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Crayola introduces new products including Crayola Window Crayons

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Crayola new products

Did you know that Crayola has several new, innovative, affordable variations on classic Crayola products? I am a huge fan of Crayola and find myself buying Crayola stuff that the kids don’t even need. I stock up on Crayola crayons, markers, and colored pencils thinking that the kids will need more later. I received the following products from MyBlogSpark and Crayola recently and the kids have had a blast tyring them all out. The Crayola Window Crayons are a huge hit and I love that I can wipe the crayons off the window easily because the kids sure as heck aren’t going to! Sebastian likes the Crayola Color Switchers.

Crayola window crayons

  • 24-ct. Crayola Crayons, the quintessential back-to-school tool that kids love for their vibrant colors, and moms and teachers choose for superior quality and value
  • 10-ct. Crayola Markers, with an array of consistent, true colors to complete any task
  • 12-ct. Crayola Colored Pencils, which come pre-sharpened with thick, strong lead made to tackle touch projects and art activities
  • Crayola Pip-Squeaks Colored Pencils and Glitter Glue, which give children big color in a small size and are perfect for jazzing up art projects with bright, bold, shimmering colors
  • Crayola Window Crayons, to help let your little ones transform glass surfaces into instant decorations with bright colors that lay down smoothly, dry quickly, and wipe clean with a damp cloth
  • Tadoodles Washable Crayon Buddies, which are colorful little characters that hold a triangular-shaped crayon that twists up when the tip wears down – perfect for little hands!
  • Crayola Color Explosion Black Extreme Surprises, which comes complete with a stencil sheet and two Broad Tip Color Explosion clear ink markers that reveal a different surprise design as they´re colored on 18-page tablet
  • Crayola Color Switchers, which are dual-ended markers that allow kids to magically change the colors of their drawings with a swoosh of the “color switch” tip

You´ll be excited to find that Crayola is helping to stretch those back-to-school dollars even further this year with a lineup of school tools that are priced under $9 (with many of the school list must-haves like the 24-ct. Crayola Crayons and the 10-ct. Crayola Markers priced under $1.00 at retailers nationwide). But more importantly, what makes your investment go even further is the investment you´re making in your child´s development. Giving your kids the tools to power their imaginations doesn´t have to be expensive.

Crayola pip-squeek colored pencils with sharpener

To learn more about these and other great back-to-school products, check out http://www.crayola.com.

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My iPhone 3G screen shattered last night!

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iPhone 3G shattered screen

I can’t say it wasn’t my fault. I was getting out the car, holding two books in my arm with my iPhone on top of the books. I think I was trying to hold the door open so Madelyn’s fingers wouldn’t get squished while she was trying to squeeze past Sebastian who was not in a hurry to get out of the car. Things were just a little chaotic. My iPhone slipped off the book and landed flat on the driveaway then bounced over to land on its back. Serious, major, HUGE bummer! I feel like an idiot for letting that happen.
Over the years my iPhone has been abused by the kids and myself (not on purpose) and I guess that I started to think it was invincible. NO, it’s not. Just the right fall, the right angle, and the right surface shattered my iPhone screen and not as if I didn’t already, but I realize how attached I am to it and how much I rely on my iPhone.
Every night when I put Madelyn to bed, I lay with her and read the news on my iPhone. I check my email on my iPhone when I’m out, I have several applications I use regularly such as Things, iNotify, and TwitterFon.

What am I going to do? Oh wait.. I also make and receive phone calls from my iPhone. Huh, I forgot it’s a phone. There really is no point to this post except to remind my readers that iPhones aren’t unbreakable and unfortunately, you can’t get insurance on an iPhone through AT&T (when I purchased mine that wasn’t an option).

Today I’m struggling with these options:

  • Apple will replace the screen at the Apple store for $199 (the cost of a new iPhone!?)
  • I found several online stores that sell replacement iPhone screens for $25-$60+ and extra for the tools required to replace the iPhone screen myself (Tim would do it).
  • Get a new iPhone
  • Borrow my Dad’s extra iPhone.. but I feel bad about that.

