Match Maker, Match Maker, Make Me A Match (Book)

Often times we like to talk about the small things one can do to spruce up a space. We've talked about lining our drawers or doing a little extra cleaning, but today we came across the "Literati Etsy Shop" and just had to share these small decorative matchboxes. Click through to see how you can add some zip to lighting your flames! (PS, Only You can prevent forest fires.)

Literati's Etsy store contains several different choices when it comes to quaint little matchbooks. They sure beat out the flimsy things that always end up in your junk drawers. Each set contains two boxes of deluxe Diamond brand matches that is sure to make you smile each time you use them. Check out the links below for our favorites!

Starry

The Taxi

The Dance

The Den

Bonita

Cinnabar and Coriander

Comments (12)

Neat DIY idea! Not sure I'd shell out the $$ when it would only take a few spare minutes to make, but I suppose some people don't even have 5 minutes free time...

If there was as much Pottery Barn on here as Etsy, there would be a huge outcry...

Well the difference here Patrick, is that Etsy is made up of many shops where people sell handmade things. Pottery Barn is one mass produced shop. I don't think the two compare.

Laura--

I'm aware that Etsy is made up of a variety of crafters. But there IS definitely an "Etsy aesthetic"... illustrative, slightly feminine, organic, often avian, and very often first-year kind of typographic studies.

And the site is awash with Etsy aesthetic (AND Etsy links and references) to a degree that I felt it fair to finally comment on.

Wait, what? What was my argument? My argument was that etsy is not the same thing as pottery barn. I said nothing about the featured product at all. I'm not personally going to buy these but who cares if someone does? I just think it's odd to knock etsy. That's like knocking craigslist or ebay.. its a group of sellers. Maybe your problem is not with etsy but what AT and other bloggers choose to highlight from there. I don't know. I still think you're both being grouchy.

I get my matchbooks from restaurants I go to. They're free, and I find their various designs look very interesting when they're all piled together. I'm not sure why I'd pay money for matchbooks that, while cute, don't have nearly the same pizazz.

Laura--

I was not knocking Etsy at all, but I *was* commenting on a creeping trend on AT for all things Etsy. I counted three Esty-focused posts just today.

I found leather strap-on apperatices at Etsy while searching "Z". I don't think Pottery Barn sells those...

Pottery Barn sold some pretty funny leather napkin rings that, um, did not at first glance look like "napkin" rings.

And they were from the aptly named "Folsom" line.

hahaha, love it.

I don't think I'd buy those things, and I don't have a problem with etsy or pottery barn.

And maybe I am nonsensical, but I did my own matchbox cover,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12721467@N02/3059189398/in/set-72157602167088268/

It took all of maybe five minutes with a gluestick, a piece of stationary and the lightweight cardboard insert from inside the box of matches themselves. I just thought it looked nicer than the standard red&blue diamond grocery store matchbox cover.