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“The sky is filled with stars invisible by day.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Night Sky Postcards
What is our place in the universe? For as long as humans have asked this question, we’ve looked to the night sky for answers. Whether through sketches, scientific experiments, photography, or painting, humans have been fascinated in the study of what lies beyond for centuries. This handsome foil-stamped box holds fifty postcards, each with a single sublime image: a page from Galileo’s sketchbook, a Chinese star map, an artist's interpretation of the universe, or a rarely seen image from the NASA archives.
Sky Is Filled with Stars Necklace
This delicate yet modern necklace features the last line of one of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s most famous poems, stamped on two slender pendants of 14-karat gold vermeil (each 0.25" x 1.5"). The designer crafts her jewelry by hand in a solar-powered studio in Southern California. She casts each design from reclaimed metals using the ancient art of lost wax casting.
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Whitman Square Inch Bracelet
“Some people are so much sunlight to the square inch.”
Walt Whitman’s beautiful line has been hand-cast on a 14-karat gold vermeil bangle. Each design is sculpted out of clay, and the bracelet is cast from reclaimed metals in a clay mold using the ancient art of lost wax casting. Made by hand in California.
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Van Gogh Sunflowers
Silk Chiffon Scarf
This vibrant yellow, orange, and green scarf is inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers series, a set of seven paintings made in Arles, France, between 1888 and 1889. To Van Gogh, the sunflower, or tournesol (“turn to the sun”) symbolized gratitude. According to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Paul Gauguin had seen Van Gogh’s earlier sunflower paintings in Paris and was impressed by them. When Van Gogh learned that Gauguin was coming to the South of France to visit him, he painted several still lifes of the flower and hung them in the guest bedroom. Gauguin called the paintings “completely Vincent.”
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Planetarium Projector
Explore space and the night skies on the ceiling and walls of a room. This projector illuminates a darkened room by casting projections of the stars in the night sky and space-themed images, turning it into a planetarium theater. This home planetarium is actually two projectors in one. The first is a rotating star map dome that projects astronomically accurate maps of the stars; star maps for both the northern and southern hemispheres are included. The second projects space-related images, including all eight planets, eight human-made space objects such as rockets and satellites, and eight extragalactic phenomena such as nebulae and galaxies.
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Illuminated Galaxy Crystal Ball
Let the light shine with this illuminated crystal ball, featuring a 3D laser-engraved galaxy design. This unique light will spark joy and make any space come alive. The warm light suffusing the stars of this miniature galaxy creates an inviting atmosphere in your home or office. Winner of the 2024 UK Gift of the Year Award, this crystal ball is a unique accessory for your desk or bookshelf, and it also functions as a night-light.
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Illuminated Solar System
Crystal Ball
Let the light shine with this illuminated crystal ball, featuring a 3D laser-engraved solar system design. This unique light will spark joy and make any space come alive. The intricate design, showcasing all the planets in our solar system, highlights the interconnectedness among all things in our universe as well as the beauty of the stars and planets.
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Huckleberry Pull Helicopter
A beautifully designed toy for some old-school fun, this wooden pull helicopter will get kids off of devices and into the outdoors. Simply wind the launcher clockwise and quickly pull to release the helicopter and watch it go flying.
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Peace and Goodwill Holiday Cards
These cheery blue-and-gold holiday cards are inspired by the David Jones lettering in the permanent collection of Kettle’s Yard, a unique house and gallery with a remarkable collection of twentieth-century art. Kettle’s Yard is a part of the University of Cambridge in England.
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Walt Whitman Bracelet
The stirring quotation “now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find,” from Walt Whitman’s The Untold Want, is engraved on the outside of this lovely polished sterling silver cuff bracelet. Inside is the author’s name with a picture of a sailing ship.
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“Give Us Peace” Letterpress Cards
This letterpress card is printed with the Latin phrase Dona Nobis Pacem, which may be translated as “Give Us Peace.” The cards are printed in gold foil on 100% cotton, cream-colored matte paper and are blank inside. Each card is accompanied by a matching gold metallic envelope.
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Sunprint Kit
Sunprint® paper makes photographic-type prints using nothing more than sunshine and water. Simply collect items (leaves, flowers, a key, a shell . . . the choices are endless, and the fun is in the arranging) and place them on the special paper. Then, expose the paper to sunlight for two to five minutes until the paper turns almost white. Rinse the Sunprint in water and watch: the outline of the objects that eclipse the sun’s light will show up in white, and the rest of the paper will turn a vibrant blue. Finally, lay the Sunprint flat on an absorbent surface and allow it to dry.
