...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.
I completely love the children's-book, simplified lines of this teracotta garden sculpture. I'm sure it would look nice in the garden, but I think it might also make a great bookend. From World Market.