Fun & Affordable Gift Ideas

Free Shipping on orders over $100

To kick of the shopping season, we are offering free shipping for orders over $100. Take advantage and stock up on lovely and unique gifts this year from Three Potato Four.

We also are putting together a little mini gift guide for some fun and affordable gifts.
Which we will post later today.

One Year Ago

This time last year we were packing up our things and leaving the city for a different life. We were constantly moving from apartment to apartment almost every year we were in New York and it feels good to have a home now that we won't grow out of so fast.

Holly now has her own little playroom and being able to decorate it is so much fun. These ceramic art tiles by designer Xenia Taler are simple and playful and add so much character to the room. The tiles come with a groove in the back for hanging as well as cork on the bottom with glazes able to withstand heat so you can use them as coasters and trivets too. They are all from the set called Storybook and you can purchase them here.

"Gazouillement"

A sweet gift idea this holiday are these cafe mugs. A two piece set includes a mug and small dish which stacks neatly on top of the mug and is the perfect size to place your cookies or sweets. This one entitled "Song" has a simple line drawing of a bird in a birdcage and the french word "gazouillement" which means - sweet song.

Update Week

We're continuing to add new items to the shop all this week. Prints, decor, and tabletop items.

Late Nite

We decided to relax a bit today and enjoy our weekend. Our friends visited us from Brooklyn today and we spent the day with them and took a fun walk enjoying the nice weather we had, as well as fed some geese at a pond. So, now that means I am going to stay up late tonight to put up all the new things we have for the shop.

Here's a peek at only a few of the things that will be added tonight and into tomorrow. The new section only lists the last ten that have been added so be sure browse around the shop for new prints, housewares both tabletop and decor. Enjoy!

Shopping News

Hello there, check out the shop on Monday for lots of new additions to the shop, both vintage and new! Happy shopping!

Also, please note we will not be taking INTERNATIONAL ORDERS from November 21, 2007 through January 6, 2008 due to holiday time restraints. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Paper, Gifts and New Prints

We've been busy preparing for the holiday season. And I am almost through with my handmade ornaments for the ornament swap i joined. I had a couple test rounds that failed, but in the end they turned out fun. I will post the final products when I send them out to my swap-mates at the end of this week.

Some exciting news, we have been working with the amazingly talented illustrator Matt Cipov, on a new print series for the shop, this set features Field Studies of Pinecones and Acorns (and also a very sweet squirrel). They are an exclusive for Three Potato Four, and will be in the shop very soon.
Today I am setting up a new homepage image shot, and am gathering all my good gift wrap which will set as a background for some great gift ideas. I'm sure everyone is traveling near and far for thanksgiving, so be safe and have a happy thanksgiving!

A song for you.

Hello. Have you tried playing Wii yet? We went to our friends house the other day and Stu and I played boxing on their new Wii system. It was great (i won the match), and the next day my arms were sore, that's sad I know. Holly loved it too she was a pretty good bowler, actually. Elvis (their dog) sure enjoyed watching her and eating her chips.

I don't really like video games and am afraid if we have a system in the house, Stu might play it non-stop. Instead he is into playing his ukulele, which holly is starting to play now too. She has one her size and they sing songs together. It's very sweet. She makes up songs to sing a long with it.

Thanksgiving is almost here!

Mornings

We made a hearty breakfast this morning with scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon and crescent rolls. We never do it up like this so it was yum. Today we're going on a trip to our favorite antique destination. Be sure to check the shop on Monday for new additions to the shop!

Rainy Day

It's cozy in here. Stu went on a shopping trip today for the shop and I am home and suppose to be taking photos and writing descriptions (for an update to the shop on Monday). He made a fire in our fireplace before he left and I am procrastinating by reading fun blogs and posting this entry. Here is a sneek peek of a few of the items coming on Monday, I have more to take so I'm going to get to work.

Ornaments!

I joined this Holiday Ornament Swap, and I received the info about the nine recipients I will be exchanging ornaments with. I'm super excited and already have a neat idea of ornaments to make them. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to sew, so I am looking forward to making again for this fun swap.

