Archive for the 'Favorite Things' Category

I can buy happiness in cookies

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I’m enthralled with this website, For You.
I just paid him $30 to go give away $30 worth of cookies to people on the street.

“If you give me $30 I will buy $30 worth of cookies and give them away to people I find in the street. I will send you an email with [...]

Everpopular Envirosax -Too Girly?

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

I wish I had seen all the available patterns of Envirosax before I had purchased my Flora Collection. But that’s beside my point for this post.
While these bags are very handy: compact, easy to fold up, hold a large volume of groceries, fit over the shoulder and don’t drag on the ground when straight [...]

the Best Chocolate Orange Candy

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

This candy piece is simply the best chocolate covered orange candy I’ve ever had.
The label includes the words naranja and caro. Unfortunately I can’t find them online, you’ll have to take my word for it.
Our local grocery store sells them next to the expensive cheeses for 39 cents a piece (Eugeneans: buy them [...]

Orikaso: Origami Dinnerware

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Bringing a new level of reality to the term flatware, Orikaso offers a line of origami like plates, cups, and bowls. A co-worker just ordered these and is enthusiastic about her ability to store bowls and cups flat in her bag and take them with her all around town.
Made out of polypropylene, these [...]

Gifts for Foodies: Scented Pencils

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Boasting a collection of gourmet scents, these pencils are quirky enough to win their way into my hands. Smencils, are made from recycled newspapers, whose layers and print you can actually see in the sharpened tip of the pencil.
Available flavors include:

orange
cinnamon
peppermint
root beer
bubble gum
cherry
grape
watermelon
fruit punch

Each individual pencil comes in a resealable plastic tube, to contain [...]

Gifts for Foodies: Pretty Edible Dragees

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Dragee Tantalizing silver balls perched atop cookies and cupcakes… for how many is this image burned in our teeth crunching childhood experience? Infuriating in that we weren’t suppose to eat them, yet they were so eye catching with that metallic glint. Chocolate company, the Cocoa Room is lending their creative sweets to solve [...]

Gifts for Foodies: French Market Garden Kit

Monday, December 18th, 2006

This nicely packaged seed collection could convince this non-gardener to dig her hands in the soil. For those with a culinary sense, this kit gives a nice spread of garden vegetables to entertain the pallet.

French market Garden, from Potting Shed Creations:
a unique seed collection of Provençal gourmet vegetables for gardening cooks who want only [...]

Homemade Chocolate Advent Calendar

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Fellow maker Julie Ree puts the template for chocolate holding paper pyramids to great use by making an advent calendar garland.
I love how she uses the little pyramids as sculptural objects to decorate her house.
This is a wonderful reminder to share those gems of an idea you may have; when shared, the idea [...]

Wooden Sushi for Grown Ups

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

A thought on buying the cute wooden sushi kit for yourself:
gluing magnets to the sushi pieces and putting them up on the fridge would be a great way to play with this kit, and yet not have to deal with having toys stashed somewhere out of sight.
I don’t suggest gluing magnets on if you [...]

Raising a Little Foodie

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I’ve been on an informal quest to pick up cool baby products for my expecting friends Judah and Danica. It started with creating an “I ♥ boobs” bib, and continued in Japan with the purchase of cute squeaky baby shoe souvenirs (heh- those are going to be great at toddler stage!).

Adding to their baby [...]


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