things cute and porcelain, has become edgy while I wasn't paying attention.

After the jump, a photo (courtesy of NotCot) of one of their newer, more unusual pieces, and then a selection of their actually-somewhat-awesome pieces, found on their site:

Posted May 23 2008, 12:00 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: ceramics

Label Whore: Marimekko for Cheapskates

[$17.50, Plastica]

I can be a bit of a label whore, though you might not know it looking at my wardrobe (discount clothing stores all the way!).

Posted Mar 11 2008, 04:00 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: ceramics, design

...which is why I ingest multiple cups of Gourmet Garage's bavarian chocolate coffee every morning, while I'm working from home. And then proceed into the city for a half-time office gig and ingest several more cups of whatever god-awful stuff they have on tap, even though the quality levels are way below what I have at home. 'Cause at least it's something.

Posted Feb 28 2008, 04:00 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: kitchen, ceramics, coffee

Design at Center Stage: Bill Campbell Pottery

[$29, Stowe Craft Design]

Once upon a time, I worked in retail, because no one else would hire me.

Posted Feb 15 2008, 03:42 PM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: ceramics, serving pieces, dining, pottery

Trend Watch: Porcelain Flowers From the Past

The decorative bowl above belonged to my grandmother (and now it's mine! All mine!), but these porcelain floral finishes, all grace in their details, are popping up all over the doggone place lately. If you don't stand to inherit some of the gorgeous pieces entirely free of charge, you may want to read on, because nothing says quality like painstaking, hand-worked detailing.

Posted Feb 12 2008, 10:00 AM by Steph Auteri with | with no comments

Filed under: accents, ceramics, antique

about the blogger

Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance just-about-everything, with a special fondness for home goods she can't afford. She has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press and Nerve. She runs the blog selfhelpme.net, and her work can be found at stephiswrite.com.

Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.