Coloring books are the best cure for boredom and have made our list as a perfect holiday
gift. On rainy days, they would often be the last resort. However, by the third picture you
would start to wonder why you had not thought to color first. You can find a coloring book
at just about every store, from Target to the $1.00 Store.
This …
Every year I hear parents complain how they spend a mint on toys, and their children end up playing with the wrapping paper tubes, the wrapping paper, and the box. Seeing the horror and humor in this situation, Thriftychick has compiled a list of gifts for kids that can’t go wrong. All of the toys are classics, most you will recognize, and you’ll agree simple …
I Like You…well at least Amy Sedaris does according to her new book on modern
hospitality. Amy Sedaris, actress from famed show Stranger with Candy, is no
“stranger” to the literary world. She has written and published works before as well as
having family in the book writing biz. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence Is
no run of the mill home for holiday’s …
I friggin hate monday! Yes I gave it a little m because that is what it deserves. However I
will not let one little m monday keep me down. So I decided to redecorate my otherwise o so
drab worker bee office. That’s right I decided to Pimp My Cubicle, “taking my
workspace from boring to bling”(says so on the package).
It includes a …
I love the smell of blank books in the morning, and at Paper Cloud.com they take something so ordinary
to the next level. Their philosophy is “we think good art and design should be shared”. They
accomplish this with an array of decorative pillows, wall art, bags, blank books, as well as
jewelry. Consisting of a conglomerate of artist, there is something for everyone …
And now for something completely different.
Maxwell-Silver has this delightful newspaper vase for sale. According to their site it”s made from an ancient book binding technique. The paper is fanned around recycled aluminum and gives a really soft look to the vase. You may have to wait about 2 weeks before you get it but you”ll love it nonetheless.
Where: Maxwell-Silver NY [link] Price: …
Everyone should have a box of blank greeting cards in their desk drawer, just in case someone does something that requires a note of thanks, congratulations or encouragement. Blue Starr Designs’Animal Boxed Cards are so cute they are almost cloying, which is just what you want in a casual greeting card. The simple design and blank interior provide flexibility, so you can use them …
The holidays are winding down, and suddenly all your hustle and bustle (shopping, parties, family functions) will soon come to a grinding halt. How will you ever fill all your newfound free time? Well, you could fill 2 hours and 16 minutes by watching the newly released movie, Memoirs of a Geisha, which is cinematic brilliance. But why not extend your pleasure by reading the …
Need a last-minute gift for one of your girlfriends but refuse to trek out to the mall? Give the gift that keeps on giving (once a month) and is sure to please any avid fashionista: Elle is offering a buy a gift subscription and get a digital subscription for yourself for free promotion for $10. While Elle provides the light fare of fashion trends …
Do you hate spending time and effort looking for the perfect winter wonderland Christmas cards and then personalizing each one just to know that they will end up flung in a basket and forgotten or thown into the trash the day after New Years? If your Christmas card is a photo, however, it will be pinned onto your friends’ refrigetators for the rest of the …
This set of ten cards contains a dove shaped window cut out of the white card. It”s a great gift for the holiday season. Open it up and a message of peace, love, joy and noel will greet the recipient. A great gift for those clueless about the best cards to get.
Kate”s Paperie has this set available for $14
I must have this! I fell deeply in love with Frida Kalho after watching a PBS special one
lonely Saturday night. That night at my deepest depth of self pity, watching Frida face an
innumerable amount of personal tragedies with hope, confidence and grace gave me all new
answers and focus. I found through all her personal tragedies she never tried to make the
bad …
In my ever ongoing quest to avoid exercise I decided to work out another part of the body, my mind. A book on fashion would suffice but I decided relationship theories, be it fact or fiction, were more the urge. That’s when I noticed a question I always ask my significant staring at me from the book shelf.
Leanne Shapton’s, “Was She Pretty?” is …