Alana taps into the Egyptian mermaid dimension with this pair, without at all crossing into the museum gift shop dimension.

Lisa: Actually, one of my favorite scarves is a museum shop deal.
Nile: Yeah, and my water walker glass bracelet. And my favorite colored pencils. Stickers. Pointy claws.
Cass: That’s right. And my flamenco sunglasses.

Any way. Museum shops are awesome. And so are these museum shop-worthy hoops. They’re smartly and simply constructed, with coral spikes and gold beads. The closure is a turned up gold-filled wire that passes through a small hole.

Be advised that their generous scale does not a lightweight pair of earrings make. If you have sensitive ears, they might not be the best choice for you. But if you’re awesome and you like them, clap your hands.

Harnessing her expertise in solving complex sewing riddles, Holly landed on the design of this no-sew leather envelope as the most elegant solution for her every day needs.

The curves remind us of a closed tulip and of the familiar swoops of the Golden Gate Bridge, tempered by the straight, utilitarian edges of the closure strap. Handsome on its own as clutch. Or thrown into a larger bag as a dignified pouch. Survey also says dude-OK.

The body is made from a single piece of belt-weight leather, cut with beveled edges, folded, and held together by a single brass rivet. Then there’s one more rivet to hold the closure strap in place and a brass button stud to lock it down. Stiff and hearty right now, but will soften and wear beautifully.

Made right here in the shop.

SOLD OUT FOR NOW yay/sad

Y-E-S backwards and forwards. It’s what we do.

Colby Poster Printing Co. does posters, since 1946. They’re down in L.A. Letterpress printed with hand-set wood type on durable polycoated cardstock. Guaranteed to last the course of our campaign for yay.

The great thing about this top is that it makes you feel like a topless butterfly. Cut, literally, like a circle, so it goes down in front and back and comes up on the sides, with wonderful flouncy sleeves. So nice in the summer with the breeze passing through, up, and all around.

Designed by our friend Shinobu Sering and made here in San Francisco. One size, two color options–white or blue.

After years of offering standard R.P. Miller stripey shirts at the shop, we finally went into the collaboration business with the good folks at Mohnton Knitting Mills. Now, we proudly present to you, our simple tank dress/nightie/long shirt over jeans–the first product to carry our own fancy-free label.

Wide shoulder straps, knee-length, 100% cotton, with the familiar vertical ribbing that keep them slim-fitting and cozy. All knit and sewn in Mohnton, Pennsylvania.

Three sizes and three colorways available: black and white wide stripes with red binding, for the architecturally-inclined, Liv Ullmann-inclined times. Natural with thin green stripes and green binding, for the hometown hottie times. And natural and grey wide stripes with black binding, for the budget Comme des Garçons times.

Keep in mind that shrinkage is a fact of life that we all need to respect. Even if you keep your tank dress out of the dryer, you should still expect it to shrink a good 2″ in length. Please size yourself accordingly.

These Solmate socks are crafted with care in the USA from recycled cotton. Their mismatched megapatterns are the final f-you to matchy-matchy.

This colorway is exceptionally bright and cheerful.

These Solmate socks are crafted with care in the USA from recycled cotton. Their mismatched megapatterns are the final f-you to matchy-matchy.

This colorway is named for warm, sunny autumn days, which we are particularly thankful to enjoy here in San Francisco after our cold, foggy summers.

What’s your spirit critter? And what does she whisper to you in the morning as she serves you caffeine? A little something in Chinese, no?

Each of these porcelain mugs, featuring adorable animalitos and their inner monologues, are one of a kind. Translations provided. Their shape and surface design makes them a pleasure to hold and to behold. Dishwasher and microwave-safe.

This one features a rabbit on one side, and on the other a message that reads, “Do you smell that?” There is also a subtle incised flower pattern throughout. The inside is a cheery yellow color.

Folks always seem to respond kindly to the way our shop smells. The secret, for the most part, is good vibes and this stuff (we usually burn Piñon).

