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COVETED: An ax to grind, a tie that binds

POSTED: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 6:46 PM

Collectors of pretty things, take note: Every week, we're rounding up a what's-what of what we [heart], culled from the scores of design blogs, artist sites and Etsy treasuries we stalk on the regular. So many treats to share with you on this hot, hot Thursday:

Purchasing a pink foot-long Pocket Axe might be the closest we ever come to bearing arms. The tagline? "Hickory, steel and sex appeal." Pretty much. $95, Best Made Co. (spied first at PAPERMAG)
Confuse your dinner guests by asking them to place their wine glasses on slices of whole-wheat bread. Then laugh when they realize they're just cork coasters. Silly friends. Oiti (spied first at Desire to Inspire)

Snakes on a print! This Ryan Berkley-created I've Got a New Attitude print screams "change is good." $18, Little Paper Planes
Nan Lawson's hipster-but-not-hipster series is sweet all around, but we're particularly fond of the 5-by-7-inch I Love My Typewriter. $10, etsy.com/shop/nanlawson (spied first at The Storque)
We've never been to the Olympic peninsula, but we heart it just the same. $25, Paper Cut Works (spied first at I Heart Handmade)

Grocery lists, snarky messages, to-do lists: We have big ideas for this little Chalkboard Thought Bubble. If only we weren't left-handed. $28, Red Velvet Art (spied first at Poppytalk)
If you run a tape head over these half-cassette tape/half-thread ties, they're audible. How cool is that? This fact alone should be enough to sell you on the expensive-but-awesome Sonic Fabric Necktie. $120, Alyce Santoro via Supermarket (spied first at Design for Mankind)

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