There are three basic New Year’s resolutions the way I see it: 1. Get in shape 2. Get organized 3. Save money. I decidedly cannot help you with the first one and have the brownie crumbs on my chest…

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• Current Year, Next Year Calendars Paper Collectibles

Continue reading → Gorgeous 2009 calendars: Just add paper

I’m a minimalist where it comes to calendars.  I know some moms live and die by their beloved organizers, but give me a compact monthly view calendar at my fingertips and I’m set.

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Continue reading → Calendar girl

I may buy great gifts, but I’m severely gift-wrap challenged; my presents usually get hidden toward the back of the pile so that you can’t see my incompetence. But, this year, these bold little…

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Continue reading → Little labels that make a big impression

These days  you can spread “good will on earth” while being kind to it as well. But let’s be honest, not all eco-friendly cards are created equal.

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Continue reading → Berry beautiful holiday cards

I’ve tried to use babysitter notepads, but they’re either too labor intensive, or they don’t have spots for the information I think is important. So I usually end up just writing out my own on a…

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Continue reading → When you care enough not to leave your sitter a novel

This past weekend, no one was going to mistake my son for the MVP of his soccer team but he did try his best. It was the perfect occasion for one of the playing card-sized notes from Kiddo Kards.

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Continue reading → Take note. Or better yet, give one.

What do you get when you combine vintage photos with snarky captions like Why do dishes when you can do daiquiris? The delightfully cheeky line of Anne Taintor products, of course. I’d seen these in…

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Continue reading → They call it “vintage revisited,” but I call it hilarious

I used to be really good at remembering names and faces.  A little stalkerish even. But then I had children and a good percentage of my brain cells expired from lack of sleep.  Now I’m…

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Continue reading → Mommy cards get smarter, even as mommies don’t

If you find manilla, vanilla, add International Arrivals to your bookmarks and check out their modern assortment of file folders, journals, photo albums, and organizational accessories that make a…

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• Albums, Folders Supplies Publications Supplies Coins Paper Money

Continue reading → Schoolwork and work work get a lift with International Arrivals

Want to add an air of permanence to your child’s library? And want to call that stack of chewed books in the corner of her room a library? Here’s how: Bookplates

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Continue reading → Get Your Paws Off My Books

Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom,…

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Continue reading → I love you, you’re perfect, now finish your carrots

If you’ve been pining for the kind of baby book you might still pull off your mom or grandmother’s shelves when you go for a visit, why I think we’ve actually found it.

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Continue reading → The Ultimate Keepsake Baby Book - Before You’ve Even Filled In a Line

As a WAHM/SAHM with a fairly good memory, I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve gone without a date book for the last four years. But now that I’m running a business and adding kid number three, my…

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Continue reading → Time Too Get Organized

Call me old-fashioned, but I love the idea of calling cards. Problem is, I have different contact information for different people. It
really ruins the elegance of handing over a calling card when I…

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Continue reading → Fill-in-the-Blank Calling Cards: Sooooooo Smart

In theory, party favors are a wonderful idea.  Sending your guests home
with a lovely memento of a special occasion - who could object to such
thoughtfulness?  Problem is, most favors are…

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Continue reading → Baby Shower Favors, Hold the Cliches

Graphic designer Jen does some pretty irreverent things with stationery at her shop Just Jenn Designs - I wouldn’t necessarily get my kid a set of the punk-ass cursive cards (although I really do…

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Continue reading → Join the Circus Like You Wanted To

I have some friends who do this insane July 4 party every year as if heads of state were showing up. The food is awesome, the drinks plentiful, and the local parade passes right by their home,…

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Continue reading → If You Were Turning 232 You’d Want Someone to Make a Big Deal About it Too

Here is how I recall my daughter’s first year of life, seven years later:  Birth. . . blur. . .neediness. . .blur. . .crawling everywhere. . . .blur. . .  The big memories are there, but…

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Continue reading → A Year in the Life

One of the best pieces of advice I got at my baby shower was to save the gift bags. Sure enough, I reused almost all of them–except that one that already looked reused enough. I’ll withhold names to…

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Continue reading → Regifting Just Found Legitimacy

Admittedly, I’m terrible at keeping a record of what’s going on with my kids other than the pictures and stories I post on my own personal blog. But now that my daughter is old enough to draw her own…

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Continue reading → A Kids’ Keepsake Kids Keep Themselves

I love the idea of snatching up a Molskine for Father’s Day. The little pocket journals famous for having been used by the likes of Picasso and Hemmingway are just perfect for dads and granddads with…

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Continue reading → Following in the Footsteps of Hemingway and that Pretentious Guy at Starbucks

With Mother’s Day on the horizon, there is definitely one gift you do not need and that’s a World’s Greatest Mom mouse pad. Or pencil holder. Or stationery.

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• Pencil Sharpeners Desktop Items Pens Writing Instruments Collectibles

Continue reading → Thomas Paul: From Wallpaper of the Rich and Famous to the Pencil Holders of the Cluttered and Not-So-Famous

With Mother’s Day on the horizon, there is definitely one gift you do not need and that’s a World’s Greatest Mom mouse pad. Or pencil holder. Or stationery.

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• Pencil Sharpeners Desktop Items Pens Writing Instruments Collectibles

Continue reading → Thomas Paul: From Wallpaper of the Rich and Famous to the Pencil Holders of the Cluttered and Not-So-Famous

If you’d rather pick up playdates in style, check out the mommy cards from…Mommy Cards.

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Continue reading → Let the Mommy Cards Do the Talking

Do you consider yourself brilliant and utterly intelligent? How about busy? And forgetful? If so, then we have found the to-do list for you.

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Continue reading → Don’t Forget

Do you consider yourself brilliant and utterly intelligent? How about busy? And forgetful? If so, then we have found the to-do list for you.

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Continue reading → Don’t Forget

Inspired to tackle our own mess of family photos for the benefit of the next generation, we’re counting on CatchMyMemory to help get the job done.

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• Sunshine Family Mattel By Brand, Company, Character Dolls Dolls Bears
• Friends Family Barbie Contemporary 1973-Now Dolls Dolls Bears
• Friends Family Barbie Vintage Pre-1973 Dolls Dolls Bears

Continue reading → Family Photo Sorting Help, Just In Time for Mother’s Day