Inhale Your Gift

>> It's been about three weeks since my inbox has been bombarded with "Are you putting together GIFTING recommendations on your blog?  Please consider including our scratchy jumpers//new age hippie jewellery//hair vitamins//travel manicure kits in your guide...".  Of course what they don't know is there's nothing more pet peeving to me than a generic gift guide that every weekly, magazine and newspaper tries to put together, typecasting people into categories and assigning 'appropriate gifts to them e.g. for the teenage boy - a Hollyoaks calendar...

Still, I'm not going to be ignorant of the fact that Crimbo is just around the corner and yes, gifts will be on people's minds and so perhaps there may be a few more posts leading to possible 'gifting options' that is available on the interweb and since there's still well over a month, shipping contingencies can be put in place. 

Stolen Thunder seems an obvious choice and has gotten a bit of British press of late.  However, it was only until I physically smelt their laser cut wooden jewellery that I knew it needed a thumbs up.  As soon as it fell out of the envelope a combination of burning bonfires and hickory wood chips came wafting out from the birdcage necklace which actually made me immediatley put it on so that I could smell it on the tube everytime I felt like it (I used to do this with Stella's Amber solid compact perfume to stop me from being sick on the tube...). 

Their small but well-rounded selection attempts to do for wood what Tatty Devine did for coloured acrylic and at the moment it's all suitably Christmas-y... bambi, owls, Russian dolls etc... I'm quite taken by the rings too which include yet another take on the ever-ubiquitous double ring...

Comments

[Kazuko]

Wow! This is soooo beautiful!

[kirsten]

everything is sooo cute!!

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[B* a la Moda]

What a great collection. It is super original and creative. I agree we want unique gifts and not the conventional ones.

xoxo
B* a la Moda

[SwanDiamondRose]

clevah, i love the doll ring.

[Astrid]

These remind me of vintage paper cut outs.
Really adorable!
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[CHICSETERA PARIS]

The little owl is so adorable!

xoxo

www.chicsetera.com

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[The Daydreamer]

Everything is so adorable!

[Kayleigh Ann]

V.cute russian doll ring

www.kayleighannstyleblog.blogspot.com

[diane]

Aromatherapy jewelry, what a great concept.

[kirsty]

i love all of these x

[iole]

love them all!

[Gon]

Unique gifts rock! And this collection is something else, so hippie :D

kiss from Portugal,
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[The Style Strutter]

I love the Russian Doll ring!!!!! Have to check this out, thanks:)!!

http://thestylestrutter.blogspot.com
xxx

[Nikki Ashley]

Really cool stuff there!

[Ganymede Girl]

The puzzle pieces are really cute, they remind me of friendship necklaces my friends and I used to have in elementary school. Of course the puzzle pieces aren't cheesy like a heart broken in two with the word "best" on one half and "friends" on the other.

[Anna]

aw, that owl is precious! i wonder what kind of wood it is made out of?

[Ems]

Really cute - I saw this on What Katie Wore last week and bought one!

http://www.whatkatiewore.com/2009/11/10/taken-when-wkw-was-in-the-scotsman/

[cassie]

Really cute and unique. I love the Bambi style one, and the girl with the balloons reminds me of that Banksy print with the red balloon.

www.misspdolly.blogspot.com

[Make Do Style]

Damn it I'm a sucker for deer!

[Festy in style]

These are sooo sweet!!!
Xoxo
Festy

[Sandy]

I think its a bit Tatty Devine rip off - it's things that have all been done before, I'd rather see something laser cut that was a bit more original. Lasercut jewellery is really nice and seems to be everyywhhere but come on people lets see something that isn't a a version of Tatty devine, or your not going to stand out!

[KD]

I really really love these! My favorite is definitely the white leather bracelet with little owl charms. Ridiculously awesome!

[verity appleton]

The Russian Doll ring is tres cute.

[Nikki]

I agree i really love the white leather cuff!

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[mizz snape]

I need this in my life right now :D

[sonambula]

some of the designs seem awfully similar to princess tina's..

[Teresa]

Thanks Susie for the label recommendation! I love laser-cut wood, and it looks wonderful against metal.

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[Soelen]

Stolen Thunder, got to love it !

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[Jyun]

Bambi looks so much better w/o a face. Btw, i luv natural wood products.

[jetblackdye.blogspot]

i rly like th owl one!!!!

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[susie_bubble]

Sonambula: I'm not familiar with Princess Tina.... but just had a google search and found some enamel brooches? The characters are slightly similar but other than that, the techniques aren't the same...

Sandy: I did make the Tatty Devine comparison. What I was trying to say was though that Stolen Thunder work with wood....where Tatty Devine use acrylic.... it is hard with lasercut jewellery of this kind to deviate too far and als not everything I post is going to be 100% original (and I never said it was either...)... just pointing out another option...

[violetville]

i love the white braided charm cuff!

[roxy]

I love these!
http://www.twolia.com/blogs/teacups-and-couture
http://www.twolia.com/shop

[Brittneyx]

Wow these are great and different. May have to include these in my blog & obv. give you credit for coming across them. www.brittneysbuzz.com

[Emily]

Bambi. Very cute.

Thanks for posting this. These certainly aren't generic gifts and I can think of one special person in my life who would love the Bambi.

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