When we were back in San Francisco recently, I picked up a bunch of cute and crafty stuff.  
My favorite favorite favorite is the Hey Thanks! card-making kit.  I know it says it's for kids, but what kid would want to put stickers all over brightly colored cards to give to their loved ones?  Exactly!  This is clearly for adults. ;)  There are hundreds of awesome and weird stickers.  My first card (for Father's Day) was a big hit.

Chronicle Books, who distributes this kit, publishes the coolest stuff.  It's no surprise they are based in SF.  Seriously, I want to buy everything they put out.



I bought this cell phone charm in Japantown.  I've been wanting to get one forever, and I LOVE these little owls.  Who would have guessed that my cell phone has no place to attach it?  Not me.  My two year contract is coming up soon, so I will be sure to trade up for a cell-phone-charm enabled model.  I included the packaging because I wondered if anyone could tell me what the Japanese says next to the owls.  I'm so curious.

I also found some lucky star strips in Japantown.  They are super skinny and great bright colors.  I've filled up my bird-shaped votive holder with them.  The bird is my friend, and he sits on the dining room table next to my place mat. Sometimes I pick him up and pet him after I eat.  I actually stole the lucky star strips.  I walked right out of the store with them in my hand and was half way out of the mall before I noticed.  I felt like such a dork going back and paying for them.

Oh!  I lied when I said the card kit was my favorite souvenir, because this shirt is my favorite.  I know everyone says they are getting sick of birds (although if everyone really was, they'd disappear).  Me, I still LOVE birds, so when I saw this shirt I grabbed it.  Then I noticed the death-laser-beams coming out of their eyes.  EVIL BIRDS.  Oh! It's heaven.

Here are some buttons from Doe which is a cool little store on Lower Haight, some plastic do-dads from somewhere on Upper Haight, and a sticker and button from Super 7 which was a super fun store across the street from our hotel.