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mr. sketch goes eco

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

If all the back-to-school chatter got you nostalgic for sniffing markers, you should check out Smencils. These gourmet scented pencils are made from recycled newspaper wrapped around #2 graphite and soaked in “environmentally friendly fragrance liquids.” Huff away, my pretties.

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echo bravo lego

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

These Walkie Talkies look awesome, unless you’re going for a stealthy secret agent look. Then those classic Lego colors are probably not the best choice to keep you undercover.

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skip to my lou lou

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Everything’s cuter in miniature. Baby animals. Mini-cupcakes. Designer chairs for children. The Lou Lou Ghost, an adorably petite version of Philippe Starck’s iconic chair, is even sweeter at 20% off during Hive Modern’s Kartell Summer Sale, through July 18th.

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if you think luc is big, wait until you see hugo

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

bicycle-tragic-royalty-playing-cardsMany moons ago, as a student living in Paris, I bought a deck of naked man cards–as in full frontal King of Hearts–at a tacky touriste shop.  Throughout my 20s, one of my favorite parlor tricks was to propose that we play poker, then deal Bruno, Didier, and Franck to the unsuspecting crowd.

My friends are all on to this trick, so for our annual New Year’s card game, I have to move on.  These Bicycle Tragic Royalty cards, with their ridiculous faces and black-lit colors, illustrate that I’ve grown up–but not by much.

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humbuggery

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

flensted-mobile-pixies-in-the-forestBecause of yesterday’s post, I’ve been labeled–accurately, I suppose–a Scrooge.

But my cold’s a little better today, so the pendulum’s swinging toward cheerful absurdity:  I topped Daughter #1 with a two-years-too-tight BlaBla panda hat, and dressed Daughter #2 in a Baby Lulu jumpsuit that makes her look like the Hawaiian Elvis who downed one too many mango/peanut butter sandwiches.

This Flensted mobile is the most buoyant, happy decoration I could find.  Its pixies blithely glide through an evergreen forest, oblivious to the holiday machinations below.  Serenity now, people.

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