Speaking of ornaments, Stu and I have been collecting these vintage wood ornaments for the shop. Here's a sneek peak of what we will adding for the holidays, probably the week after thanksgiving.Most are from the 70's, but some earlier than that. They'll be sold in limited sets, so look for them soon!

Two Sweet Bunnies

Holly has bunnies as pets. Barney is white and Gus is brown/black. They are going to be six years old in January. They used to be afraid of her when she cried as a baby but now they follow her around looking for food crumbs. Aren't they the cutest ever? When we bought them in New York we were told they were both boys, but turns out Gus wasn't, we still kept her name though. It fits her, she's the tough one.

For all inspiring cooks.

Before you know it the holidays will be around the corner. Here are some kitchen-related gift ideas we've collected for you to give or maybe something sweet to give yourself for your own cozy kitchen.

bold & graphic pieces by Sandra Isaksson.

playful & simple matching forest bowls and mugs by shinzi katoh

sweet & inspiring mixing bowls
and these fun & playful toaster plates.

Early Shopping

Be sure to check the shop Monday morning for new items just added. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

5 Boroughs

It's a bit crazy, but we keep an empty carton of this NY-based ice cream called "5 Boroughs" (which we used to eat religiously when we lived in the city) on our desk windowsill and look at it everyday and think...how can we get this here? Well, we just checked their site and had to share the good news that you can now order it online, pints or a three gallon tub. "Janet! Take the fish fingers out of the freezer, time to make room." It's the best damn ice cream in the world! Hands-down. Soho is definitely our favorite flavor, but the NYPB sounds good too (but this came out after we moved). And the packaging is perfect.

Transoceanic

Stu has been admiring this "transoceanic" sign for a few months now at this antique shop near us. We always go there and debate whether or not to buy it. It was a little pricey, but today we bought it, for ourselves. Holly spent the day with her grandparents and played with her cousins while we drove far and wide searching for inventory and stocking up for the holidays for the shop. Some days we don't find great things, but today we were lucky and really happy about the new purchases. Tomorrow I will start to photograph everything. These are some snapshots of our day.

We also stopped by a pie shop (the big apple on the road caught our eye) and picked up apple dumplings. Delicious.

Piyo Piyo Measuring Cups

We got a big shipment of fun things in today for the shop. Like these Piyo Measuring Cups from Japan! Now that it is colder, I feel more like baking yummy things and these little chicks are just so cute they look sweet in our kitchen.

Going to put them up in the shop tonight. Happy Wednesday!

Design-Inspired Centerpieces

It's getting close to thanksgiving which means enjoying yummy comforting food with family and friends. Stu and I won't have to travel too far for our thanksgiving which is a big relief and we're looking forward to it. I was excited when I read this feature on CHOW (a great online resource of recipes, entertaining tips and other design-inspired stories) that highlights three designers different approaches to creating lovely centerpieces for your table. Read the full story here which feature Rose and Radish, Sally Shim and Victoria Smith (who designed her centerpiece around the pear she purchased from us!)

classroom scientific

Our friends Allisyn and Jason took a trip to Copenhagen last year. In their amazing adventures there they brought back so many inspiring photos to share. My favorite was of this science classroom. At that time Stu and I were dreaming and concepting about starting a business. We loved the feeling of this room and it became part of our inspiration board for our shop. It's something we thought of when we set up the new image that is up on our homepage.

new collection

"they're more like sacks". that's what janet said when i asked her how to describe my new collection. i'm not crazy about calling it "my sack collection", but either way it's off to a stellar start. first up is a rice sack that you can buy pretty easily at any import food market. this one came from a small India-n grocery shop that also doubled as a Bollywood video rental store. the dancing on the video that was on in the shop entranced us and i think we ended up buying way too many samosas. So what's so great about this sack? numbers (collegiate type nonetheless), elephants, blue/red combo on burlap, hand-stitched red seams + sewn-in handles and zipper (zipper is red). ok, so we've been eating much more basmati rice than ever before (we're a jasmine rice family), but it's worth it and i might even go back and get the larger size.

next up is a vintage NYC Transit subway booth fare/token collection sack. it's so simple and i really love that it's NYC Transit and how it makes me remember the city and taking the trains. metrocards and credit cards have made these obsolete, which makes them all the better.

oh yes, and lots of new items have just been added to the shop. but no sacks.