Good Thangs: Green Thangs
In honor of Earth week, I’ve decided to show a few things that are “planet friendly” and also beautiful.
Pretty Bird Applique Necktie by Sugarlust
Recycling at its best here. These ties are just lovely and you can feel good about having these hanging on your neck. Now how many things can we say that about? [$15.]
Handmade wooden spoons by Live Wire Farm
These spoons are carved by hand and sanded from Vermont timber and are finished with a food-grade mineral oil. Yes, they’re made from trees, but these fall under the category of good design that lasts. These won’t end up in a landfill like that cheap vinyl tube dress you’re too fat to wear anymore. [spoons range from $10 to $50.]
Warm & Fuzzy Nesting Bowls at Modern Dose
A set of three hand-made fuzzy nesting bowls made from felted, crocheted wool. So much classier than the beer koozy made from your hair that your college boyfriend made. [$65.95.]
Good Thangs: Spring Has Sprung, Y’all
In Texas Spring is in the air, along with some nasty allergens. If you can, take some time out from your sadistic games with Easter candy and have a look at some items inspired by the season.
Cool Print Shirt by Robert Graham
Guys should wear more prints like this kaleidoscope print in Springy colors. You can even sneeze on your sleeve and no one will notice [$59.99.]
Bird Miniature Pill Case by Judith Leiber
Store your antihistamines and daily dose of Xanax in this Judith Leiber pill case detailed with Austrian crystals. Your friends will be distracted by its beauty and forget you’re such a pill-popping disaster. [$625.]
Tiki Head Tissue Box Cover at Target
Perfect for the person who has everything including hay fever. [$19.99.]
Good Thangs: St. Paddy’s
Chocolate Stout Cake Recipe from Epicurious
Corned beef and cabbage just makes me feel bloated and gassy. I’d rather bake this delicious cake for my St. Paddy’s day feasting. Last time I made it I put an orange liquor cream cheese icing on it and it was very yummy. It pairs nicely with Guinness of course, and if you’re like me and start drinking before you even start baking, don’t worry, this cake tastes almost as good coming up as it does going down.
Flag & Shamrock Thong at Irishshop.com
St. Patrick’s Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. For some of you it’s a day to wear green, celebrate Irish culture, and drink green beer. For your cousin Regina last year, it was an excuse to dye her pubes green and flash her lucky charms for 8 blocks from atop a St. Paddy’s Day parade float. If you’re not quite feeling that much in the party mood but still want to show your spirit, you’ll feel lucky in these thongs and avoid a citation for public lewdness. [$10.49]
Shamrock Dog Pillow on etsy.com
This is adorable! How nice to roll over to see your dog asleep on this in your bed instead of the dwarf dude from the party who was dressed as a leprechaun and kept looking up your skirt and offering to show you his Blarney stones. Ah well, he must have had the luck of the Irish that night. [$19.]
Sláinte, y’all!
Good Thangs
It’s Good Thangs, cuz that’s how we say it down here in Texas. It’s not Martha Stewart’s, but my latest in found items that are cool, beautiful, brilliant, or fabulous in some way. Basically, these are things that Mama wants, so take notes for my next birthday, y’all.
Tattoo Fems Pillows by Oggetto Home
These lovely ladies of ink are accented with trapunto quilting on a killer 60′s inspired background. You know you’ve never seen a pillow this cool for this price, Honey. [$35.]
Cool Jazz Guitar Ice cubes
Dudes, if some chic came over for drinks and you had these in her glass she’d go mad and be on you like white on rice. You’d have to pry her off your crotch with a crowbar. I’d say that’s worth the eight dollars. [$8.]
Melamine plates by Ogi
People, matchy-matchy dinnerware is for tired debutantes in the Park Cities and other boring white people. Mix and match with these and other colorful plates and astound your guests. They’ll be distracted by your fabulous plates and won’t notice your nasty dried out chicken fried steak. [$32.]