Juniper Ridge produces incenses with 100% wild-gathered leaves, wood and resins from the mountains and deserts of the West that are zero percent cloying freshman dormish. Rather, they burn clean, smell natural and camp firey and come in markedly handsome packages. Plus, Juniper Ridge donates 10% of their profits to defending Western wilderness.

Please choose from:
Juniper: If you’ve ever been to the Grand Canyon and nudged perilously close to the edge and wondered what that insane tree jutting out from the side of the cliff was, it was Juniper. Juniper covers vast portions of the Southwest and seems happily at home clinging to small ledges or peeking up between boulders on precipitous slopes. This incense captures the subtly sweet, cinnamon-like scent of Juniper and is reminiscent of backcountry campfires in the canyon country of the Southwest.

White Sage: White sage, with its incredibly strong, aromatic resins, is the most highly prized Western Sage. It is found in the rugged mountains of the Southwest, where it is burned ceremonially in purification rituals. Its beautiful leaf clusters and enormous flowering stalks burst forth in the spring, painting streaks of white against the rusty green hillsides and filling the air with the pungent scent of wild Sage. This is the only Sage incense anywhere made with 100% real White Sage.

Desert Piñon: Although pine trees are commonly associated with alpine lakes, this member of the pine clan has strayed out into the hot deserts of the Southwest. A like a black sheep rebel who can’t stand the crowded conformity of the mountains, this desert dwellers splays its twisted branches wildly and generally gets its groove on where no one call tell it what to do. This incense evokes winter nights in the Southwest, where Piñon is burned as firewood and its sweet, resiny scent drifts through the air.

Sweetgrass: Sweetgrass is found in alpine meadows throughout the mountainous regions of the West, from Alaska south to the Rockies and Sierra Nevada. It is one of the treasured plants of native tribes in Canada and the American West, who use it ceremonially along with White Sage. When burned, it has a lovely, soft, vanilla-like scent and a centering energy that evokes the ephemeral, shimmering green mountain meadows where it grows.

Douglas Fir: No tree is more deeply identified with the Pacific Northwest than Douglas Fir, which grows to enormous proportions, rivaling Redwoods in size, and forms pure stands over much of the Northwest. When burned, it has a wonderfully cozy, wood-smoke scent that might remind you of that time you camped on the Oregon Coast, when the light scent of Doug Fir campfires hung in the air as night settled in. So enjoy this reminder of the big tree and glacier country of the Pacific Northwest.

Cedar: Siskiyou Cedar is found only in the remote, coastal mountains of the Pacific Northwest’s Siskiyou country. Most Cedar incenses are made with the perfumey- smelling essential oil of European Cedar—that’s why they don’t smell anything like the Western Cedars we know and love. This is the only incense anywhere made with real Cedar from the Pacific Northwest. Burn a stick and let your mind drift away to the forests of the rugged Northwest.

Lloyd Kahn is a consummate adventurer and publisher, frequently known for his earliest book The Dome Book and his own experiments in building as well as his involvement in The Whole Earth Catalog. Also essential are Shelter (from which Lloyd’s publishing company takes its name) and Homework, a more technical guide.

Builders of the Pacific Coast, however, is the most coveted and frequently referenced of our book trio from Lloyd. Of the three, it is the least practically advisory but it offers the most fantastic images. In it, Lloyd offers up a wonderland view of West Coast free form structures and their wild makers from the California coast up through the Canadian isles. Along the way, Builders provides a deeply feeding experience of presenting what cannot be imagined without proof of existence. Forty-eight totally awe-striking buildings are photographed along with Lloyd’s account of meeting their makers and his travels.

The ladies of G&G are particularly pleased to have encountered this extraordinary human and his work.

From the most famous midwife in this country comes an essential book on pregnancy and birth!

Ina May Gaskin was one of the founders of The Farm, a major accomplishment of our back-to-the-lander forefolks that remains an epicenter of simple living and birth education. She helped found The Farm settlement near Summertown, Tennessee alongside Stephen Gaskin, author of Hey Beatnik!, and many other super righteous counter-culture hippies, mostly from the Bay Area, who decided to get going on an experimental intentional community based on self-reliance, a vegetarian diet, gracious use of natural resources, and trust in their own bodies and wisdoms.

