...is a writer and photographer who likes the well-made, the ingenious, and the shiny. Since she likes more material things than any one person can reasonably consume, she's done what those with a computer and an obsession do these days: start a blog. Shoppista enjoys Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, trade paperbacks over hard covers, lomo photography, and the em dash. Occasionally, she refers to herself in the third person.
Whimsy rocks all things paper, but I'm especially in love with these cute placemats (pattern pictured at left is called "Asian Holiday"). Nine bucks gets you a set of eight.