Stuff I've been doing. Wearing tactile clothing, velvet leggings & cashmere. The best thing about winter. Painting christmas trees on my nails, inspiration found here. How cute are these? & so easy to do with some strips of sellotape. Awesome. Now I just have to go to work tomorrow & it'll all be chipped to fuck. Oh well. Watching Reggie Watts videos. At first it was mainly just being captivated by his appearance but the accents, the fucking beats and the songs are astounding. Like this guy can sing. & he's funny as hell.

Last couple of weeks have been strange interspersed with lovely. Just weird friend and work stuff then lovely Christmas things. That sounds cryptic but it's more that there's no point bitching about people none of you have heard of all over the internet now is there? I've been thinking about doing sort of "introduction" posts on what I believe on certain subjects & then hopefully from there start writing more about those kind of things & getting a discussion going. In between all the lovely new clothes I have to show you, because I'm rubbish. Like I didn't even post my halloween clothes! I suck. Anyway. Day off love.

Clockwise from top left: Anne-Claire Petit Crocheted Lemon Cushion, $150/£93.70, The Future Perfect, The Heart Machine by Martin Smith, £245, Laikingland, Harris Tweed Headphones, £80, Urbanears, iPad, £329, Apple, Mirror Hologram Boxy Bag, $78, Pixie Market, Kloset Eye Candy Statement Necklace, $248, Pixie Market, Flyknit Racing Trainer, £150, Nike, Beetlejuice Scale Terrarium, £225.89, Face of the Earth.

Isn't the lemon cushion like the best thing in the world ever? She's made a whole variety of fruit and vegetables as well. Totally need to finally get round to learning to crochet so I can make this amazing shit myself!

So that's it. The end of gift guide week. I hope you found something that at least reminded you of a gift you should get if not a shop where to find it or a gift itself (preferably the iPad, for me yeah?). Or at least enjoyed all the lovely things laid out somewhat thoughtfully! 

Clockwise from top left: Lanvin Knitted Bow Tie, £75, Liberty, Bracing Silverbirch Thermal Muscle Soak, £19, Molton Brown, H is for Homme Tote Bag, £18, Doghouse, Comme des Fuckdown T-shirt, $35/£22, SSUR, Tintin Plastic Thompson Diving Keyring Big, £5.95, The Tintin Shop, Patum Peperium Gentlemans Relish, £2.45, The Cheese and Wine Shop, Torbay Point Harris Tweed Shoes, £49.99, Clarks, Izola Prospector Beard Oil, £30, John Lewis, Farah's Olde English Toffee Assortment, £6, John Lewis. 

Where the man resides that this motely crue of things is for, who knows. But Harris Tweed/Comme/Bow Tie Wearing & bearded sounds alright to me. This was weirdly one of the easier lists to compile, mainly because I have a strange interest in high end male grooming products, all that badger hair brush shit fascinates me. In fact the boy got a little addicted to having a professional razor shave every day a few moons back, so maybe it's catching?

In the early hours of yesterday morning my friend Ella who I told you guys about last week sadly passed away. My thought are with her family & friends & all I can say is at least she's not in pain anymore. All my love. 

Clockwise from top left: Rhys Lee Teatowel Pack, $59/£36.86, Gorman Shop, Audrey Hepburn Cardboard Cut Out, £40, V&A Shop, HHS Heat Cardigan, €50/£40.75, High Heels Suicide, Starry Night Brooch, £9, Sweet Bestiary, Dotted Back Seam Tights, $48/£30, The Olive Shoppe, Black Cat Curved Hem Tank, £47.76, Leah Goren, Me and Zena x Saatchi Gallery Paint Brush Earrings, £18, Me and Zena, Golden Twig Pencils Pack of 10, £9, INKKIT, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in RX, $16/£10, OCC Makeup, Oversized Deep Red Flower Crown, £25, Kis for Kani, Burgandy Lace Underwired Bra, £19.99, Oysho, Map Coin Purse, £34, Jonathan Adler, Diamond Sculpture, £29.04, Mega Myers.

Lots of etsy shops this year. It is nice to buy directly from the makers always, & I just couldn't find enough good stuff in the usual places. But I've trawled through listings just for you!

Clockwise from top left: Burt's Bees Head to Toe Starter Kit, £14.99, John Lewis, Fuck Off Heart Brass Necklace, $20.12/£12.57, Tevin Vincent, Tattoo Hands Glove Mitt, £16, Of Cabbages and Kings, Pacific Coat Fished Bandana, £15, Slow Down Joe, Deco Basil and Lime Soap, £12.95, Twenty Twenty One, Bear Head Wall Mount, £19.36, White Faux Taxidermy, Mighty Asterix Wooden Puzzle, £12.50, Siam Collection, Colour Wheel Wooden Puzzle, £19.36, Puzzled One, Dumb & Ugly T-shirt, £15.49, Burger and Friends, Cycle of Violence Comic Book By Grayson Perry, £16.50, Blackwell's, Owl and Zebra Illustrated Wooden Badges, £14.20, Depeape.

Feeling a bit dodgy about this one considering two of them (T-shirt & necklace) might be offensive if given to the wrong person but I think they're fucking awesome. In fact the boy gave me a "Fuck It" bracelet a month or so back which is so perfect in it's sweary loveliness. Hopefully we all have someone who *gets* the shit we give to them anyway huh. & sorry about the puzzles, the colour wheel was too good not to include & I think they'd both look good as decor sculptures not just puzzles!