In 1971, they caravaned a bunch of school buses cross-country in search of land. Being young and healthy, they began having babies along the way and, as part of their faith in their own powers, they put their trust in their inherent ability to grow and birth babies without seeking a doctor or hospital. Without any formal training, they began catching babies on their own.

Without any former training, Ina May became immersed in the wisdom and practice of midwifery care, combining historical accounts, practical suggestions, and her own observed experience. With intuition and this knowledge, she and the other midwives on The Farm developed a tremendously successful means of care.

In 1977, Ina May published the famous Spiritual Midwifery, which has turned countless women and a number of men into midwives. Spiritual Midwifery exists now as its own entity of awesome, ushering families through positive stories of birth and useful information. Now, in the new century, Ina May has once again come correct with a book for the modern pregnant family.

Like Spiritual Midwifery before, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth is divided into a section on birth stories and a section on the essentials of birth. The birth stories she shares are a welcomed change from the typical horror stories thrown about willy-nilly in our everyday lives. The ones offered here engender the feeling that birth can be mystical and fun and beautiful, no matter how strange. The second section takes the pregnant family step by step through the most important points to be considered in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The information in this section is accurate, evidenced-based, and presented in a digestible and easily understood manner.

Though this book is designed and written for all audiences, Ina May does not fail to address many specific aspects of birth, such as one under the heading “Sphincters do not obey orders”, and other spiritual and physical topics that are often ignored in mainstream texts about birth. The hope for this book is for the reader to be able to make fully-informed choices about their birth and to come away feeling empowered and positive.

As a midwife myself, I have read many of the birth books out there and never have I felt so stoked on a collection of information. All of us Ladies of Gravel & Gold whole-heartedly endorse this work of love and information. Thank you, Ina May!

-Nile

Ian hand cuts each of these unique, handsome ties from antique textiles ranging from Japanese boro and dead stock cotton kimono fabrics to batik. All materials are vintage leftovers from larger garments, blankets and decorative pieces, allowing the textile to find new form and purpose. The ties are then sewn here in San Francisco.

We like them on both men and women, many of whom would not ordinarily bother with such formality. The fabrics Ian uses are generally thicker than ye olde tie silk, and so you get a bit heftier knot paired with a reasonably slim tie shape.

This one of a kind version features a multi-colored kimono fabric at the bottom and a solid green section at the top. All cotton.

Ian hand cuts each of these unique, handsome ties from antique textiles ranging from Japanese boro and dead stock cotton kimono fabrics to batik. All materials are vintage leftovers from larger garments, blankets and decorative pieces, allowing the textile to find new form and purpose. The ties are then sewn here in San Francisco.

We like them on both men and women, many of whom would not ordinarily bother with such formality. The fabrics Ian uses are generally thicker than ye olde tie silk, and so you get a bit heftier knot paired with a reasonably slim tie shape.

This one of a kind version is solid blue batik cotton.

Since 2002, Tartine Bakery has been the crown jewel of our intensely competitive foodie scene here in San Francisco’s Mission District. Competitive foodies from all over, including Mark Bittman of the NYT, go so far as to call Tartine the best bakery in the United States. We wouldn’t argue with him. We send visitors there every day from the shop and, when she’s in town, my mom likes to stay at the inn up the street so that she can beat the line first thing in the morning. Her order: the seasonal fruit bread pudding.

For us locals, though, Tartine pastries are a lot to manage on a weekly basis. They’re always there, calling to us from that supremely fragrant corner of 18th and Guerrero, and we succumb to them often, but what we really eat on the regular is the bread. It’s perfect bread, and when it comes out of the oven at 5 pm each day, it sells out within the hour. It’s got a distinctive thick, crunchy crust and an incredibly airy, chewy inside. You gotta reserve ahead if you know you’ve gotta have it and you gotta get to it first is you spy a loaf at a potluck. By any measure, it doesn’t stick around for long.

Alternatively, you can make your own with guidance from this magnificent cookbook.

