A few years ago our friend Becky gave John and I a couple of tiny bowls and several flavored salts. hmm…we’d never thought of that. Now we’re pretty lost in the kitchen without access to the subtle salt flavors and the sight of the lovely little bowls on our counter. We even brought the whole idea to Click! so you can come into the shop or check it all out at the Click! website.
Above are “Spash” bowls by Tampopo $36. These come in a really nice gift box. The salts $12, and spoons $19, are each packaged in sets of 4.
• Posted by Frances on December 7, 2009.
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store, on web
• Tags: chefs, flavored salts, gifts, kitchen, splash bowls
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The holidays are upon us, and it’s time to sass up your home for the impending family gatherings and sugar-fueled gift opening extravaganzas that await. We’re here to help.
Let’s start at the table. There is no easier way to dress up the dinner table than by adding a table runner, and at $21, there may not be a less expensive way either. Top it off with brushed nickel tea light holders by Kenneth Wingard, and you’ll be feeling festive in no time.
If you want to receive good stocking stuffers, you’d better have a good stocking. Read Frances’s post from last week on these sweet, modern stockings from Simplemente Blanco. Handmade in Boston by Argentina-born Fernanda Bourlot, these have a simple beauty. And for hanging by the fire with care, try using our purse hangers as stocking hangers. We have new designs for the season that would work perfectly to hang from the mantle.
Sometimes stockings are small, and hang from the tree. Sometimes they have sweet little mittens to hang with them. I’m just saying.
Speaking of ornaments, we had a great idea from a customer recently who bought several of these wooden ornaments, with the idea of using them as gift tags. You could even do that with our ever-popular wood snowflake ornaments, if we haven’t sold out of them yet.
You’ll undoubtedly be wrapping some gifts, and will appreciate the top quality wrapping paper we’re carrying, by Denise Lynn Studios. Don’t be surprised when the recipient ignores the gift and frames the paper. No really, we know a lamp maker who has made gorgeous shades from this line of paper… but more on that in the new year.
• Posted by John on November 27, 2009.
• Filed under: click, handmade, holidays, in store, on web
• Tags: candles, felt, gifts, holiday, ornaments
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It’s getting cold out there.
Have you ever come in from the outdoor bluster and just not been able to shake off the chill? I have three words for you…Hot Water Bottle, or Hottie as we call them in our house. When I was a kid my Nana cured everything with a Hottie and a cup of tea. (Never mind that we lived in Southern California and not in “merry old England”.) Anyway, we have Hotties in at Click! and they are sooo cozy.
Made in Boston by the folks at Simplemente Blanco, Hotties are snuggled in a handmade soft wool cover, white or or dark heathered grey. $46
• Posted by Frances on November 18, 2009.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, handmade, holidays, in store, snow days
• Tags: gifts, Hottie, winter
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You know, it’s kinda weird buying Holiday decorations in August. But it’s exactly what John and I are tasked to do every summer in the sweltering heat/ice cold air conditioning, of the NY gift show. Well, things are arriving. It’s actually pretty exciting unpacking all the boxes. It’s a bit like Christmas, and as it turns out, I think we did a pretty good job.
These stockings are irresistible and it doesn’t hurt that that their designer Fernanda Bourlot is one of the sweetest people we’ve met at the shows. Originally from Argentina, she now lives and has her studio in Boston where all of Simplemente Blanco designs are made. Everything she does has such a pure, optimistic, beauty.
Certainly a refreshing take on the holiday stocking. $37 each
• Posted by Frances on November 10, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: coolest holiday stockings, gifts, simplemente blanco
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This Sunday is Father’s Day, and you’re probably scrambling to find a decent gift for your dad, or the father of your children. Either way, he is, of course, notoriously difficult to shop for.
Bottle openers: nothing says “you deserve to kick back and pop a cold one” quite like these hand screened bottle openers from FluffyCo. With authentic Starr X hardware, he’ll stay refreshed for years.
But what if he’s more of a wine guy? Two words: Cork Cufflinks. Or is that three? Depends on how you spell cuff link.
Or perhaps he’s more into martinis?
OK, that’s all fine and good… what if he doesn’t drink alchohol? We’re going to stay on a liquid theme and suggest a solid ceramic coffee press.
But if you really loved him, you’d buy him this chair made of reclaimed plywood scraps from Austin, TX based ref-use:
All items are in-stock at Click!. The pictures link to details.
• Posted by John on June 16, 2009.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, holidays, in store, on web, reduce reuse recycle
• Tags: father's day, gifts
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Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching, and with it the eternal question: what to get for your sweetie? Boys are notoriously difficult to shop for, so let’s start there…
Malcolm Fontier makes the best boy bags on the planet. Made of polyurethane-coated canvas, they are a modern, PVC-free alternative to leather — and they look awesome. We have new designs scheduled to arrive on the 9th they’re here!
Whether he’s a manly man or a metro-man, he’ll love the industrial look of these stainless steel wallets by Stewart/Stand. Add a set of Smersh Design concrete cufflinks and you’ve got one tough present!
And for the ladies… forget about roses and chocolates. Show her you know her taste with an Orla Kiely handbag.
And of course, you can’t go wrong with Smersh Design Jewelry. Frances’s recent designs in gold with red cork ought to be sufficiently romantic.
Of course, one of the best ideas is to go experiential. How about treating your sweetheart to a home spa day, complete with an organic cotton robe and slippers set, currently half price? Or, you could get a set of Roost cocktail glasses from Click!, then make Frances’s favorite drink, the Damask Rose:
Hendricks gin - enough for a generous martini
cranberry juice - a whisper to a splash (frances prefers a whisper)
rose water – preferably in a spritzing bottle
cucumber round for garnish
Chill a frosted or platinum Roost cocktail glass from Click!
spritz with rose water 5 – 7 times
measure Hendricks gin and a touch of cranberry juice
shake well with ice
strain into prepped cocktail glass from Click!
garnish with cucumber and give it one last rose water spritz.
loverly
• Posted by John on February 5, 2009.
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store, on web, sale
• Tags: gifts, handbags, holidays, jewelry, recipe, tabletop
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Sometimes New York can be closer to home than Ballard. We’ve known and loved Gwen and Anita of Three by Three Seattle for years before we ever had a store, and are so very thrilled to work with them now. Although they are based just across town, we mostly only see them at trade shows now, where they take care of us with rock star treatment, despite the fact that we must be one of their smaller accounts. This includes making sure that we are stocked with these sweet-as-pie picture frames, which are both magnetic — for sticking on your fridge (or one of their magnetic bulletin boards) — or standing alone on your sweetheart’s desk. $7
• Posted by Frances on February 5, 2008.
• Filed under: click, in store
• Tags: frames, gifts, valentine's
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