Swooooon. Ted Muehling. Ohhhhh Ted Muehling. I saw his gorgeous tabletop designs in last year’s Feeding Desire exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt (and in the museum’s shop) and then came across these photos for them on E.R. Butler. Everything he does is so graceful and is inspired by the graceful forms of rocks, shells, eggs and insects. Absolutely stunning. For those of you in New York, his store is downtown on Howard Street.

There are some new tabletop items at Williams-Sonoma Home right now including these fabulous bone china seashell votives. So pretty.

Thought these pierced ceramic tealight holders were so pretty… imagine a few scattered on a dark tabletop. (and for that price, it’s a reality!) Or the larger lanterns along a pathway at a garden wedding. Or a lantern as a chic table centerpiece. I love the quality of light that comes through white ceramic. Beautiful things in all at Graham & Green.

This caught my eye from the front page of Style.com… I just thought that it looked so elegant and simple. (Luria, I especially thought of you when I saw it!) Each EcoSphere is a self-regulating ecosystem enclosed in a glass sphere. Technology for these was developed by NASA and the ecosystems require no feeding (or cleaning!) other than exposure to natural sunlight. Each sphere contains seawater, red shrimp, and algae in addition to gravel, shells and gorgonia sprig. Would look especially beautiful in living rooms or offices.

Loved the color of these vases from West Elm… and the variety of shapes. Perfect way to tie a group of glass vessels together in a room is to have them in a similar hue. These are that perfect sort of blue. The vases come in a few more shades of blue as well as some yellows and greens. Gorgeous stuff from West Elm lately.

I loved the gorgeous Blue Mist Bowl created by Nancy Bauch of White Forest Pottery for Domino Magazine. (Great December/January issue, btw.) Nancy has created so many great pieces, much of it taking cues from nature. White Forest Pottery showcases lots of clean, organic forms with great glazes. Beautiful stuff.