Chad Robertson is the head baker and the co-owner of the bakery, along with his wife Elizabeth Pruiett, who is Pastry Chef. Chad developed his master bread recipe over a decade of working with the finest artisan bakers in the U.S. and France, followed by another decade baking solo in a small wood-fired oven up by Tomales Bay. In this book, he offers clear instructions for how to make exceptional bread using just flour, water, and salt. Also included are more than 30 sweet and savory recipes for sandwiches, classic soups, puddings, baked French toast, and his signature Kale Caesar. And of course, like everything Tartine produces, it’s a beautiful thing. There are over 100 gorgeous photographs by Eric Wolfinger, illustrations by our friend David Wilson, and many of the the hardworking, familiar faces of our friends and neighbors working at Tartine. For a sneak peak, take a gander at the lovely short film here.

These handmade clog boots are made especially for Gravel & Gold by Sven in Chisago City, Minnesota. They’re 11″ tall with a 2.25″ platform heel. The all-shearling uppers are a lovely toffee brown with and a metallic gold strip going up the back and providing a pull tab. The non-bending bases are wood with rubber soles for traction in foul weather. They’re water repellent and ideal for the extra-long rainy season we enjoy here in San Francisco.

This super cozy version is delightful to wear with bare feet or knee socks. And with all the shearling fluff on the inside, they’re most likely in the jeans, not over the jeans, dealios.

Ladies sizes 36-41 are available. Whole sizes please order one size up, so 6′s get a 37, and so on. Half sizes go up 1.5 sizes, so 6.5′s get a 38.

ON SALE! 50% off!
They were $380, but they’re now down to $190. If your time has come, please give us a call at the shop and we’ll try to find your size. (415) 552-0112.

These handmade clog boots are made especially for Gravel & Gold by Sven in Chisago City, Minnesota. They’re 11″ tall with a 2.25″ platform heel. The all-shearling uppers are olive green, with a bright blue patent leather heal cap and a metallic gold strip going up the back and providing a pull tab. The non-bending bases are wood with rubber soles for traction in foul weather. They’re water repellent and ideal for the extra-long rainy season we enjoy here in San Francisco.

This super cozy version is delightful to wear with bare feet or pea green knee socks. And with all the shearling fluff on the inside, they’re most likely in the jeans, not over the jeans, dealios.

ON SALE! 50% off!
They were $380, but they’re now down to $190. If your time has come, please give us a call at the shop and we’ll try to find your size. (415) 552-0112.

These handmade clog boots are made especially for Gravel & Gold by Sven in Chisago City, Minnesota. They’re 11″ tall with a 2.25″ platform heel. The all-leather uppers are dark grey suede, with a navy blue patent leather heal cap and a metallic gold strip going up the back and providing a pull tab. The non-bending bases are wood with rubber soles for traction in foul weather. They’re water repellent and ideal for the extra-long rainy season we enjoy here in San Francisco.

This version—Britty’s choice—looks great with a skirt and tights or knee socks. There is also plenty enough space to be able to wear them over narrow jeans.

ON SALE! 50% off!
They were $368, but they’re now down to $184. If your time has come, please give us a call at the shop and we’ll try to find your size. (415) 552-0112.

Kate picked up the Día de los Muertos theme for her current collection, along with an articulated wooden skeleton, whilst sailing in central American recently. From hence, Philippe the wee golden earrings came to be. Yes, she realizes that Philippe’s name is French not Spanish, but a highly regarded French woman named these wee skeletons thus and she couldn’t turn her down.

Philippe’s 18k gold vermeil little skull features red enamel eyes a white enamel grill. He walks that life, death, robot line just right. All the details are exquisite. Note, in particular, the faceted edges of the his head and the pointy spike attaching him to the ear wire. Lightweight and as subtle as dangly life, death, robot skulls come.

When we ladies of G&G first saw these super wee little dots and dashes we immediately took ourselves down to the piercing station and got ourselves some extra ear holes to accommodate them in a full-time way. As you see here, Lisa won the prize for most creative placement with her directly above double stack. All the better to show off the array of these brilliant wee ones, dearest.

