I spotted this over at Luxist…The LEEDS certified Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, North Carolina (where I spent my first semester of college – in Charlotte, not the Ritz-Carlton), is being very green and Christmasy, with this all organic TEN BY FOURTEEN FOOT gingerbread house.

(Can you imagine he look on the face of the ants?!  Thank you Santa!)

I imagine that all the very proper tartan and velvet clad Charlotte kinder are just enthralled with it.

But they are too polite to touch.

Now, if this same gingerbread house were in a Wisconsin hotel…

Hanna Andersson has the most colourful collection of sleepy clothes around.

In searching for a sweet holiday jammies set for my son, I came across their elf-worth collection of organic stripey ones …

As well as post-holiday everyday ones.

Once agin, Scandies save the day.

What is it with those Vikings?

Happy November!

My favourite store is Anthropologie.  I heart them.  I want to carve our initials in a tree. I want to marry them. I want to be besties with whomever their buyers are.  I want to live in their store.  I just love, love, love them.

Anthropologie  has a new’ish line  of organic cleaning products are impractical as ones own cleaning products – but make for a beautiful housewarming, or baby shower gift.  They are spendy – but the packaging is classic French apothecary.  Any mama will swoon.

So.  Now that we have the organic angle out of the way – let me please share with you a few of my why can’t I afford every little ol’ thing I want  faves from the current Anthropologie catalogue.

If you can somehow assure that your little one won’t pull at the paper – this Lewis Carrol grandfather clock  is too fantastic. 

No little girl could have anything but a stupendously happy childhood with this lamp…

Non-toxic wall paper glue would make this Midsummer Night’s Dream wallpaper  any little thespians dream…

Available in several colours, who doesn’t need a vintage bakelight phone?  At least it won’t zap your brain with EMF waves…

Toad stools? Yes, please.  A few for a circle of magic should do…

Sir Walter Raliegh themed room? Visions of pirates dancing in thier heads?  They have it covered with a fleet of galleons.

And where to stuff all of these gorgeous must have things?

In a 6 foot Christmas stocking, thats where!

Happy Halloween, boo!