Mighty Goods: Business

Alphabetical Paperclips

My mind reels with the possibilities.

Use them to create alphabetical tabs in notebooks, to organize paperwork by letter, as a “monogrammed” flourish on brown paper packages, or use your initial to secure a small cache of business cards in your wallet.

How I wish you could order single letters.

via Oh Joy

$25 at Charles & Marie

Kirtsy This | Posted 19 Sep, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Doodlebook Frame

Now you can draw a new frame every time you rearrange the living room.

$18 at SFMOMA

Kirtsy This | Posted 11 Sep, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Stiletto Laptop Stand

$49 at John

Kirtsy This | Posted 05 Sep, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Flower Petal Page Marker

Sticky-note petals peel off to mark passages in your latest read. The literary version of “he loves me, he loves me not.”

$8 at Greener Grass Design

Kirtsy This | Posted 22 Aug, 2008 by Margaret Mason

French Schoolroom Dip Pens

Revive the art of letter writing with these French schoolroom pens, recovered when a general store in Paris was being liquidated. You get a set of red, yellow, blue, and green pens.

$28 at P.O.S.H Chicago

Kirtsy This | Posted 19 Aug, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Tiffin Box

A reasonably priced tiffin tin for lunches, picnics, or craft storage.

$10 at Cost Plus World Market

Kirtsy This | Posted 19 Aug, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Branches and Flowers Large Cup and Saucer

Now this is a lucky mug.

$51 at Supermarket

Kirtsy This | Posted 18 Aug, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Vosges Gift Set of Exotic Mini Candy Bars

GUEST EDITOR: SARAH BROWN FROM QUE SERA SERA

Great gift for your weekend hosts. If you’re on the receiving end, hide the Barcelona bar for secret eating.

$25 at Vosages Chocolates

Kirtsy This | Posted 01 Aug, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Vintage Perpetual Calendars

GUEST EDITOR: MELISSA FROM MIGHTY JUNIOR

I know your computer has a calendar, but that one doesn’t make you feel like a private detective.

$129 at Pedlars

(Price converted from British pounds.)

Kirtsy This | Posted 22 Jul, 2008 by Melissa Summers

City Plates

Porcelain map plates featuring famous cities of the world. Host a cocktail party with snacks that originated in each city, give one as a gift for someone about to undertake a big move, or just brush up on your geography over dinner.

$50 at Not Neutral

Kirtsy This | Posted 13 Jun, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Spence Tape Dispenser

$30 at Shop Fosters

Kirtsy This | Posted 29 May, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Licorice Sampler

Either you pick out the black jelly beans, or you buy them in bulk and keep them in your bag. If you know a licorice lover, this will keep them satisfied for weeks.

$40 at The Candy Store

Kirtsy This | Posted 12 May, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Jewelry Roll

Because stuffing all your jewelry in sandwich bags when you travel is getting old.

$10 at Crate and Barrel

Kirtsy This | Posted 08 May, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Baby Grobal Self-Watering Plant Pot

$13 at Delight.com

Kirtsy This | Posted 08 May, 2008 by Margaret Mason

De Loach 2006 Green Valley Pinot Noir

This is a bottle of wine to begin the evening, before you’re too tipsy to notice what you’re drinking. A fruity, slightly spicy pinot that reminds me of ripe, dark cherries and the smell of leather.

$39 at Fine Wine House

Kirtsy This | Posted 24 Apr, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Driinn Mobile Phone Holder

A tiny shelf with cord-wrap base to hold your phone or MP3 player while it’s charging. Tidy.

$13 at Arango

Kirtsy This | Posted 07 Apr, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Thermos Food Jar

Keeps food hot for twelve hours or cold for twenty.

$30 at Plastica

Kirtsy This | Posted 01 Apr, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Tour One Wallet

Dual coin and currency pockets for the traveler. Comes in several colors, including yellow, green, orange, red, black, and brown.

$65 at Scandinavian Details

Kirtsy This | Posted 31 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Sugahara Round Riverstone Vase

A palm-sized gift for people who pluck small weeds, leaves, and flowers on their morning walks.

$20 at Rose and Radish

Kirtsy This | Posted 27 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Custom Laser Engraved Moleskine

OK, everyone in the world. You know how you’re always asking me what to get as a relatively inexpensive but cool gift for employees? And you know how I always tell you to just give them the cash instead? OK, I have a new idea.

This! Get them this. Then tuck some cash inside.

Via uncrate

$20 at Engrave Your Book

(Price varies by quantity.)

Kirtsy This | Posted 27 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Key Lime Apples

PERFECT PICNIC GUIDE

I would very much like you to try these. Crispy, freeze-dried applies coated in dark chocolate. Once you have a box, please call me so we can exclaim over them. Thank you.

$20 at Recchiuti

Kirtsy This | Posted 26 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Bodin Sourdough

PERFECT PICNIC GUIDE

This has become one of our favorite gifts to send out-of-towners. Fresh-baked sourdough shipped from San Francisco to your doorstep. You get one 1 lb. long loaf, one 1.5 lb. round loaf and three 7” sandwich rolls. Once you have this in your picnic basket, nothing else matters.

$25 at Boudin

Kirtsy This | Posted 26 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Solid Easy-Care Wool Blanket

PERFECT PICNIC GUIDE

A wool blanket that you can machine wash and dry. Because if you send your picnic blanket to the dry cleaner, it kind of makes you look like an ass.

$100 at Pendleton

Kirtsy This | Posted 25 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Boccalone Salami Sampler

PERFECT PICNIC GUIDE

Gorgeous small-batch salami made by hand in the Bay Area. They cold-cure the meats, giving them less salt and more time. Everything Boccalone makes is “seasoned by hand, tied by hand, hung by hand, checked by hand, and packaged by hand.”

From their hands to my mouth.

$40 at Boccalone Salumi

Kirtsy This | Posted 24 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason

Personalized M&Ms

EASTER BASKETS FOR GROWN UPS

Choose M&Ms in any color, with any message you like. It turns out monogrammed M&Ms taste much classier.

$50 at My M&Ms

(For four, 7 oz. bags.)

Kirtsy This | Posted 13 Mar, 2008 by Margaret Mason