Kathleen Whitaker makes these 14k gold studs by hand down in Los Angeles. They really are so very tiny–dot, dash, sprinkle, sparkle, staple, glint of golden sunshine.

****They’re great to mix and match or as a solo scene. We sell them one by one, so if you’re wanting a matched pair, please ring yourself up for 2.

This is the most clever and elegant belt we’ve ever come across. Just a a 1.75″ wide walnut brown leather belt with a 2 x 2″ brass buckle. The magic comes when you consider that there are no holes and only the simplest fastening, making it infinitely adjustable and sharable (but don’t let your lady know we told you so).

It is made in New York City by Barbara Shaum, who has been running a custom leather shop in the East Village since 1963. And though she’d probably deny the connection, we like to think that the “Z”-ish “S” buckle is for Shaum.

There are two sizes available. Size A is 42″ long and is good for waist sizes up to about 32″, depending on how much growing room you’d like to allow. The rest should go for a Size B, which is 43.25″ long.

The Makr Farm Bag is a simple, elegant canvas tote with undyed leather straps and a two option snap closure. A double layer of canvas at the bottom keeps it sturdy. And the big, open wedge shape keeps it easy to carry to the flea market, to the beach, around town, or any place your day brings you. Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Alana was wearing a pair of these peace earrings herself the first day that she came by the shop to meet us. Clearly, they were the first style to hit our order form.

She solders these 14k gold-filled peaceful puppies together one by one from her studio in Oakland. They are nearly weightless and super positive to wear. I particularly appreciate how the ear wire is a bit left of center so that the peace mainframe aligns with your jawline. A very ladylike rendition of a middle school classic.

Thanks to my gorgeous life-long bestie Juuj for the patient modeling.

In honor of my Pop’s first solo record, Britt Govea of (((folkYEAH!))) and I produced this record, “Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash’s ‘Songs For Beginners’”. The album, released on Grass Roots Records Co., offers up various young artists’ interpretations of the 1971 original, including tracks from Vetiver, Brendan Benson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes and myself. With awesome cover art by Tahiti Pehrson and layout by the talented Nat Russell, this record is guaranteed to not only remind you how phenomenal and comforting the original ‘Songs For Beginners’ is but also to inspire you to sing along. Our understanding that the simple messages of the album continue to ring true weaves a thread between past and present.

If you listen to vinyl you will most definitely want to collect this first pressing. 180 gram virgin vinyl and a bonus 7 inch record are rounded out by the quality booklet style artwork. Should you go the CD route, I assure that it is nothing to scoff at and would make a lovely addition to any music console.

Love on the Tracks:
1. Military Madness: Port O Brien/Papercuts
2. Better Days: Brendan Benson
3. Wounded Bird: Nile Nash
4. I used to Be a King: Vetiver
5. Be Yourself: Robin Pecknold
6. Simple Man (Hombre Sencillo): Bonnie “Prince” Billy
7. Man in the Mirror: Moore Brothers
8. There’s Only One: Alela Diane
9. Sleep Song: Mariee Sioux (with Greg Weeks)
10. Chicago: Sleepy Sun
11. We Can Change the World (Reprise): Nile Nash

Mohnton Knitting Mills has been knitting and sewing up quality cotton sportswear for over 100 years under the guidance of six generations of ownership. Their R.P. Miller shirts—100% cotton with vertical ribbing and no side seam—seem at first like vintage American deadstock. Or perhaps Venetian gondoliers shirts? French Navy? One thing is certain—they’re big in Japan.

This version has a boatneck and 3/4 length sleeves. The sizes run fairly snug and true at first, but please note that they shrink up quite a bit in the dryer. Both Bronwen and Wendy are wearing size Medium. Unless prefer to hang your laundry out to dry on a line, we highly suggest ordering a size up from your usual.

Mohnton Knitting Mills has been knitting and sewing up quality cotton sportswear for over 100 years under the guidance of six generations of ownership. Their R.P. Miller shirts—100% cotton with vertical ribbing and no side seam—seem at first like vintage American deadstock. Or perhaps Venetian gondoliers shirts? French Navy? One thing is certain—they’re big in Japan.

