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Holidays '08: Stocking Stuffers for Women - a list by tatorandtots
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Educational Mugs
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I drink so much coffee I suppose I may as well try and learn something while I'm at it....
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Weights and Measures, Periodic Table, Solar System, Human Skeleton, Fahrenheit and Celsius Conversion, Countries of the World and Geometry.
Updated Aug 13, 2008
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Airplane-Approved Sizes of Beauty Products at Sephora
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Barnes and Noble is a playground for my mind. Sephora? For my body. When I visit I find all the things I never knew existed but which make the whole world seem a bit more interesting.
One of the smartest sections they have showcases all of the beauty products that are in the new airline-approved sizes for carry-ons.
Bravo, Sephora, bravo!
Perfect for a Walk of Shame land-based bag of tricks as well.
Updated Aug 15, 2008
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Eleven Eleven Passport Covers
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My recommendation? Go get one.
Updated Oct 18, 2008
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Sephora FACE Exfoliator & Mask - Dry Skin
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Have you ever stumbled across something that is so unbelievably fantastic you panic at the thought of running out? And start hording? That is how I am with Sephora's house brand Face Exfloliator & Mask for Dry Skin.
I don't know how it does what it does. It defies the logic of exfoliation- there are NO little rough beads (there are in its sister product, the blue tube). Instead, it is a thick gel. To exfoliate, you rub it on dry skin until it breaks down and 'becomes wetter' if that makes sense. To use as a mask, you leave it on.
Amazingly, even though no "rough nubbins" are involved, it not only works but does so better than any exfoliator I have ever used, all without traumatizing already dry skin. The result is skin so dewy soft you will keep running your fingertips over it. I can't say enough about it- it really, really works.
Updated Oct 18, 2008
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Large Keep Calm and Carry On Mug
3 people recommended this item
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Truer words were never spoken.....
Updated Aug 13, 2008
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Gelaskins Ipod Touch Skin, Bookshelf,
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2 people recommended this item
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I read 'em and weep. Or laugh. Or learn. Or at the very least dream a little dream. I simply love books.
Thus I'm quite taken with this Bookshelf Ipod Touch Skin. Colorful, interesting and practical to boot. Lovely little thing.
Check out X-treme Geek's other style options for Gelaskins too. Nice stuff.
Updated Aug 14, 2008
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Ach Ach Liebling: Well, Kiddo? Do Not Covet Necklace
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Love the attached commandment charm. Clever, clever.
From the site:
An antique nudie postcard from one of the early decades of 20th century is reproduced in miniature on a hand-formed pendant. Measuring approx. 1" x 1.5" the pendant is fabricated from a smooth, matte plastic material. The print of a bloomer-clad seductress beneath the words "Well, Kiddo?" is resin-coated for protection from the elements. A tiny vintage charm (.4" x .4") inscribed with the 9th commandment ("Thou shall not covet thy neighbors wife," Kiddo) is the perfect coy accent.
Pendant hangs on 16" of brass chain with brass details and charm.
This item is custom made, usually ships in 5-7 business days.
$35.00
Ach Ach Liebling | USA
Wordsmith, plasticsmith and all-around bricoleur, Joanna Petrone sells her hand-fabricated jewelry under the company name Ach Ach Liebling (which means "oh oh darling" in German).
Born and raised in downtown Manhattan, Joanna migrated to California to attend Stanford, where she wrote a thesis on lesbian pulp fiction of the 1950s and graduated with a degree in English Literature. An impassioned reader and writer still, Joanna amuses herself by inserting language jokes and games and storybook allusions into her jewelry works, sometimes by nature and sometimes by design.
A runaway art project involving plastics and paperback book covers was the impetus behind Joanna's first experimental jewelry line. A hearty stint researching and experimenting with the processes and materials led to Joanna to developed the handsome, durable line of plastic pendants that are now a mainstay of Ach Ach Liebling.
In addition to hand-fabricated plastics and printing processes, Joanna uses metal, wood, lucite, celluloid, often incorporating vintage materials into her work. She takes inspiration from old postcards, Fassbinder movies, zoos, Victorian children's books, Antarctica, 19th c. naturalist field guides and ornithology handbooks, deep sea exploration, cities, and candy.
A perennial student, Joanna is currently learning metalsmithing at the Revere Jewelry Academy in San Francisco.
Updated Aug 8, 2008
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Auto Bird Turd Emergency Kit
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I'm not maniacal about my car being spotless but one thing that does drive me nuts is when a bird uses my windshield for a toilet. With my luck, it's usually a bird who apparently has been dining at a Mexican restaurant.
Love this.
