Seattle Met’s Holiday Gift Guide 2015

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