Have you ever had to replace your iPhone screen? What do you think I should do?

Get Personalized with a Custom Address Stamp

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personalized-stamps

Now that summer is over and the kids are back in school, I’m determined to be organized for the busiest time of year. Along with fall and winter come multiple holidays, social events, birthday parties and then as soon as you can catch your breath Christmas has come and gone. No more attaching return address labels on our family’s holiday cards until the wee hours. This year I plan to order a personalized return address stamp. I found these self-inking customized stamps that will be my new personal-izing assistant! Not only can these be used for return addresses, and look great on the back flap of an envelope I might add, but they can be used to personalize note cards as well. The personalized stamps from Three Designing Women (love the name!) are designed to personalize blank note cards, wine tags, gift tags, notepads and calling cards. You can also use these self-inking stamps with your own blank stationery or stickers. I love all of the unique designs and cute, modern note cards. They have something for classic tastes as well as modern design fans. The stamps are available at the Neiman Marcus website and you can also find coupon codes for Neiman’s here.

Products featured above:
Three Designing Women Square Stamp or Round Stamp, $48.00 at NeimanMarcus.com
Three Designing Women Retro Stamper Note (green and brown design), $13.25 for 10 at papersyoulove.com
Three Designing Women Blue Stripes + Brown Floral notes – 1 set of 10 $22.50 at Finestationery.com

From our friends at TheFind.com.

The new dual nozzle, sturdier Swiffer Wet Jet

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Small Wet Jet KitOMG!  If you get as excited about cleaning and gadgets as I do you will LOVE the new Swiffer WetJet. No, the one you buy at the store doesn’t come package like this one, sorry!
Swiffer and MyBlogSpark made it nearly impossible for my heart not to flutter when I received this incredible Swiffer WetJet Mission Impossible kit.

I am a huge fan of the Swiffer WetJet.  I haven’t used a traditional mop in years, over 8 to be exact.  I was thrilled to learn about the new Swiffer WetJet which has been redesigned with dual nozzles, a bigger scrubbing strip, and sturdier construction to help ensure my cleaning efforts are worth it.

Here are a few reasons you will love the new Swiffer WetJet:

  • The larger scrubbing strip on the new Swiffer WetJet and the cleaning solution break up and dissolves tough messes.. no hands and knees required!
  • Unlike the mop and bucket you’ve used in the past, it’s light and maneuverable, so you can easily navigate under tables and chairs.
  • The Swiffer WetJet takes up minimal storage space making it easy to store in small closet areas.
  • My 10 year old son loves to use the WetJet.  He uses too much solution most of the time (he gets trigger happy!), but that’s better than not helping at all, right?

Get your hands on a Swiffer WetJet at your local super market.  You can learn more about the new Swiffer WetJet on the Swiffer web site here.

Alicia, Editor TMI

Vincent Shoes: Back-to-School and Fall ’09 lines

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Vincent Shoes - back to school shoes for kids

How cute are these shoes?

My kids have been wearing Vincent shoes for almost 3 years.. not the same ones. I am always amazed at how freakin’ cute they are and how well they hold up.  Sebastian wore his OSKAR‘s forever.

Vincent Shoes:

  • are stylish shoes for kids
  • are durable
  • provide comfortable protection for little feet
  • wipe clean with a damp cloth
  • are available for babies through school age kids
  • true sizes (not sized by month/age)
  • available in lots of cute styles and colors

Madelyn is wearing the Susan style in the photograph above. The Susan is a low cut boot with soft inner padding that protects her little feet and will surely keep them warm on cold days.  She LOVES them and wore them for hours the first day she had them despite having no where to go to show them off.

Visit Vincent Shoes to check out their Back-to-School selection and shop their latest styles.

Alicia, Editor TMI