Site Of The Month

Last month I posted a "Christmas Gift Ideas" which was comprised of items I'd found on a few stores on Big Cartel. In keeping with the Christmas theme, this moth I've looked at Etsy to find some ideas for gifts for literature lovers. Please click any of the links below the pictures to be taken to the sellers pages where you can get more information on any of the products, see prices and more pictures.

Jewellery:

1.Scrable Pendant   2.Catcher Pendant  3.Darcy Pendant 4.Penguin Pendant 5.Stoker Pendant 6. Typewriter Pendant 7.mini book pendant 

1. Pendant with 3 tiles, one a scrabble letter, one a Louisa May Alcott quote, and one a "Shh! I'm Reading!" print. 2. Pendant with print from The Catcher In The Rye. 3. Pendant with a Mr. Darcy quote. 4. The classic Penguin emblem on a pendant. 5.Filligree patterned pendant with a Bram Stoker quote. 6. Pendant made from a typewriter key. 7.Miniature book pendant (so cute!)

Also below are the Got Words Bracelet , the 3 book locket and the book locket.

Home wares:

1.Custom Fold 2.Keepsake Box 3.Tolkein Box  4.Book Lamp 5.Coasters 6.R&J Square 7.R&J Heart 

1. Custom made hardback book carving, open the book out and display your carving, cut from the pages. 

2. Keepsake Box with French typography on the lid, a lovely gift box  or just somewhere pretty to keep memories. 3. Small trinket box made from paper mache, with pages from "The Lord Of The Ring" as covering. 4. Metal framed lamp with almost a scalloped shade made from book pages, (this looks amazing lit up!) 5. Ceramic coasters with opening paragraphs from Ulysses  Moby Dick, Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn printed on the surface. 6. Square trinket box with print from Romeo & Juliet on the lid. 7. Heart shaped trinket box with print from Romeo & Juliet on the lid. Also see below for this amazing Christmas Bauble. 

Prints:

1.dictionary print  2. print 3.p.pan print  4,5&6. h.p prints

1. Dictionary page with a beautiful anatomical heart and flowers print. 2."I Love You To The Moon And Back" printed on the page of a vintage encyclopaedia. 3. Peter Pan decal on pages from the book. 4,5&6. Iconic Harry Potter images printed onto pages from the books (only 3 of 6 are shown). Also are these colourful gatsby prints below. 

Clothing & Accessories:

1.Clutch  2.Persuasion Scarf 

1.The clutch is inspired by Natalie Portman's red carpet Lolita clutch, there are a few of these on etsy, this shop in particular offering Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Also available are Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker - Stories, The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (features a bust portrait of Elizabeth and her signature on the front)The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice. 2. The scarf is white, 100% cotton knit, and features print from Jane Austen's Persuasion. 

If you're in the U.K. be careful on Etsy, a lot of the items come from U.S. sellers so you might end up paying a fair bit in postage, but if you are in the U.S. then you'll probably find the postage is a lot easier for you. The products on etsy are a lot more charming and have a cute "gifty" feel to them, probably because the site is more well known for being about crafts and creativity, whereas BigCartel creates business  Whichever it is you decide to have a look at (if any) they each offer some wonderful things that perhaps you wouldn't normally see in the shops, and I think a lot of these things would make lovely gifts.