Custom hearts for the one you heart

I think I'm in love. The object of my affection: The selection of decorative artwork embellished with handcut paper hearts from the brand new Etsy shop Paper Cut Works . Ania Alyson, Seattle artist by way of Poland, creates artsy, anatom…

Custom hearts for the one you heart
I think I'm in love. The object of my affection: The selection of decorative artwork embellished with handcut paper hearts from the brand new Etsy shop Paper Cut Works.

Ania Alyson, Seattle artist by way of Poland, creates artsy, anatomically-inspired hearts out of repurposed materials from an old dictionary page featuring the word "mother" to a custom map or vintage sheet music. She then mounts the paper hearts on either card stock, or small 4x4" birch block frames which are finished to look like paintings. In the end, you get all the sweetness, but none of the sap.

The prices are great and you can still get them in time for Mother's Day. What a cool gift, especially if the one you pick has some special meaning. Quick, Park Slope moms, someone snag that I Love Brooklyn wooden block, stat. -Liz

Find handmade cards and cut paper artwork from Paper Cut Works

More in LivingView all picks →

Hate sharpening your knives? OK, don't!

Hate sharpening your knives? OK, don't!

A sharp knife makes cooking easier. But as busy parents, we don't always have time to sit and sharpen our kitchen knives when kids and work and pets and everything else is pulling at us. So when Ninja says its NeverDull knife system is d…

ICYMI: Ninja's new NeverQuit Ceramic Cookware has dropped...and it's fantastic

ICYMI: Ninja's new NeverQuit Ceramic Cookware has dropped...and it's fantastic

If your cookware has seen better days—or you’re simply ready for an upgrade that can keep up with real life— Ninja’s new NeverQuit Ceramic Cookware is worth a look. This is not the delicate ceramic cookware that requires a special drawer…

The luxury sleep upgrade we're coveting right now

The luxury sleep upgrade we're coveting right now

If you’ve ever kicked off the covers at 2 a.m. because you’re too hot, only to pull them back on twenty minutes later because you’re freezing, Eight Sleep has a very high-tech solution to a very low-tech problem: getting comfortable in y…