Alright! Let's get this party started. I am sure I will go through this again as I read tweets and do more searches in the month and a half to come, so we'll just call this Round 1.
This. Freakin. Scarf.
It's green. It's soft. It's long!! (97 inches!) I am a very small person, so I tend to love things that are ridiculously overkill on size. With 97 inches of scarf, I could wrap my entire body up three times and guarantee I'd never be cold. I've wanted this scarf since I came across it while looking for treasury items about a month or so ago. For a green-fanatic, this thing is crazy awesome. If I get absolutely nothing else this year, please someone get me this, LOL. Made by TrendyTrimmingsByTT.
Don't these look WARM?
Now, I realize that this is a gift that is not likely to come my way unless I buy it for myself. Why? Well, we're all on a tight budget this year, and these carry a larger price tag. Are they worth it? I believe they are. But I don't know a whole lof of people willing to spend $90 on arm warmers besides me, LOL. But they are a great color and look fantastic. Once again, they are extra long. This would surely solve my "I love to wear tank tops around the house" ordeal when the house refuses to warm up this winter. I wonder if I could request matching socks? These are made by JohnlozDesign.
I know, I know: Goggles? What the...
Tracy Aardsma 101: I don't care how ridiculous something seems, if I like it I will wear it. I dye my hair the reddest (natural...ish) red my local salon can find. I will run errands wearing plaid pajama pants and a striped shirt if that's what I want to wear. My glasses have bright aqua blue plastic frames. (I get so many compliments on them!) I will admit, I would start wearing my contacts again if I had a pair of these goggles. I've wanted some of these since looooong before steampunk was a huge trend. I'd say...mid 90's? If you, or anyone you know (son, daughter, neice, nephew, brother, sister, etc.) ever played Final Fantasy VII, there was a character in that game called Cid Highwind. He was my favorite character, and he had awesome goggles like these. Since then, I've wanted some. Yesterday someone tweeted a different pair that they had listed on eBay, and it never even occurred to me that people are actually making these. So I did some searching, and this pair right here (made by BoilerGoth) is totally my style. I'd probably sleep with them on...I don't need cosplay as an excuse to use them, LOL.
Are these not the cutest plants you've ever seen?
janejoss makes all sorts of these little fabric plants. They look so soft and lovely, and they come in so many colors, it's hard for me to pick a favorite. But I tend to revert back to the things I know - so I have had my eyes on this green beauty for awhile. I have no idea where I would put it, as I hardly have room to drag out paper to fold these days, but I would certainly find a place for it!! She has mini plants, too, and if I had an unlimited budget I imagine this would become a recurrence of the first time I saw super-mini clay flowers at a craft fair. I bought...$250 worth? I had them everywhere. On shelves, in the windows, on tables, everywhere. I love plants. I. Love. Plants. But I also tend to kill them. So...I'd much rather take care of something that's immune to my plant-killing abilities. Like these.
Okay, this isn't for me, but...
I told my sister I was getting my nephew a santa hat for Christmas. Last year I made blankets for my daughter, for him, and for one of my greatest friends. As I am so busy this year, I think I will let someone else do the making of things, lol. Problem is, he's almost 2 years old, and most of the ones I find are for infants-12 mos. So I am thinking this will probably be an alchemy find. Which means I need to find the money...yesterday. (Or make some sales, LOL.) My nephew is so damn cute, and this is coming from a person who isn't usually very child-friendly. I want a picture of him wearing one of these, and maybe some ridiculously cute red outfit. I think last year he had one of those pajamas with his name across his butt flap, but I'm sure he's way too big for that this year!
I'll limit this first round to my top 5. I could keep going, but the post would be ridiculously long!! I am still working on my directory idea, but I have to find the time to sit down and alphabetize something like 200 shop names that I scribbled in a notebook. (So yeah, it's gonna be a little while...things are hectic right now.) I would love to see your wish lists or things you have picked out for others (well, if they are safe to share, that is)!
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