Friday, November 09, 2007

Time-filling list

Notice I didn't call it a time-WASTING list? Here's my current list of favorite things:


++Blueprint's feature on David and Amy Butler's home.

++Dharma Trading's selection of dye-able bamboo fabrics. I'm so glad bamboo as a textile is catching on; it has many wonderful qualities.

++I've been on a mission to reduce the number of catalogs we get at our apartment, and it was taking forever to contact each company individually until Amy mentioned this site. Couldn't be easier: you log in, select the catalog you want to eliminate, enter the customer code number on the back of the catalog, and you're done!


++Hable Construction's Design Your Mantle feature. Very cute! Tsia has been playing with it and loves the "pirate" stockings. (At our house, anything with a skull and crossbones is known as a pirate.) I wish Hable would design a quilt fabric line. I'm sure it would sell phenomenally well.


++Heather Moore's wonderful tea towels. I just purchased this one (Heather's photo, above) and love it. I'm thinking Christmas gifts. Hmmm. Here's another designer who should be doing a quilt fabric line!


Crest spinbrush. I never understood why people like electric toothbrushes until I tried this. And for under $7.00?!? Battery operated, and my teeth feel so clean afterwards! Plus, it's better for the environment to replace the just head than to buy a whole new toothbrush. Just be sure to use re-chargeable batteries.


++Paper Source holiday catalog. Here's one I won't be removing with Catalog Choice. Current drools: the snaps, Xyron 900 machine (someone tell me: are they really as useful as they seem?), and that cute pinecone stamp. I guess it's time for me to get busy making our Christmas cards. Hmm, can I justify placing an order if I buy stuff for the cards?

9 comments:

  1. I had never owned an electric toothbrush either, and then I bought a spinbrush. I won't be able to go back... AND so affordable!

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  2. Anonymous3:11 PM

    I own that Xyron and use it for all kinds of things. It's really quite useful.

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  3. The Xyron 900 is on my Christmas list too. Just be sure to tell Santa that you can use your 40% off coupon on these at Michaels and save yourself a bundle! :)

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  4. Anonymous5:14 PM

    How fun. It's like Operah's favorite things day. Sold, I'm getting that spin brush. (I'm very impressionable)

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  5. I get so many catalogs I decided to begin shredding them in my shredder and using them as packing material when I send out packages and customer orders. Way cheaper than just tossing them in the bin and buying packing pellets!

    Neat ideas!

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  6. Anonymous4:30 PM

    I cannot live without my xyron. really. Thought it would be a space waster, but I seem to forever find things to feed through!! I love to make magnets with my pics and it's a fabulous time-saver to feed stuff through when doing masses of items - christmas cards, etc.
    GET IT!!

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  7. Anonymous11:11 AM

    They actually sell the Xyron at Costco, I noticed just this week. If you're a member, go get it. With their awesome guarentee you can return it, no questions asked if you hate it/don't find it useful.

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  8. Anonymous1:17 PM

    Hmmm...I have an old Xyron and had fun with it at first. But for the last couple of years it's just been sitting on the shelf. I reach for the double-sided tape ALL the time, but never the Xyron. Just my 2 cents. :o)

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  9. The refills on the xyron can be pricey too, I seemed to always run out... went through the cartridges very quickly it seemed.
    A time saver? yes, a good resource? depending on what you are doing... maybe.
    I love that stamp too.

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