Love Bots Cake Topper

So I just had coffee and was checking my mail on a Monday morning. And I found this.

They’re just total cuteness, and I don’t even use those words! LOL. I mean, robots getting married? There’s gotta be hope for mankind. Anyway, these Kokeshi–inspired love bots (US$40) were made by licoricewits, a Canada-based Etsy seller. They’re 2.5 inches tall, and their heads come as separate pieces (now that explains it, headless creatures. Kidding!). Use them as your cake topper or just something to make you smile when the sky is so blue, and you have to go to work.

P.S. The gratitude posts will resume shortly. 8 )

Fingerprinted wedding rings

So you want a really personalized wedding ring? Take your fingerprints and send them to Brent and Jessica Williams of Fabuluster, a jewelry shop I stumbled upon on Etsy in one of my hours-long foray into the world of online window-shopping.

This is what they can come up with — in 18K white gold (and it’s really growing on me…) :

Or this pair in sterling silver:

Or this pair with text:

How does this happen? Well, they send you their Impression Kit which you will use to get your and/or your fiance’s fingerprints separately. You mail the packet back to them in Maine and they will use it to make a wax form from the impression material. And with the “ancient lost wax casting process” those impressions, mixed with gold or silver, turn into these unique little things:

How much more personalized can you get?

Alohandmade headbands

Confession: I’m an online window-shopping addict and I’m crazy about things handmade. Which is why Etsy is like Disneyland to me. It was in one of my forays there that I found  My Vintage Lolita. I went giddy when I saw that the seller was based in Metro Manila (my mind already calculating what would be shaved off the shipping cost) and immediately went over to her Multiply shop (NOTE: The same items are priced lower on her Multiply because, she said, they’re meant for Filipino buyers. Her pieces are pegged at P350-P2,500, depending on the fabric used.)

These are her latest pieces, the first two inspired by the very glamorous but very expensive Jennifer Behr collection for brides.

Ana Largado, the girl behind these handmade headbands, started the business in September 2008 after quitting her day job as customer service representative to pursue her passion, which is making these pretty things. Her style ranges from dreamy to vintage to hippie…

She also does custom pieces, so if there’s anything you see on Etsy that you like but want to save on shipping cost, you might want to ask if she can make a similar one for you. 8 )