When the Paper is the Present

How sad is it that I'm getting all excited about wrapping paper? Not even a gift-type item, but the paper in which it may be wrapped. I know, I'm easily entertained, especially by shiny things. So next time you plan on giving me a present, could you please wrap it in one of these lovely chandelier-print papers?

Chandelier Mania

Check out the crazy chandeliers at Rock and Royal. Rather unconventional, to say the least. (Via NOTCOT.)

Also, just a heads-up: I shall probably be posting less frequently for a while, as I'm attempting to write for real real.

Tea for Me

Oh sweet god in heaven: I have a major hard-on for this tea set. I mean, come on. It combines two of my favorite things—chandeliers and tea. It's all elegant and subtly shiny and gorgeous and I do need dishes. (Right, honey?) And, for the time being, shipping is only $5, which is excellent.

Crystal Crazy

This may just be the answer for those of us who simply adore chandeliers but hardly have the room or funds necessary to bedeck the house. Wear some vintage crystal jewelry instead.

Hm. I wonder where my grandmother's old chandelier has gone?

Oooh, Chandeliers!

Man, I'm such a girl. I'm absolutely in raptures over this morning's Times article about chandeliers. Oh, I've wanted one for ages. (Although my family did briefly have one hanging over our bathtub when I was small-- don't ask.) My current favorites are the cluster of starburst chandeliers in the Metropolitan Opera lobby and any of Tord Boontje's ethereal Swarovski Blossom chandeliers.

Goddamn, I'd better be loaded someday.