Small Ash Wood Cutting Board from Terrain

• $18
• Terrain

I love wood cutting boards for so many reasons. If you stock up on pretty boards, like this one from Terrain, you can also repurpose it as a cheese board, appetizer platter, and cake plate.

8" diameter. Clean with mild dish soap, air dry. More

2012 Meat and Butcher Calendar from Drywell

• $25
• Drywell

Love meat? Celebrate it all year long with this handcrafted calendar from Alyson at Drywell (we've looked at her butchery diagrams before). This 2012 calendar is covered with watercolor illustrations of common cuts of meat, butcher knives, and butchery diagrams.

13 x 19 inches. More

Salt + Pepper Squeezers from Flip & Tumble

• $24
• Flip & Tumble

These squishy orbs are both playful and practical: They are fun to squeeze and to use, but they also keep your salt and pepper airtight and protected from accidental spillage.

Available in lime green, bright yellow, and black. More

31% Cacao White Chocolate Wafers from Guittard

• $12
• Guittard Chocolate Company

Good white chocolate can be hard to find, and inexpensive, low-quality white chocolate often tastes grainy and is harder to melt than white chocolate with a high ratio of cacao butter. These wafers from Guittard are my current favorite for baking and for desserts; they melt well, and their taste and texture is lush and rich.

1 pound box of flat, thin couverture wafers. Also available at Williams-Sonoma. More

Sailcloth Pot Holder from Alder & Co.

• $32
• Alder & Co.

I'm really smitten by these quilted potholders. They're designed to fold around the handle of a pot, with a leather strap to keep them secure (and to stash them on a drawer handle when not in use). And perhaps these could be a good DIY project as well?

Each side is 4" wide and 3.5" tall. Leather strap is 6.5" long. Made in Japan. Yellow, tomato, natural, or dark grey. More

Bakeware Organizer from Crate and Barrel

• $14.95
• Crate and Barrel

Baking season is upon us, and pulling my baking sheets out of the cupboard more frequently makes me realize how disorganized they are. This inexpensive organizer helps prop up and separate baking pans in big cupboards; it gets rave reviews on Crate and Barrel's website.

Measures 10"Wx8.75"Dx9"H. Made of polystyrene and thermoplastic rubber. More

My Soup Spoon, Your Soup Spoon

• $22 for pair
• Baby Puppy Designs

Lovely upcycling here — two vintage soup spoons are stamped with a "mine and yours" motif. Your spoon spoon, my soup spoon. More

Modern Gourd Soup Tureen with Ladle from West Elm

• $34.99
• West Elm

This Modern Gourd soup tureen is fancy (and fanciful) enough for fall and winter soups, but still stylized enough to feel modern. You're not serving soup out of a giant orange pumpkin here; it's classy white porcelain, and it would look good on any dinner table.

Microwave safe. Hand wash. 12"diam. x 8"h. More

Red Wool Mason Jar Cozy from Wanderlust Small Goods

• $12
• Wanderlust Small Goods

Taking your soup to work in a glass canning jar? Keep it hot and cozy in this wool sleeve designed to cushion and insulate a small Mason jar. More

Souper Birthday Greeting Card from Letterform

• $4
• Letterform

What's better than birthday soup? Show someone you care with a SOUPER birthday wish, a soup recipe, and a handcrafted letterpress card. The orange envelope adds just the right touch.

100% recycled paper. Final folded size of 5.5" by 4.25". More