
'Tis the Season
Seattle Met’s Holiday Gift Guide 2015
Your holiday shopping just got a lot easier.

Oversize filament bulb, cord, and brass socket ($92), Click! Design That Fits. Limited-edition fragrance reed diffuser in champagne ($98), Seattle’s Antica Farmacista. Metallic vase ($29), BoConcept. Vilac toy bowling set ($68), Clover Toys. Wooden magazine rack ($79) and graphic cushion ($59), BoConcept. Patchwork throw ($220), River Song. Haptic Lab ship kite ($40), Calisea. Patrick Swayze throw pillow ($65), Palladian Hotel. Mixed-media pillow by Aya Seattle ($94), Prism. Locally made skateboard ($125), Design by SML. Five-panel wool cap ($75), Filson.

Shiny Objects
Christian Louboutin court heels ($695), Neiman Marcus. Midnight Collective pink clay and sea salt botanical soap ($11), Prism. Interno geode paperweight ($240) and Chloé leather crossbody bag ($1,190), Neiman Marcus. Tower organizer ($30), SAM Shop. Druzy agate necklace by Seattle designer Shamila ($522), E. Smith Mercantile. Saravah gold dangle earrings by Satellite Paris ($125), JJ Caprices. Quiet Clementine pink speckled ring cone ($34) and Shadow House ring set ($22), Moorea Seal. Mondo Mondo mood ring ($140), Prism. Ox and Bull Trading Company hashtag cufflinks ($250), Neiman Marcus. Acqua Di Colonia cologne by Santa Maria Novella ($138), Mario’s. Locally made Parfum Magnét 270° unisex rollerball fragrance ($40), Prism. Uniform Wares leather wristwatch ($280), Glasswing. Brackish feather bow tie ($185), Neiman Marcus. Tiro Tiro hairpin ($85), Prism. Lulu Frost simulated-pearl ear cuffs ($138), Neiman Marcus. Powers Arka necklace ($130), Moorea Seal. Kimberly Baker gold cuff ($265), Frye Museum Store. Brass bangle ($115), Joanna Morgan Designs. Fourteen-step cube puzzle by 3 Sun ($78), Ada’s Technical Books. Exquisite facial serum ($15), Seattle’s Gallipot Skin Care. Locally handmade linen tie ($108), Radley Raven.

Warm Fuzzies
Faux fur cowl ($68), by Seattle’s Tuesday Scarves. Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography by local author David B. Williams ($30), Elliott Bay Book Company. Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett ($25), Ada’s Technical Books. The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray by Robert Schnakenberg ($23), Last Bus to Wisdom by Seattle author Ivan Doig ($29), and Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson ($30), The Butterflies of North America: Titian Peale’s Lost Manuscript by Kenneth Haltman ($40), and This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison ($26), Elliott Bay Book Company. Isabel Marant alpaca and mohair blend sweater ($625), Neiman Marcus. Wallpaper Seattle city guide from Phaidon Press ($9), Calisea. Moorea Seal’s 52 Lists Project ($17), Moorea Seal. Upstate Stock wool beanie ($30), E. Smith Mercantile. Still by Hand wool houndstooth sweater ($242), Hammer and Awl. The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science from Chronicle Books ($25), Ada’s Technical Books. The Gardener’s Garden from Phaidon Press ($80), The Tea Party in the Woods by Akiko Miyakoshi ($17), and The Game of Love and Death by local author Martha Brockenbrough ($18), Elliott Bay Book Company.

Playthings
Handmade boiled wool narwhal soft toy ($60), by Seattle’s Snooter-Doots. Vilac Keith Haring domino set ($60), Prism. Invisible Creature Stack and Scare block set ($50), Click! Design That Fits. Maple Landmark glasses mask ($4), SAM Shop. Dinosaurs: A 3D Pocket Guide ($9), Clover Toys. Kid O’s mix-and-match animals ($23), SAM Shop. Vilac wooden pull toy ($49) and Schylling Toys mechanical robot ($30), Clover Toys. Kaleidoscope glasses ($48), Prism. KleinReid solid brass spinning top ($138), Mario’s. Children’s guitar by Vilac ($36), Clover Toys. In children’s book by Washington author Nikki McClure ($17), SAM Shop.

Camp Gear
Mackinaw wool blanket ($270), Filson. Penley flashlight ($45), Calisea. Topo Designs mountain backpack ($189), Prism. Multiuse carabiner clip ($20), Seattle-based Qliplet. Grenson Fred triple-
welt leather boots ($850), Likelihood. Wooden serving board ($44), Filson. Poler cast-iron sandwich press ($55), Prism. Five-in-one barbecue grilling tool ($48), Click! Design That Fits. Handmade leather passport cover ($65), by Seattle’s SML. Camp Dome 2 tent ($100) and Polar Pod sleeping bag ($80), REI.

