Thomas Crown Christmas List

Thomas Crown stole what he desired from museums but you can have a piece of a museum as well by simply stopping by the museum gift shop either in person or online. My favorite museum gift shop is at the Morgan Library & Museum because I always find something unexpected when I am browsing whether its a fun children's book for my nieces, a thoughtful card for a  friend or a beautiful coffee table book to give as a gift. Although online inventories are slightly more limited than the actual brick and mortar stores, the websites of these museums offer countless unique items that are perfect holiday gifts for a friend who seemingly has everything.

The Morgan Library & Museum

Jane Austen Cocktail Napkins

Christmas Carol Original Manuscript

MOMA

O Tasting Set

Dahlia Placemats

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cloisters Ground Ivy Necklace

Cote d'Ivoire Cuff

"This is New York" Children's Book/Coffee Table Book

Victoria & Albert Museum

Vintage My Fair Lady Movie Poster

Edward Bawden Diary/Agenda

British Museum

Backgammon Set 

(I know this inclusion means 2 backgammon sets, one week but I love the game and this one is so beauitiful!)

Horse Head Book Ends

Guggenheim

Iglooplay Mod Rocker 

 Govino Wine Decanter

Whitney

LomoKino Super 35 Movie Maker

 Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe

Rijksmuseum

Vermeer Milk Jug Vase

Smithsonian

Ruby Slippers Ornament

Coca-Cola Picnic Cooler

Oh Sandy: How you were Almost my Grinch

There are only two things I could think of the past two days:

1. The song from the movie Grease "Oh Sandy..." that Danny Zuko sings. and
2. My Christmas Tree

In reference to number one: yes, there was a period in my life where I watched this incredibly cliched movie on repeat and made the children who lived next door dress up as Grease characters and sing along to the soundtrack with me. The Grease-obsessed phase of my childhood (I was eleven or twelve) is not something I often like to relive.

A part of my childhood I DO like to relive is my tendency to begin the celebration of Christmas in October. When I was younger (college-aged and below), I began to decorate around October 1st. As a semi-adult, I decorate around...well, now.

I put up my Christmas tree two days before Hurricane Sandy arrived and was scared the entire time that the window would be demolished and all of my ornaments would break (Nutcracker themed...with the exception of my Wizard of Oz ruby slippers ornament....2 other obsessions/remnants from childhood). Now that I can confidently report the survival of my tree AND its accoutrements, it is time to continue the Christmas decorating with the perfect holiday wreath...preferably something clean, traditional and modern to counterbalance the slight kitsch factor of having a themed tree.

Etsy Boxwood Wreath

 

Etsy Red Berry Wreath

West Elm Felt Ball Wreath

Crate & Barrel Olive Wreath

Pottery Barn Lit Boxwood Wreath

Frontgate Manzanita Branch