...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.
Fired-clay, meticulously hand-made pendant on a sterling silver loop. The word that comes to mind here is "exquisite." Can we use that about clay? I'm going to. From Jennifer Morris Beads.