It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for unique design, especially when it comes to home decor. This alarm clock is the winner of the RED DOT design award, and the brilliant lovechild of UK designer Michael Sodeau and Japanese-based company Suikosha. See? Wonderful things can happen when we do cross-cultural mash-ups.
In orange or black, [...]

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Let’s see…there’s no maintenance required, it makes an awesome decoration for home or office, a great gift for anyone over the age of eight, teaches you things about underwater environments, comes in tons of different shapes and sizes, and is just totally badass in general.
We like it.
From Images SI.

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Remember a few posts back when we recommended the Bodum Glass Teapot? We’ve now found the perfect kind of tea for a clear kettle– these blossoming tea flowers start out as little balls or in satchels, in a ton of different flavors. When you add the hot water, a beautiful flower opens right before your [...]

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Remember the Discovery/ Science/ Children’s
museums we used to go to in grade school? They would always have that GIANT wall-thing in the middle of the place that was full of pins, and you could stick your hand or your face (or if you’re immature little me, your rear end) into and then run around [...]

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Now, now…don’t run away…when we see the word “brooch” we think of gaudy, awful pins on old ladies, too. But no more! Vintage is always in, and we’re out to redefine tacky. PSDZ has a ton of beautiful, unique brooches to choose from–always fun, always decked out in crystals and pearls and other fun stuff. [...]

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…so that you know exactly how much time you have left to tell her the truth and/ or before her brother comes over and beats your a**. Also? It’s just super cute and awesome.
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So, in case we hadn’t made it clear, we’re pretty much bookworm-dorks-meet-amazingly-awesome-chicks here at SCW. Occasionally we have to indulge the nerdy side, so we present to you Literary Action Figures. So original, and pretty hilarious. So, when people come to your apartment? You will totally feel smarter than them when they have no idea [...]

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We’re big fans of Alice in Wonderland here at SCW headquarters, and since we’re still recovering from our trip to Vegas, we might still have cards and gambling on the brain. These gorgeous playing cards, covered in quotes from Lewis Carroll and color illustrations from the original text, would make the perfect gift for yourself [...]

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My dear friend and companion here at SCW always says that she has “the plague” when she gets sick. Given her penchant for practically dying every time she gets a bug, this isn’t all that inaccurate. But, me being the super pal that I am, decided that if she was going to keep accusing me [...]

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Ladies, we realize we’ve been going a little batsh*t crazy here with the Valentine’s Day stuff, and that many of you out there might not be feeling that. Maybe you’re bitter about a recent love gone astray, or you’re burnt out on “meaningful holidays” that have become a corporate circus. Either way, we haven’t forgotten [...]

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