...and I'm starting to get things moving on the Ramshackle Glam Gift Guide.

Additions will be made pretty much daily, so don't forget to check in every so often for updated picks for the holiday season (you can also scroll back through the posts to check out my selections from 2009 and 2010, and of course you can just go ahead and follow the account if you're on Tumblr). Above, one of my favorite recent discoveries: Crown Thorne necklaces.

Keep an eye out in the coming months for more 30 Etsy Finds Under $30 posts, as well, and if you know of any amazing finds (especially local/boutique brands) that absolutely must must must be included, please send them my way!

Those colors. 

Yes yes, patterned tights are trendy and all, but everyone needs a great pair of black tights, and I'm here to tell you that these are the ones you need. It is a fact. You need to get them.

Hanes Blackout Tights are the BEST EVER, and I am someone who is very, very picky about her black tights (being as I wear them constantly in the fall and winter with shorts, dresses and skirts). Incredibly comfortable, the perfect rise (low, but not so low they fall down), and totally opaque coverage without any associated fabric heaviness.