On the First Day of Christmas…

The holidays are upon us! I love nothing more than the whole Christmas-y bonanza, and keep asking Mike how soon would be too soon to put up my new tree. (This year, we've upgraded from decorating a houseplant to a slightly more festive fake tree. Hello, adulthood!) I keep checking in to my local Muji (the big new one in Paragon) to see when they'll be getting their Christmas supplies (as of yesterday, they haven't yet), because look how cute it all looks.

I've also been ferociously bidding on eBay for a vintage set of Tinker Toys so I can have a Tinker Toy tree just like Martha (below left). (She's got lots of cute Christmas crafty things to suggest too. I'm definitely making some of these paper ball ornaments, below right, out of cool printed paper.) Really, I'm just one step away from a cookie-scented candle, and that's really only because I haven't seen one in stores yet.


Come November 24 (a.k.a. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the official kick-off to the holiday festivities in the U.S.), I'll be ready to really break out all my lovely red and green stuff. But in the meantime, we'll be posting ideas for our very own Fashion is Spinach Holiday Gift Guide over the next few weeks. (There will be a list of all the suggestions somewhere on the left, so you can keep up and check back.) It will have nothing over $30 (though we reserve the right to change that rule should we find something really, really good), and lots of cool stuff to let your loved ones know not only that you care, but also that you want them to be well-accessorized. Hurrah! I mean: Ho, ho, ho!

{To get you in the holiday spirit of things, that up there is the card City Sidewalks from MOMA's new holiday card collection. Isn't it cool?}