Hello, my friends! Yes, I am finally back here after a far-too-long blogging hiatus. As much as I hated ignoring you, spending the last couple weeks away from my computer screen was necessary and important: I had work to do, family in town, and plans to make.

But I’m back now, and in the spirit of re-igniting my blogging mojo, thought I’d share a couple of items which caught my eye over the past weeks. Yes, I know it’s a bizarre time of year to be thinking about candles, but I just can’t help myself- these holders are so lovely and covetable. Read on and you’ll see what I mean.

I stumbled across these beauties from Loglike on The Beat That My Heart Skipped. Made from found vintage saucers and reclaimed, hand-carved Welsh wood, they’ve got a rustic-retro quality which I’m loving. Check out their Folksy shop for the entire range.

My second find was sinead o moore, who handcrafts lovely ceramics and sells them weekly at Greenwhich Market (and elsewhere). I was immediately taken by her porcelain tealight holders, paper-thin and egglike in their fragility. I’d like a pair of the turquoise ones, please.