This version has a crew neck, full-length sleeves and looks great on both the fellas and the ladies. The sizes run fairly snug and true at first, but please note that they shrink up in length quite a bit in the wash. Both Wendy and Joe here, who claim to usually resist matching and yet seem so at ease with this arrangement, particularly when seated by the big rocks, are wearing brand new size Mediums. So unless you prefer to hang your laundry out to dry on a line, we highly suggest ordering a size up from your usual.

Did you know that sock monkeys come from actual socks? Rockford Red Heel socks, to be precise, which have been made here in the USA since 1880.

They’re a good-lookin’ sock, cotton enough to keep them classic, with just enough stretch to keep them comfortably snug.
One order will get you two pairs of socks along with monkey making instructions, so that if you tire of wearing your socks as socks, you’ll know what to do.

The first perforated candle was invented by the Fournier-Ferrier company in 1900, and the technology was later taken over by Bougies la Française. Today they are the only candlemakers producing this ingenious design.

These tapers are perforated with five channels so that, as they burn through the night, the hot wax drips back into the candle, making them shine with increased intensity and without the risk of dripping for up to seven hours. Great for the dinner table and especially great for the rare candles-only chandelier. And, with a few drops of essential oil, these candles serve excellently well as scent diffusers.

From Ms. Abby Ulman, Sunday shopkeeping mistress extraordinaire:

If you’re a journal-keeper and anything like me, your diaries are archives for your thoughts, feelings, dreams, and most meandery meanderings, and pretty light on practical detail. I can read through old notebooks and—entry after entry—have no idea what city I was in, what job I was working, who I was living with, or who this mystery “S.” was to whom I was forever devoted for a week in April 2004.

In walks: the Five Year Diary. A lovely little notebook that stacks five years of, say, April 21sts on top of each other, so you can see in 2015 what you were doing on that date for the four preceding years. Daunting? Yes. Amazing? Oui.

The diary can be started on any day of any year. I procured mine last month ($25 = $5 a year. Stoke city!) Following the example of the ladies of G&G, I keep mine on my bedside table, and I record each day’s events before I fall asleep. So now I have a record of the who’s, what’s, and how’s of my everyday days. Who did I eat brunch with at Foreign Cinema? Lisa! What did I eat? An omelette and a cheeky glass of morning champagne. How did I get home afterwards? I walked! Down 21st street! In the sunshine! If god lives in the details, then this sweet lil notebook is my brand new bible.

Please do not panic, dear diary-keepers. This is not a replacement for your regular notebook. Just its left-brained, right-hand man—with a red ribbon attached to mark your place, and a section in the back to log the books you read and the places you travel. There is something so delicious about a product that is designed to be treasured and used every day, and only replaced once every five years. It’s surely the gentlest, most thoughtful, and least capitalistic form of planned obsolescence there is.

Thank you, Tamara Shopsin, mysterious maker. I truly ❤ my 5YD.

Baby Clover, the sweetest calf on the Johnson family’s farm, immortalized forevermore on the fronts of these cards. Emily’s original drawing is printed on thick white recycled cardstock with her vintage Miehle letterpress beast.

We’re offing a set of 6 cards, folded, with the calf image on the front and a blank space inside. 100% recycled craft paper envelopes included.

We first located these hoops on a waitress at the Pine Cone Diner in Point Reyes Station. She directed us down the street to David’s studio where he pounds them out by hand. The hammered sides catch the light in just a such a way….and they’re nice and be-agg. More than one lady hath woken with a full moon impression upon her neck—they’re so lightweight and such a part of the daily routine that one forgets to take them out the night before.

This is David’s most popular version of the hoops. We also have a small, medium, and large sizes—this being the XL. If you’re interested in a smaller pair, give us a call at the shop. We are also happy to special order a pair for you in silver or solid real-deal gold in any size your heart desires.

Every kit needs a pair of these folding scissor guys:
1. Pull apart
2. Fold down
3. Get to snipping.

