...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.
This wee pachyderm shreds paper or sharpens pencils. And it manages the tiniest hint of a cranky expression, which keeps it from being just another twee desk accessory (not that there's anything wrong with those). From Perpetual Kid.