All You Need is Love and…
The Peace, Love, Hope and Joy plaques are made of hand cast stone and measure 3”x4¼”. The decorative plaques are weatherproof, so they can also be hung outside the home. $24.95 each. Carruth Studio, Waterville, OH. (800) 225-1178.







Messages That Stick
Sticky Note Booklets are part of the new Noteables line. The booklets feature a translucent printed window that lets the pad sheets show through. The cover also includes a garden related quote. Contains approximately 100 3”x3” sheets and a pencil. Recycled paper. Bottman Designs, Salt Lake City, UT. (801) 487-1949.










Chocolate Treat
The new Chocolate Latte collection features a scrollwork design. Traditional brides will like the simple, yet elegant motif. The collection comes in six other colors. Guest book and pen, $35. An 8½” pillar candle is also available, $25. Lillian Rose, Mukwonego, WI. (800) 521-8760.









Just in Case…
The Little Black Dis-Tress Kit is a girl’s best friend providing a number of necessities to cover many a fashion emergency. The kit includes two garment deodorant remover sponges, a pair of stay-up stockings, foot cushions and a tin holding bandage strips, a sewing kit, emery board and other essentials. $32. MyTagalongs, Montreal, Canada. (514) 376-3000.








Sign Me Up!
New Signature Chic collection features eight new fragrances including  Coronado, Daphne, Elemi, Kiwano, Pomelo, Quince, Satsuma and Spiderlily. Each candle is made of 100 percent soy wax and hand-poured into 11 oz. Black Platinum glass. $28–$30. 2 oz. travel Pocket Candle also available, $6–$8. The Bluewick Co., Alhambra, CA. (866) BLUEWICK.









Pyramid Power
Cuff bracelet is leather with bright metallic pyramid studs. Measures about 2” wide. Comes in a variety of different fashionable colors. $14.99. Matching belts also available. Toneka, New York. (877) 8-TONEKA.









Study Aid
This is not your ordinary desk lamp. Looking more like something that came off a space ship, the Luminance lamp features three strips of bright white LEDs. The wave-shaped acrylic base glows a blue hue. 2”x8”x18”. Call for prices. LumiSource Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL. (847) 699-8869.










Home Sweet Home
Following the success of the Custom Stone collection, Kay Berry added a new line of Cast Stone Address Markers. The pieces will be part of the company’s January product offerings. Small Arch shown here. Call for prices. Kay Berry, Saxonburg, PA. (800) 426-1932.








Make Your Own Gifts
Bramble Berry new Gift Set Ensembles kits come with everything needed to make at least ten gift sets, each containing a bottle of lotion, a jar of sugar scrub, three guest snow flake soaps and two bath fizzies. Available in either Cinnamon Sugar and Fresh Snow or Cranberry Fig and Christmas Forest scents. Can also be used as a party kit.: $97.99 each. Bramble Berry Inc., Bellingham, WA. (877) 627-7883.







Dimensional Depths
Oceans is a three-dimensional pop-up book that lets kids explore the ocean depths and learn about the creatures, plants and other wonders in the undersea world. The book is written and researched by scientists. Includes five pop-up panoramas. 12”x8½”. 32 pp. For ages 7 and up. $16.95. Silver Dolphin Books, distributed through Publishers Group West, Berkeley, CA. (800) 788-3123.