after a long working weekend i’m waking up to a grey and cold morning here in brooklyn. i opened the windows for a quick second to let turk meow at a bird on our fire escape and felt a cold gust of wind that made it quite clear winter is here. even though christmas is months away, i’ve been besieged by holiday gift guide emails and submissions so much so that i’ve already got ornaments on the brain. so i thought i’d share the ornament that’s been sticking in my head for days now. anthropologie’s bejeweled reedling ornament reminds me of both a fancy version of our operation hot glitter project and of a sparkly brooch i’d like to wear in my hair, ala carrie bradshaw. i’m thinking i might take the plunge and make this a centerpiece on our tree this year (despite ac’s moratorium on birds in the house).

speaking of holidays- we will begin our annual d*s gift guide series the week AFTER thanksgiving. we’ll be covering the same areas as last year and will try to sneak some new ones in there as well. and of course, ac will be doing his guy’s gift guide for practical dude presents.

i also wanted to take a second to welcome artist jill bliss to the d*s guest blog! jill will be joining us with her portland favorites all week. click here to check out her first post- welcome, jill!

*stay tuned for a new free d*s desktop wallpaper today at 1pm!