Updated Sep 1, 2008
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Personal Calling Cards
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Recently, Time Magazine ran an article called "May I Offer You My Calling Card" that resulted in a deep sigh of relief on my part. "Oh yes. Yes. Yes. Yes," went through my mind. (Article: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1828303,00.html )
I have been an advocate of such a practice for so many years it would require a third set of fingers to count. You see, despite the fact that I generally enjoy human beings, I am a bit reluctant to provide the full details of my life to each one that requests it. Reluctant isn't quite strong enough. More like tight-fisted. Yes, I'm tight-fisted when it comes to handing out business cards to some people, wary of the extent to which they will Google me. Certain social settings lend themselves to a more conservative approach. (The phrase "on the nightstand next to a crisp $100 bill" comes to mind but that is just a pipe dream.)
Enter the need for the revival of the calling card. It is an elegant medium by which to convey just the information you would like publicly dispersed. It also takes care of the issue facing many people who find their business information to be in constant flux- you can simply print a static e-mail address that will not change as your circumstances do, for example.
And then there is the issue of names changing. It's been awhile since I've offered up one of my dysfunctional stories so I suppose I'm due for a purge. So here goes:
When I got married in '95, I took my husband's name. A few years later, awaiting the birth of our first child, we decided that since our surname was actually that of his step-father, with whom he had no contact, it would be a great idea to legally change it back to one of his family names. He actually suggested that we take my maiden name but I, being young and naive and in need of an arse-kicking, stoically refused, concerned the guys at work would make fun of him. Oh, silly, silly Fiona.
Attempting to be respectful, we sat down with his Polish mother and asked her for a list of family names to choose from. Only two were less than 14 letters in length. We chose the one that was easiest to spell, "my great-aunt's name," said his mother. Fine. Whatever.
Six months and several thousands of dollars in legal fees to change the name and all of our private and professional listings later, we had a new last name. Yay us.
Fast forward a few years. I am sitting at the kitchen table with his mother. Out of the blue, I ask, "So, our last name, is that your great-aunt on your mother's side or your father's?"
She takes a long, slow drag of her cigarette and says in a voice totally devoid of concern or apology, "Oh, that. I forgot to tell you. I made a mistake. That was the name of the tenants we rented the old house to."
Sigh.
And so it was. We were an island, related to no one by our surname.
Now we're divorced. I have a virtual trough of choices when it comes to how I would like my name to appear. I change my mind constantly. I can't commit to anything at the moment, much less want to print up hundreds of little cards that bear the name du jour. So a calling card with just "Fiona" written on it? Perfecto.
The link I've attached here takes you to Vista Printing, a great online print shop that offers 250 FREE cards you can customize with as many or as few details as you'd like to try the calling card thing out. Give it a shot. I think it's a pretty damn cool idea. (via Time Mag "May I Offer You My Calling Card")
Updated Aug 31, 2008
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Haber Como Polarized Sunglasses
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Let's get this out there from the start- I have vision issues (countless surgeries when I was young) and a big, Irish head. For starters.
Thus I am incredibly hard to please when it comes to sunglasses.
So I was a bit indifferent about the idea of trying this pair of Haber Como glasses on. Frankly, I didn't expect it to go well. It was merely a gesture on my part. [insert selfless sigh]
Oh. My. God. LOVE THEM! I've owned polarized glasses before, obviously. Or is it? It certainly felt like a whole new experience when I slipped these bad girls on. The clarity and lack of stress from glare was immediately apparent.
Then I walked inside to the mirror and discovered that they FIT MY BIG HEAD! Couldn't believe my luck. In the spirit of thorough investigating, I sought out a smaller head- my ten-year-old daughter's. They fit her perfectly too! She didn't want to take them off, in fact. So she was allowed to wear them but only while mowing the lawn. Yes, my brilliance stuns even myself at times.
Great, great pair of glasses for all manner of sports applications and just lounging around in general. Comfortable fit, gorgeous lens qualities and very stylish. For big and small heads alike.
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From the Haber site:
Glare, winning the battle with the latest in technology.
Glare is defined in the dictionary as, “An uncomfortable sensation caused by bright light.” More specifically, glare comes in many forms and they all can be uncomfortable and performance compromising. We deal with three types of glare; direct, reflected and redirected. Direct glare is visible light rays coming directly from the sun. Reflected glare can come from light rays bouncing of flat surfaces such as roads, water, snow, or in the case of redirected rays, they can be reflected from your face, the back of your glasses or side surfaces.
At Haber, we reduce the effects of glare with color densities and reflective mirror coatings, polarizing filters and anti-reflective coatings.
Color densities reduce glare and filter unwanted color spectrums that compromise performance. Mirrors reflect visible light and further reduce the effect of glare.
Polarizing filters effectively reduce/eliminate reflected glare and increase visual acuity and perception.
Anti reflective coatings allow redirected bounce back glare to pass through the lens reducing annoying reflections in the lens.
Updated Aug 14, 2008
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