Ancora Imparo Bracelet
Ancora Imparo, Italian for “Yet, I am learning,” has been imprinted on our sterling silver cuff. The slender but substantial cuff is 1/8" wide, and will fit a wrist that is 6 1/2"–7" around. Every bracelet is individually made by an artist in the New York City area. Each letter is stamped, then the silver is oxidized, hand-sanded, and polished.
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Disco Ball Correspondence Cards
Add some joie de vivre to your correspondence with these all-occasion cards. A shimmering image of a mirrored disco bal in glistening gold is foil-stamped here on heavyweight, cream-colored cardstock. Having these exuberant cards on hand ensures you’ll always be able to promptly send a note to celebrate any event or occasion.
Women in Science:
500-Piece Puzzle
This jigsaw puzzle features colorful portraits of fifteen trailblazing women from the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. The puzzle celebrates well-known pioneers like Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, as well as less well-known but equally inspiring heroines of the sciences.
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Hot Air Balloons Wrapping Paper
In the 1780s, in Paris, the Montgolfier brothers and Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles engaged in a spectacular race to levitate into the sky using balloons. Their “artificial clouds,” as one writer described the flying globes, would enthrall the French capital and set off a craze for all things balloon. Our handsome wrapping paper is based on the many prints made at that time, pre-photography, chronicling the ascensions, which were displayed in shop windows sometimes mere days after the events they chronicled.
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The Little Prince Wrapping Paper
This all-occasion gift wrap is acid-free and therefore also suitable for bookbinding, scrapbooking, and other creative projects. The sheets are printed on a soft blue background, accentuated with stars of gold metallic ink, with images from Saint-Exupéry’s novella, along with lines from the book (in Italian). Imported from Italy. The company who makes this paper maintains its roots in the heart of Tuscany, the centuries-old cradle of the noblest paper manufacturing traditions.
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Giant Butterfly Kite
This giant kite in shimmering colors is light and simple to handle, takes off easily, and makes an original and joyful gift. Recommended for ages five years and up. Kites have been around for thousands of years in many different cultures around the world. These unique, festive kites are a perfect way to get kids away from screens and enjoying the beauty of the outdoors! Discussing the aerodynamics of kites with young ones is also a great way to help spark an early interest in science.
Giant Plane Kite
This giant, yellow airplane kite with a bright red nose is light and simple to handle, takes off easily, and makes an original and joyful gift for all ages. Recommended for ages five years and up. Contents: one single-line kite (polyester and fiberglass poles), with one handle (cord length 131 feet). A storage pouch for the unassembled kite is included. Designed in France. Width of airplane is 48".
Illuminated Raised Relief Desk Globe
“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.”—John Muir
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Build-Your-Own Kaleidoscope
This STEM kit is an exciting two-part project for young artists and scientists, ages seven and up. Straightforward instructions show how to construct a working outer-spaced-themed kaleidoscope. First, following the detailed and easy-to-follow instructions in the illustrated booklet, the builder constructs the kaleidoscope, then uses a variety of space-themed accessories to create an exciting visual experience.
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Explore Microscope Set with Case
Explore the world on a cellular level with this forty-five-piece microscope set. Accessories include collection/prepping tools, prepared and blank slides, a shrimp hatchery, and more. The microscope and all of its accessories can be easily secured in the hard shell case to help protect the optics and accessories from dust when in transit or storage.
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Balsa Wood Model Airplane Kits
These airplanes are an old-school, irresistible way to get kids away from their screens and outside. (And not only kids: they’re fun for seventeen-year-olds and seventy-year-olds, too.) No batteries, electronics, or plastics. Inexpensive. And, as the company who has made them for almost a century reminds us: a toy glider just naturally brings joy to anyone who launches one into the open sky.
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Godlike NYRB Baseball Cap
This hat is fit for the divine—inscribed with the word “Godlike” in sky-blue lettering and a royal purple border. The color pairing signifies enlightened creativity, serene inspiration, and luxurious wisdom. The hat displays the title of NYRB Classic Godlike by Richard Hell, writer, poet and punk rock pioneer, whose novel explores the tumultuous romance of two poets in 1970s downtown New York City.
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