I received a new Bas Bleu catalog in the mail today. Even though I haven't ordered anything lately (my husband is in real estate, so you can imagine!), I do love their unique products and selection of books. Like a kid with a toy catalog, I did some serious circling of items I'd love to have - for some reason, I find this satisfying enough!Here are some of the things I circled:
Birds-in-Shoes Postcards - How could I resist these "quirky" cards with woodpeckers in clogs and robins in Mary Janes? I'd love to get 2 sets - one to use for correspondance and another to frame as a wall display.
Book - The Rural Life by Verlyn Klinkenborg
From the book: "In every ditch, every hollow, a cold, sepia brew of last year's leaves was steeping in a basin of discolored ice. I found myself staring into the tangled woods, wondering why humans had never learned to hibernate and whether it was too late to think again."
I hope my library has this!
Book Darts Tin - Tiny shiny clips to use in books or magazines to "hold your thought".
Women Writers Umbrella - featuring authors such as Jane Austen and Emily Dickison. I'd love to retire the ugly umbrella I got free at the bank!
Book - Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
I am a Mrs. Mike, after all. I think the library will have this one.
Twilight Turtle - A nightlight that projects the starry sky onto the ceiling. This is supposed be for a child's bedroom, but I'd love to drift off to some constellations on my ceiling, especially after a glass of wine.
For the time being I guess I'll just thank God for the library, use post-it notes instead of book darts, and look out the window if I want to see the stars. But there's just no substitute for the birds-with-shoes postcards! :(
4 comments:
It is such a wonderful catalogue. I don't get the print version but I go online, and am actually a member so I got free shipping and a discount on the books I ordered from them for Christmas. I like to support such a business. It is just delightful and whimsical as well as offering such good book reviews. I'm so glad you wrote about it, and hope it will lead others to search it out.
Once again, Nan - "Great minds"! ;)
Gosh, I love them, too. I have a terrible tendency to go through their catalog with a pen and circle "wants" and then interlibrary-loan most of them - and then I feel guilty because I didn't buy from them so every second catalog or so, I purchase something! They really do make great choices and I love their reviews.
The Rural Life book sounds good. Your catalogue sounds really interesting.
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