Book It, Love.

What to get someone who has everything - including your number?

Most folks like receiving something slightly personalized - but if you've already done monogrammed stationery, and embroidered pillowcases seem a bit too 'fluffy' for your honey...well then...

Tell them you want your days to start and end with them.

Tell them they wrote the book on amour. All of them.

Get your honey the coolest vintage bookends – customized with their initials!

Back story:

The books on my shelves had been falling over - occasionally knocking down picture frames, and generally running amuck.

So I hit Etsy.com a couple of weeks ago, hoping to find something different and handmade to reel in the madness and add some industrial chic.

I lucked upon Etsy's Orange Door Cottage, where I scooped up these nostalgic, customized bookends (my set is pictured above). 

Elisa Peterson, the online proprietor of Orange Door Cottage (and sister store, Orange Door Vintage), stocks a perfect assortment of crazy-cool, Anthropologie-would-love-to-have-this-stuff items. And at prices that won’t leave you shelved on a Saturday night! ; )

Idea that just hit me: Maybe ask Elisa if she’ll pretty please place your initial(s) on one bookend, and your sweetie’s on the other. Voila - you are the perfect pair!

Love,

- Melinda

P.S.

Following are a few other items I just had to show you from Orange Door...I cannot curb my enthusiasm when it comes to great goods... ; )

The vintage 'Pop' mug - perfect for a father or grandfather you adore. Amazing for a new dad, too! $18.

Greatest Place EVER to leave a love note or to-do list...for yourself or someone else! : )

The vintage memo holder, just $20. Amour!

The 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' framed letter press print, featuring surfer...11" x 13" and just $28. T'would be a fantastic gift to encourage someone who's pursuing a new dream or adventure!