Virginie Millefiori is a French jewelry designer living in NYC, who I met while I was there in the fall. She has the cutest accent, and I was charmed by her whimsical designs.

While some pieces have a touch of elegance, others are bright, colorful, and fun.

And because you’re the perfect mixture of whimsy, elegance, and fun, Virginie is offering all NYAO a 15% discount to her etsy store. Just enter the code “BRANDI” when you checkout.

So now you finally know what to buy for that francophile in your life — even if that francophile is you.

Pigeon Toe Ceramics was yet another New York International Gift Fair find, except I had already knew about the gorgeous pieces they made. My first enounter, technically, was a collaboration PTC did with Shanna Murray (I’m still on the waiting list).

I’ve always loved the vibrant colors used for the interiors of the cups and the whimsy of the test tube holders.

I’m not even quite sure what these are used for, but I want one in every shade of blue. And green.

And maybe this bowl would finally have me eating salads again (I find that so hard once the weather turns).

{all images from Pigeon Toe Ceramics}

I had the pleasure of seeing the gorgeous textiles from Studiopatro up close at the New York International Gift Fair. I’d seen some of the tea towels around One Sydney Road before, but I loved all the suggestions of things you could do with tea towels on the Studiopatro website.

A tea towel as an impromptu apron? Brilliant. And the perfect way to keep a fresh baguette warm.

Use a tea towel to dry washes veggies (trust me, once you do this, you’ll never go back to paper towels), or wrap a gift.

And with simple bags for the market, Studiopatro really has all of your kitchen/food prep/shopping needs covered.

Do you use tea towels in your home?

{all images from Studiopatro website}

Just a few wonderful shops to spice up your day!

1. Liven Design – You might be itching to do some spring cleaning on your blog and spice thing up with a new design. Ana is a great resource, designing templates for all your blogging needs.  And right now she’s giving away one of her designs — but you only have until Thursday to enter!

2. Coterie – You’ll swoon over all the lovely pieces in this shop curated by the talented Jane of Ill Seen, Ill Said.

3. Hey Little Diddle – From ponchos to pillows, this shop takes care of many of your baby needs. For inspiration not of the little person sort, check out Claudia’s blog, Stonehouse Love.

Have you made any fantastic shop discoveries lately?

I popped over to my friend Melissa’s boutique, Reverie Daydream (she has a wonderful blog of the same name) this weekend to take a peek around. And do you see the fantastic French Patisserie card sets I found? I know you’re swooning too.

Melissa has a real eye for style and I just love so many of the pieces she has there. The purse would be perfect to help me transfer things between bags, and this journal would be perfect to keep a record of my travels in.

I think it’s time you wander over there yourself…

{all images from Reverie Daydream boutique}

The moment I saw this picture I became obsessed with finding pink underwear like that. Actually, I’ve recently rediscovered my love for cute intimate apparel like this. And since my goal for this year was to love myself, I can’t think of a better way to feel gorgeous than with ruffly underwear.

I’ve already ordered some. In pink. And navy (with a yellow bow). And I’m considering at least one other shade of blue.

Do you ever find yourself crushing on cute intimate pieces like this?

{original source of image unknown, found via Souled via Padgett Hoke (thanks a lot, ladies!)}

I’ve been having way too much fun over on Wantist lately. I met Brittany, one of the brain’s behind this brilliant project, at Alt Design Summit. And all I can say is that I’d love to go shopping with her sometime. (Actually, using Wantist, it kinda feels like I am.)

Right now, I’m looking for something stylish for someone domestic. After all, people have birthdays coming up…