cavallini cartes

Does anybody owe us a birthday gift? What about a graduation? National Maritime Day? Because everything at Cavallini & Co. is calling out to us this morning. A free-association ode to cavallini: a nice view of pointe de vecchio, women in circle skirts, the bedding in fancy beach houses...all things that make you want to remember an old-world moment for a long, long time. And the folks at cavallini know how to pull it off, splashing a selection of whimsical vintage images all over their products, from folders to rubber stamps. Our crave of the moment are their cartes postale. They come in six different designs, if you don't count their holiday offerings: natural history, butterflies, natural wonders, birds & nests, botanicals and the three we can't choose between for the life of us: vintage maps, paris and vintage postcards. $14.95 for 18 at Flax.