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Valentine's Day Tip: Spend Nothing at Kate Spade

Steph Auteri — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:19:00 GMT

This is the best Valentine's Day e-card ever in the world, mostly because I'm obsessed with candy buttons. If you sent this to me, I would luv u forever, too.

If this one's not quite your bag, there are more free e-cards where this came from! Kate Spade just launched a selection that she commissioned a varietyof artists to do up for her. You can browse them all here.

My other favorites, after the jump:

[Via Creature Comforts]

Bring the Boutique to Your Bedroom

Steph Auteri — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:49:00 GMT

My First-Stop Shops for Home Decor Pieces:

Target (no doubt)
HomeGoods
Pier 1 Imports
The Container Store
Modern Materialist (which, of course, contains my favorite pieces from Etsy, Fred Flare, Supermarket, Urban Outfitters, etc.)

If you're shopping online, perhaps you miss the ambience of the brick-and-mortar shop?

This Brocante de Salon rug by Emilie Lecouturier and Céline Poncelet at Atelier Blink brings the flea market to your home.

[Via Apartment Therapy]

Mood Music

Steph Auteri — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:03:00 GMT

I've gotten to that point (again) where I'm sorta sick of everything in my iTunes library. Usually , when this happens, I turn to Pandora, which is great at giving my exactly what I want. Still, it hardly ever shows me anything new.

Consequently, I thought the timing fortuitous when I caught Book of Joe's post on youlicense and, more specifically, their page that allow you to search for new music based upon the weather.

It's still unclear how certain songs are matched up to certain seasons and weather conditions but, after a bit more digging, I also found this page, which actually allows you to search for music based on mood.

Moods are limited (I could find nothing for despondent and unmotivated), but a click on "hypnotic" brought me to a playlist I found oddly perfect for staring at my computer screen and blogging my day away.

Equation: Snark + Style

Steph Auteri — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:30:00 GMT

[$13.99, Busted Tees]

OMG you guys, I am going to die from excitement. Or maybe just pee my pants.

My favorite purveyors of snarktastic e-cards, SomeEcards, are teaming up with Busted Tees to release eight new T-shirt designs, taken from the card creator's archives.

I love it when they do shit like this.

[Via GearCrave]