i’ve been searching for the perfect ring holder for a few weeks now…and just found it. i was looking through doe’s site and found these lovely little japanese bird dishes. i splurged and ordered both the ring holder and bowl version- i think i’ll use the bowl for a soap dish in the bathroom. it’s so dainty. doe has some great things in the home section so click here to check out the full collection and order online. enjoy!

just wanted to post a little reminder about the new products over at the hg trends section: 10 new products, 5 of which won’t take more than $100 out of your bank account. arch digest just relaunched their site and has a new weekly column of “under $100″, which i thought was odd (ok, more than odd), so i thought i’d share ours- what i like to think of as the original under $100…

[there's also an interview with the dude from franz ferdinand. he's a big foodie]

designer craig anczelowitz sent over a link to his beautiful cermaic work that was shown last week in bangkok during the “B.I.G.” fair. craig has been designing ceramics for a company based in the northern thai city, chiang mai for the past few years but is a native new yorker who worked for 10 years as a buyer for abc carpet and home, kate’s paperie and urban outfitters before relocating to asia. this collection was created for the thai group ‘prempracha’s collection’ and you can find more information and photos of craig’s work right here. [thanks, craig!]

i just wanted to extend a few quick thank you’s. i certainly didn’t want to let the end of victoria’s guest blog go unnoticed but milan crept up on me. she did such a fantastic blog and was such a hit with everyone- thank you so much to victoria for her fantastic work. you can keep on reading her design finds right here at sfgirlbybay. i also wanted to thank the lovely ladies who made the sf and toronto city guides- i’m going to have to post them on monday instead of today sadly because i’ve had some work pop up at the last minute that requires my attention most of today. i’ll be uploading the guides this weekend though so they’ll both be here in full form on monday. thanks again and i’ll see you next week… [cards above by pell mell press, $3.50]

i’m constantly in awe of the talent that came out of one single family: sisters lisa congdon and stephanie of little birds are having what promises to be an amazing show at doe sf on may 4. “lovely, dark and deep” will feature soft sculptures and woodland creatures from stephanie and paintings and collages from lisa. i’m tempted to fly out just for this show- it looks fantastic. click here for more information and more photos from the show. [thanks, lisa!]

the best i could ever manage with an etch-a-sketch was a simple house shape or maybe a lop sided cloud. but artist jonathan liu has taken etch-a-sketch art to a whole new level with his custom pieces. this raven design was done for amy ruppel but you can view more of jonathan’s etch-a-sketch work right here. should inspire some weekend sketching…[thanks, amy!]

jenny at three sheets sent over some of her latest work last week- i’m loving the marigold yellow she uses (ah, the color of the season) and the new tulip and trees print. you can buy the new prints in pillow or artwork form right here. be sure to browse the specialty section, too- there’s some cute stuff in there. [thanks jenny!]