Joy gifts are stocking stuffers, Secret Santa gifts, hostess gifts, pick-up gifts to make the whole enchilada come together nice and neat; just-because gifts, house gifts, glad-you’re-here gifts, glad-I-know-you gifts.  Gifts that are small-ish. Sometimes they’re silly, sometimes precious; it’s all about the Ah-Ha Moment of finding the great little get.

So. Each and every Friday until we all fall down from holiday exhaustion, I’ll do a Joy Gift Friday. I’ll be sending you some nifty gifty things to cut through the chaos and the insanity that comes with the season.

Don’t panic, help is on the way. No need to self-medicate this year to get through it all. Oh, joy!

xxoxxoxo,
Bobbie.

There, I said it. Now you know. But once you know what he does, you’ll be swooning, too … or at least your heart will flutter a bit. One of my favorite shops in New York, and you just have to stop in. He’ll be there all nice and helpful and cute.

Here’s the deal → he finds all of these really old, archival documents and produces plates, pencil trays, paperweights, coasters, tchotke holders and all that out of them. Perfect gifts … and there are some insane series for your wall, too, that are actually multiple plates. Start collecting now, I say, or start a collection for someone else!

John Derian, here.

xxooxxox,
Bobbie.

Aren’t these good? Don’t you just immediately have so many ideas for them? Yeah, me too → in pairs, in groups, lined up as shown or just one here or there. And since we’re moving into primo gift season, you could kill a bunch of birds with one stone. That’s what I’m saying.

A bushel and a peck of pears. Realistic pears here; minimal pears, here.

xxooxxox,
BobbiePen.

If history is any indication at all, these will sell out very very quickly. They’re available at The Cooper-Hewitt, which is the design museum of the Smithsonian. Why do you need to know that? Well because, dear sweeties, if you join the museum, you get a discount. And even if you don’t join like you should, you won’t pay sales tax.

These were originally designed by Alexander Girard for his Santa Fe house in the early 60’s. He’s the one that also designed the textiles for Braniff back in the day. A quirky kind of guy, that Alexander.

Don’t wait too long … or they’ll be gone, and then you’ll be hating. And is it worth that? Oh, I think not.

Run, don’t walk, for these fab & quirky ‘60’s designs!

xxooxxox,
BobbiePen.

 Now these are the very definition of cheap and cheerful. Cutey pie bowls that are so happy and sweet that they will convert the die-hard cynic in one fell swoop. A whole lot of bang for the buck …. coming in at a mere $16 a bowl. Pretty unbelievable, don’t you think? Exactly.

Get a bunch, here.

xxxooxxo,
Bobbie.

You’d be lying if you said otherwise. I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about being organized in an utterly chic way. High gloss, high fashion, high five. What is it that your mother used to say? A place for everything and everything in its place. Now you honestly can say you listened to her.

But wait, there’s more. Isn’t there always? Something a little more exotic, a little more au courant to the season. These beauties are covered with cobra and finished off with bone. Divine, dahling.

Get it together, here and here.

xxooxxox,
Bobbie.

Feeling a little lean? This little piggy bank will help you fatten back up. Made of reconstituted leather, piggy poops your money when you need it. Hysterical!!! It’s nothing as crass or gross as you might imagine, just genius design.  I think best for coins … bills might be a strain, if you know what I mean and I think you do.

Get all piggish, here.

xxooxxox,
BP

Spin your own web. This cuff will certainly get you started, and no one will ever mess with you. Strong signal, without having to say a word. Just this cuff and a cocked eyebrow, I’d say. Pretty bitchin’, I’d also say, and so will you. Check it out, here.

Now if you need to be a little more say, forthright, you can go for the direct route with the bangles. I personally think I will adopt this message as my mantra and repeat it over and over to every single person I know. “You can agree with me or you can be wrong.” I wonder if like 4 dozen would fit on my arm…

Que serait le monde sans les filles? That’s here, too.
[What would the world be without girls?]

xxooxxox,
BobbiePen.

Have you seen these? Well, let me be the one to get you in the loop. These chocolate bars are not only good for a giggle, they’re just damn near addictive.

These people understand true chocoholics. They speak our language, know the real shameful truth, and obviously have had that daily maniacal craving. These will talk you off the ledge in short order, and at only 5 bucks a bar, it qualifies as a cheap thrill.

Get your giggles here.

xxooxxoo,
Bobbie.

The home page can be mesmerizing. You will find yourself riveted. But if you can tear yourself away from it, you’ll see some wonders.

Tim Flach Photography

And with that, happy weekend.

xxooxxo,

Bobbie.