Etsy Owl Gift Guide: Jewelry
Christmas is just under two weeks away, and I honestly can’t be certain that these items could all be delivered by then, but hey, anytime is a great time for giving the gift of owls. Searching “owls” on Etsy results in 1115 pages of items (5,051 jewelry; 3,427 art; 2,232 paper goods; you get the gist). Below is the first segment of Owelle’s Etsy owl gift guide: jewelry.
Vintage Brass Elsa Necklace, $32, marisolspoon
Small Silver Owl Ring, $100, bethmillner
Vintage Owlie Cameo Necklace, $15, mvegan5
Turquoise Owl In Tree Scrabble Pendant, $5.50, jessejanes
3D Handpainted Owl Cameo Necklace, $23, daliadaliak
Owls Owls Owls Pendants, $58 each with the “Owl Be Home For Christmas” discount, polkadotmagpie
Tiny Silver Owl Dangle Earrings, $36, lulubugjewelry
Porcelain Owl and Gold Moon Necklace, $17 each, cuteandfun
Hedwig the Owl Vintage Bead Earrings, $13.50, cuteandfun
Cherry Blossom Owl Necklace, $23, lycheekiss
Pink Drilled Owl Ring, $11.90 , debbychoi79
Silver Screech Owl Necklace, $78, lulubugjewelry
Eating Strawberries In The Dark Necklace, $150, ilikeitiloveit
J. Crew holiday decor
Last night I had the chance to see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, which, lucky me, included a bonus backstage tour. Radio City is pretty impressive whether you’re a tourist or New Yorker, and one of my favorite parts of the appropriately-named Christmas Spectacular was a brief history of the venue since it opened on December 27, 1932. Because Radio City’s interior was deemed a city landmark in 1978, it’s all pretty retro-fabulous. Inexplicably, this owl lives just above the stage manager’s station full of vintage gears and gadgets stage right. Your guess is as good as mine.
For further reading: “Christmas Spectacular By The Numbers” New York Times
Dear Etsy artist greasychickenface,
I love your watercolor owls and your odd, awesome name.
xo, Owelle
via Jessica Gonacha
“Who let the cats in? Who Who Who Who. Is there an owl in here? Who Who Who Who.”
-Jon Bovi, one of the very few funny recurring skits on SNL (see also: Gilly, Penelope).
Redheads have all the fun.
Items depicted in this illustration that i feel neutral to meh about: My Morning Jacket, American Dad.
Items depicted in this illustration that I like: owls, Zach Galifianakis (but I prefer my old friend Ryan Johnsen’s version, below)
These owls live atop P.S. 110 Florence Nightingale School, a Manhattan elementary school that sits next to the Williamsburg Bridge. This parliament (yeah!) of owls was found on Scouting New York, a fascinating site from a feature film location scout whose job it is to stroll around canvassing New York with a eye out for the most interesting and appropriate locations for film shoot backdrops.
I spend a lot of time walking around New York, always paying attention to the little details and quirks around me. This habit is both to my benefit (awesome graffiti, cool architecture, celeb sightings) and to my detriment (various pests, homeless people doing a public wee, I once saw a wild cat eat a mouse alive). It’s amazing to me how few people seem to be doing the same thing, however; there are glazed-over eyes, lots of texters, even people who simultaneously walk and read a book.
Besides Scouting New York, you can also find the minutia of New York’s awesomeness at The New York Subway Project, an interactive map describing all 468 New York subway stations, and NYC Grid, a photoblog that aspires to examine the entire city block-by-block. Help yourself to a little armchair tourism, ‘cause I don’t see you coming to visit me.
Bitches.
Seen in the East Village.
