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Like "fat guy in a little coat," a rubber chicken always elicits smiles. I don't know why. But it does. So loosen up and have a bit of fun with this whimsical necklace.

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Don't question the magic of the rubber chicken - embrace it. (Just don't choke it) This solid sterling silver chicken is cast from a miniature rubber chicken! A real piece of kitsch to be worn around the neck. Hangs from a sterling silver ball chain.

Updated Dec 8, 2007

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Scratch 'n Sniff Stickers

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Back in the late 70's/early 80's, I was the equivalent of a dealer on a street corner with scratch 'n sniff stickers. My fellow 2nd graders would meet me in the hallway before the first bell rang, I would pull out my trusty envelope of 'goods' and the transactions would commence.

Well it's true what they say about addictions running through the gene pool. My daughters both tend to sniff everything with gusto. Mostly things that are ok. We've had the "spray paint can" discussion, don't worry. But we are a family that likes to smell stuff.

And while dealing stickers might put a bit of spare change in my pocket, it isn't my true motivation for trying to bring back the scratch 'n sniff sticker craze. I just really love them to this day. So I pop them on presents, cards, etc whenever I get the chance.

If there are any "recovering sniffers" from the 80's like myself out there, here's a link that made me literally yelp out loud in delight:
http://www.bubbledog.com/sns/
"Bubbledog" has an online gallery of all the stickers we knew, loved and smelled from the 80's. Sad to say, but I literally teared up when I saw some of them. Wow did it bring back memories....

And one last link:
http://www.promobrands.com/scratchandsniffscents.htm
Promo Brands carries the world's largest variety of scratch n sniff scents (do the world a favor and avoid the 'baby poo' one please!) and promises that they can give an Eau du Whatever to any product you want. In other words, go to them if you have something you want to smell like something else.

Updated Dec 8, 2007

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Good Luck Gnome Pendant

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Because I'm down with OPP, yeah you Gno Me... Sorry. I digress. I like it because it's a gnome on a swing and I need the luck.

Updated Dec 6, 2007

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Nintendo Power Mints

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What can I say? I'm a product of the 80's...

.... and I'm also becoming more and more like the grandma who washes out Ziploc bags and reuses them. Everything has a dual purpose. In this case, I bought a handful of these and was intent on simply refilling them with my trusty Altoids and tucking them into holiday stockings. Of the mantel variety, not garter.

However, one afternoon I had a Martha-Stewart-in-Prison moment. I needed to wrap a gift (luckily, just a pair of earrings) and had NO wrapping paper within access range. So I had to make do. Enter the empty Nintendo mint tin.

I got kudos for creativity from the recipient and just to ease your mind, no "shanks" were involved in the wrapping of this gift. Ha.

Updated Dec 18, 2008

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What Would You Attempt to Do if You Knew You Could Not Fail? Paperweight

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A few years ago, I found myself on the look-out for a thank you gift for the committee members of a charity event I was in charge of. The event was a ten-day holiday festival and this group of women had not only exceeded my expectations but more importantly, they had surpassed their own in terms of their creativity and abilities.

That's why this paperweight ended up being the perfect gift. At the start of our planning, I saw a room of women who saw themselves as followers, simply waiting to be given instructions. After being given their own little niche to take charge of and the instruction to "go a bit wild with it, deviate from the norm" they ended up as confidant leaders.

Which is why I believe very much in the importance of the message of this pewter paperweight and have since given it as a present for college graduations, "divorce gifts", weddings, teens starting out the school year.... just about anything.

And I always, always keep mine on my desk where I can see it.

Updated Aug 5, 2009

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Rainbow Candelabra

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First off, this is a great and inexpensive decor item for your parties. Pop one on your bar table outside at your summer party and boom. Gorgeous.

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I have two daughters under ten and a decade of Bad Karma monkeys waiting in a closet to spring out at me when they're teenagers. The phrase "Wait until you have a daughter this age" was a favorite of my mother's back in my So. California 3-inch-high AquaNet claw bangs high school years, followed by under-her-breath mumblings that suggested Gaelic curses and spells. And sometimes, by a clap of thunder.

Thus I am preparing. Aesthetically anyway. I've decided to take the looming Drama Queens decade I'm on the verge of and have a bit of fun with it. Perhaps Clapper-controlled mood lighting that will darken a room and shine a spotlight on their angst-filled soliloquies about how THEY WILL JUST DIE if I don't let them pierce a body part usually kept out of the sun due to sensitivity issues or that I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING because, like Mork, a giant flying egg just dropped me on the planet and I missed the whole 'growing up' thing that they are handling with such inelegance.

I'm also looking into the holographic thing that Princess Leia and R2D2 had going on.... Because how could you not smirk if a 10-inch high version of Air Supply could be summoned to break into the chorus of "All Out of Love" with impeccable timing next to your teenager who is doing that half shriek/half crying-so-hard-she-makes-huge-gasps-for-air thing as she describes how not letting her go out with her boyfriend on a school night is basically "the meanest thing EVER. EVER!!"

As with everything, it's all "in the details." Which is where this candelabra comes in. I don't know the details of what scenes it will be in as I dive and roll through the artillery directed at me in the years ahead but I know it will fit in. I just know it.

Updated Jul 2, 2008

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Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Playdate Baby t-shirt

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.... If you're easily offended, take a pass on the Tshirt Hell website. Just a head's up...

My 2-year-old sports this loud and proud as he struts his stuff at playgroup on occasion. I'm trying to take every possible advantage of having fun dressing him while it lasts. He's already tugging his diaper down in gangsta style so Mom needs to take a deep breath and smile before the real battle over clothes begins.And this makes me smile.

I should add that this washes fabulously. He's spilled on it, played outside in it.... color stays true.

Updated Dec 9, 2007

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Star Navigator

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This is just plain cool, in my opinion. And given the number of conversations we've had with the kids about stars when we're out and about it's useful too.

Having a summer backyard bash? Leave this out and when night falls, you have something that will deliver a lot of entertainment and interest.

A great dad gift, a great kid gift... heck, a great ME gift!

Updated Jul 2, 2008

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The Fairies: Photographic Evidence of the Existence of Another World

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With daughters who are fairy addicts, there are few books on the subject that aren't in our library. My girls are pretty hardcore enthusiasts, actively maintaining "fairy houses" both here and at our cottage in Ireland for their tiny friends.

So we've moved beyond cutesy little cartoon fairies into a realm that encompasses a lot of the mythological and historical basis of 'the fairy faith.' It is an environment that includes both the beauty AND the darker side of fairies and this magnificent book touches on both.

Author and photographer Suza Scalora has created a provocative book that is worthy of both a place in your child's library and even on your own coffee table. The images are simply stunning.

The premise? A female photographer takes up the mysterious quest of a scholar whose research centered around how to find and coax fairies in different parts of the world into being photographed (a sneak peek- not all are "nice" fairies and each has its own lures).

It is not a long book, the opposite in fact. But more than any other book on fairies, it is very effective in making a believer of the reader.

For more info, Suza's work is discussed on myth.com.

Updated Dec 9, 2007

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