What's Cooking
French coffee press by For Life ($48), Click! Design That Fits. Kefta Rub Moroccan spice blend ($9) and Japanese donabe rice cooker ($180), Marine Area 7. Ceramic flask ($97) and Bittermilk handcrafted cocktail mixer ($19), E. Smith Mercantile. Handcrafted ceramic pitcher by Northwest artist April Brimer ($150), The Pursuits of Happiness. Jonathan Adler elephant salt and pepper shakers ($48), Click! Design That Fits. Handmade napkins ($40), Seattle’s Pattern and Posy. Opinel beechwood-handled mushroom knife ($42), Prism. Handmade bottle opener with topographical map of Mount Rainier ($40), SML. Rose and Fitzgerald measuring spoons ($50), Moorea Seal. Bamboozle bamboo colander ($12), Click! Design That Fits. Bird’s-eye maple cutting board by Edward Wohl ($112), pre-WWI chef’s knife ($150), and vintage French corkscrew ($55), Marine Area 7. Teak spoon ($5) and marble salt cellar ($32), Click! Design That Fits.

Quick Gifts
Falki Textiles photoprint scarf ($150), Prism. Rose and almond body oil ($28), The Savvy Heart. Gold turtle box by Harry Allen for Areaware ($65), Frye Museum Store. Pine and Boon leather coin purse ($50), Violet Strays. Teranisha leather journal cover ($125) and Ebbets Field Flannels Seattle cap ($45), Glasswing. Leather travel tray, ($50), Portland’s Orox Leather Company. Vanilla, bourbon, and mandarin room spray ($28), Antica Farmacista. Telescope key ring, ($9), Frye Museum Store. Kiriko pocket square ($32) and Virginia Sin money clip ($65), Hammer and Awl. Wooden card case ($92), E. Smith Mercantile. Idea International playing cards ($18) and brass pineapple letter opener ($12), Frye Museum Store. Marble clock ($115), BoConcept. Compartés salted-caramel chocolate bar ($11), E. Smith Mercantile. Ceramic hand dish by Vanessa Lang ($25), Frye Museum Store. Javier Servin hand-painted ceramic and sterling silver ring ($48), JJ Caprices. Mug by Easy Tiger ($12) and Illume candle ($17), Calisea. Futagami brass trivet ($96), Frye Museum Store.
Credits
Stylist’s Assistants
Delaney Brown, Emma Ranniger, Aoife Reilly
Props
Vintage Ambiance, vintageambiance.com
Photographs
Justin Gollmer
Store Directory
Ada’s Technical Books 425 15th Ave E, Capitol Hill seattletechnicalbooks.com
Antica Farmacista anticafarmacista.com
BoConcept boconcept.com
Calisea 87 Yesler Way, Pioneer Square calisea.com
Click! Design That Fits 4540 California Ave SW, West Seattle clickdesignthatfits.com
Clover Toys 5333 Ballard Ave NW ballardclovertoys.com
Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 10th Ave, Capitol Hill elliottbaybook.com
E. Smith Mercantile 208 First Ave S, Pioneer Square esmithmercantile.com
Filson 1555 Fourth Ave S, SoDo filson.com
Frye Museum Store 704 Terry Ave, First Hill fryemuseum.org
Gallipot Skin Care gallipotskincare.com
Glasswing 1525 Melrose Ave, Capitol Hill glasswingshop.com
Hammer and Awl 1137 34th Ave, Madrona hammerandawl.com
JJ Caprices jjcaprices.com
Joanna Morgan Designs joannamorgandesigns.com
Likelihood 1101 E Union St, Capitol Hill shoplikelihood.com
Marine Area 7 2814 E Madison St, Madison Valley marinearea7.com
Mario’s 1513 Sixth Ave, Downtown marios.com
Moorea Seal 2523 Third Ave, Belltown mooreaseal.com
Neiman Marcus 11111 NE Eighth St, Bellevue neimanmarcus.com
Orox Leather Company oroxleather.com
Palladian Hotel 2000 Second Ave, Downtown palladianhotel.com
Pattern and Posy etsy.com/shop/patternandposy
Prism 5208 Ballard Ave NW, Ballard templeofcairo.com/prism
The Pursuits of Happiness thepursuitsofhappiness.com
Radley Raven radleyraven.com
REI rei.com
River Song 2816 E Madison St, Madison Valley riversongjewelry.com
SAM Shop 1300 First Ave, Downtown seattleartmuseum.org
The Savvy Heart thesavvyheart.com
SML designbysml.com
Snooter-Doots snooter-doots.com
Tuesday Scarves 608 Maynard Ave S, International District tuesdayshop.com
Violet Strays violetstrays.com