Good for the sewing box, tackle box, Auntie’s rolling tin (that’s where we came by a pair for the first time), your earthquake preparedness box, and your in-flight knitting bag. That’s right—they’re TSA O.K. Let the crafting continue!

This little red plastic clamper + coozie makes for a lifestyle upgrade. Clamp it to your bike handlebar, your beach lounger, your bed frame and you’ve got a tiny useful bucket at your fingertips. Accepts most major lattes, soup to-go containers, keys + a cell phone, beers, buches, and assorted bev-rages.

“How very fine it is to leaf through a 176-page book on architecture—from baliwicks to zomes—and find no palaces, no pyramids or temples, no cathedrals, skyscrapers, Kremlins, or Pentagons in sight…. Instead, a book of homes, habitations for human beings in all their infinite variety.”
—Edward Abbey

With over 1000 photographs and how-to instructional drawings, Shelter is a classic book celebrating the imagination, resourcefulness, and exuberance of human habitat.

First published in 1973, this over-sized tome serves as a history of hand-built structures—cave houses, communal huts, timber shacks, yurts, domes, and towers—and also a record of the countercultural builders of the ’60s who were learning and inventing as they went along. Today, after nearly forty years in print, Shelter continues to inspire countless carpenters and dreamers to do good work and build wild homes.

These Postalco notebooks totally nail it. The critical issue of binding has been resolved once and for all with both a spiral and a spine. The covers are bonded with starched & pressed water-resistant cotton in a lovely rainbow of colors: dark blue, light blue, school bus yellow, brown, signal red. And the paper inside is ecologically made, chlorine-free, and printed with a 1mm pin-graph, so that you’re 100% straight—up, down, and sideways.

The large size may be considered a generous notebook, verging on sketchbook/scrapbook territory.

These Postalco notebooks totally nail it. The critical issue of binding has been resolved once and for all with both a spiral and a spine. The covers are bonded with starched & pressed water-resistant cotton in a lovely rainbow of colors: dark blue, light blue, school bus yellow, brown, signal red. And the paper inside is ecologically made, chlorine-free, and printed with a 1mm pin-graph, so that you’re 100% straight—up, down, and sideways.

These Postalco notebooks totally nail it. The critical issue of binding has been resolved once and for all with both a spiral and a spine. The covers are bonded with starched & pressed water-resistant cotton in a lovely rainbow of colors: dark blue, light blue, school bus yellow, brown, signal red. And the paper inside is ecologically made, chlorine-free, and printed with a 1mm pin-graph, so that you’re 100% straight—up, down, and sideways.

The small version is pocket-sized. It’ll even work in a chest pocket, if need be. Very reporter, very sly, very much with you all the time.

Ask Leila, she’ll tell you. Scent is the healer.
So when you find yourself grievously far from West Marin, run yourself a hot bath and let the aromatherapy begin.

Inspired by the forests of West Marin, including organic essential oils of Bay Laurel, Eucalyptus, Fir and other local scents in Epsom Salts.

Real deal originals. Hand silkscreened in 1963 by David Osborn and Charles Woods. Larger than the average postcard—great for framing, even better for sending to a loved one.

Great news about blue and Lapis Lazuli that we learned on the Internet!:

Blue is the coolest color–the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. Blue gives a feeling of distance. Artists use it to to show perspective. The ancient Egyptians used Lapis Lazuli to represent heaven and Lapis Lazuli is gemstone likened to the fairy tales of the Arabian Nights. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is the calming color. That makes it a wonderful color to use in the home. Blue is so soothing that is a good choice for pajamas. The Lapis mineral group is Feldspathoids, resembling feldspars but with a different structure and much lower silica content. Occurs in rare and unusual igneous rocks. Dark blue is the color of truth. Blue is associated with the throat chakra and will help with communication, whether it is with yourself or others. A blue iris means your friendship is very important to me. Wednesday’s color is blue. Lapis Lazuli heightens psychic power.

We also like these earrings because they look like tiny parrot feathers. But they’re Lapis.
Seriously, they’re super elegant.