Santa mugs on a tea towel!

A blog reader in Toronto, Elaine, recently sent me an alert about a product she thought I might be interested in, and she was certainly right! It was this tea towel featuring vintage Santa mugs, designed by a Louise Pretzel (love her name) for Anthropologie!

I couldn't order this tea towel fast enough (and wish I'd had it to mention in The Vintage Christmas Cookbook). When it arrived, I noted it even had some metallic gold highlights, which is perfect for Christmas. In just a few more weeks, I'll have this out alongside my Santa mugs, from which I'll be sipping peppermint tea all season long.

When I visited the Anthropologie website, I found a few more items by this designer that I needed (or "needed") as well. Including wrapping paper—which I'll probably hoard like a priceless craft supply and use just bits of a time—and a stamp set.

And would you check out this lovely stamp set—with eleven Mr. and Mrs. Santa mug stamps, no less! I thought $24 for eleven stamps and two full-size ink pads was actually a great buy.

I can't decide which stamp I like best. This winking Mrs. Santa is awfully cute, isn't she?

But this guy looks like many of the vintage Santa mugs in my collection. I'd never heard of graphic designer Louise Pretzel before, but boy, has she made me happy. (Thanks again to Elaine for the heads-up!)