Current Obsessions: Foraged and Found

Wild wreaths, a festive way to re-use candle wrappers, and 9 more things we’re noting this first December weekend:

• We can’t wait to sink into Hot Springs: Photos and Stories of How the World Soaks, Swims, and Slows Down by our friend (and Maine book photographer) Greta Rybus; pre-order a copy here.
• “I am in love with Drusus Tabor’s block printed textiles and wallpaper, newly available from Schumacher,” reports Margot.
• And a new slew of Shaker rugs at Sharktooth.
• This weekend, Dec. 2 and 3, stop into 141 Flushing Ave., Building 77, Suite 1023, in Brooklyn for a sample sale ft. Caroline Z Hurley, Minna, Haptic Lab, SIN, and more. Enter through the main entrance of the Navy Yard building on Flushing and BYOB (bring your own bag); 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until sell-out.
• We’d love to go to Craft Feast at Stissing House…and just may join the waitlist. (Click “notify” here.)
• And a dispatch from Gardenista contributor Clare in London: “From December 7, the Garden Museum is doing Winter Flowers Week: Five floral designers are creating installations using only British seasonal flowers; all materials for the installations are either recycled or will be reused or composted after the show.”
• Coming up: a ceramics sale worth stopping into, December 9 and 10 in Altadena, CA.
• The prettiest paper flowers.
• A good use for old tea-light wrappers.
• We’re seeing mushroom ornaments all over the place, including at Mjölk’s holiday shop.
• Stocking stuffers for the gardener ($25 and under).