POSTED: Monday, April 12, 2010, 5:00 PM
Collectors of pretty things, take note: Every Friday Monday, 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.
This week we're doing things a little bit differently. You'll see more pictures, fewer words, simpler links and condensed shout-outs, because when we decided we'd do a
bicycle-themed edition of Coveted, we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. We could have spent an entire week scrolling through cycling-related
Etsy crafts (much thanks to
The Storque for
pointing us in the right direction). Here's the best of what we've found (
click on the pics for product info), grouped by color because we are nerds.
Way up top we've got a
Stop Honking T-shirt by
MyORB, which would most definitely cause the opposite effect than desired, but we like the idea. Then above, from left to right: Things we love about
Rotorcaps' circular
cuff links include a) they're handsome, b) they're made from beer bottle caps, and c) they're local. Speaking of beer,
Vital Home's colorful set of
screen-printed bike pint glasses would do just the trick. Still speaking of beer,
Steel Toe Studios has a pricey but worth-it
bottle opener made from recycled bike gear. Finally (and, we guess, still tangentially related to beer if you know what we mean), you don't have to put
Heckfire's
bike decals on your toilet, but it's something nice to look at.
Set two (above, L-R) starts off with a
rotating bike-wheel pot rack by
Plaid Clad. What does "normal ceiling height" mean and will this work in our kitchen? We couldn't pick just one necklace, so we've got the more straightforward (and local)
U-Lock necklace by
Maggie Wood, plus a funky, less-obvious
inner-tube necklace from Minnesota artist
TRStonyhill. Lastly, we couldn't not shout out Philly gal
Girls Can Tell, whose bike-related merch includes these simple, black-and-white
tea towels. Want.
Finally, set three (above, L-R) includes the brightest of the bunch. If you have a kid (or if you're a grown-up who likes pictures of birds riding bikes), check out
Barking Bird Art's sweet
nursery print. Adorbs. If you've mastered adult skills like time-telling, keep it up with
One By Liz's recycled-parts
bike clocks, which come in tons of colors and styles.
Heather Jeany's affordable, sunshiney
screen-printed stationery caught our eye, as did
Dark Cycle Clothing's
animals-on-a-bike tee series. We're smitten by the giraffe-on-a-tall-bike version, but the whale and the badger are pretty cute, too.
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