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Human CD Holder

Published on January 8, 2008 in For Anybody, For the Home and Unusual. 0 Comments

This is a cool little piece of home decor. As you can see, little Mr. lifter guy is doing his best to hold the CD holder on its edge. Who knows why he’s doing it, but at least it will keep the CDs stacked neatly in there.

You may notice that the lifting guy is using proper technique, using his legs, not his back. Because of the proper form, he’ll be happy to hold that position forever to support a small portion of your CD collection.

The lifter guy has 2 friends who also support various types of CD storage spots. They are climbing man and pushing man. I think they’re all pretty cool looking, so check them out!

Help hold some CDs here.

LED Blow On-Off Candles

Published on December 30, 2007 in For Anybody, For the Home and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

I found out about these a while ago, but I bought some for my sisters as Christmas presents, so I didn’t want to risk them finding out. Now that I’ve given them as gifts and they were very well received, I figured I’d share the greatness with the good people online.

These things do just what they say. It’s cool, you blow into the top of the candle just how you would to extinguish a flame, and it turns on! Then when you want to turn it off, do the same thing. It’s actually pretty satisfying to be able to turn it on or off with a quick puff of wind.

The light has a great flame-like flicker to it, and the colors are just as different and vivid as the image here shows they are. The yellow/orange looks just like a real flame and the blue is just cool. The candles are made out of something that really feels like wax. They’re a top notch product.

Save someone matches here.

Avocado & Vanilla Mint Candles

Published on October 25, 2007 in For the Home and Inexpensive. 0 Comments

Avocado and vanilla mint. Don’t ask me! All I can say is that it sounds totally super awesome.

The product site actually has no description, which is great, but this is such an interesting sounding set of candles that I figured I’d give it a go anyway. My guess is that the avocado part isn’t so much for the smell, but more for the construction of the candle. I know it’s one of those things (is it a fruit or vegetable?) that is really good for you in a number of ways. The vanilla mint part is obviously what the scent is. I love just about anything that’s vanilla mint. I had one of those huge 3-wick candles long ago that was vanilla mint, it smelled really good. Anyway, go check it out yo.

Put some vanilla mint in that avocado here.

Murano Glass Doves

Published on October 25, 2007 in For Her and For the Home. 0 Comments

Here’s another creation from the island of Murano. The process used to make these glass birds sounds pretty cool, I’d like to witness it in action.

They dip a long metal rod in molten glass, twisting it in just the right way to form the dove. Then while it’s still piping hot, 24 karat gold is applied to give the bird those streaks on the side. Pretty wild stuff. If I tried that out, it would probably end up as a glass earthworm or something. The doves are available in the two colors shown there; pink and blue. Oh wait, the pink is called rose, that sounds much nicer!

Scoop out a glass bird here.

Incredibly Strong Magnetic Push Pins

Published on October 17, 2007 in For Anybody, For the Home and Inexpensive. 2 Comments

These look pretty awesome. They’re push pin style magnets. Of course, you could use them on any surface that attracts to magnets, but really, the fridge is pretty much the only place most of us use magnets.

At first glance, I thought these things look cool, but probably aren’t very strong. Then I found their FAQ page that blew my doubts out of the water. They’re made of this stuff called Neodymium, which I guess can have crazy strong magnetism.

At that site I just linked to, you can order a “free” sample one, which actually costs a buck for shipping. You can also get more colors there than at ThinkGeek, which is where the other links in this post lead. The ones at ThinkGeek are cheaper though, since you don’t pick the colors. So, there are a couple options.

Stick it to the fridge here.

Hand Hook

Published on October 16, 2007 in For the Home and Unusual. 0 Comments

Now here is a weird one indeed. These guys are called hand hooks. Some are hookish in nature, all are very handish. There are five styles of hands to choose from, and I love the names. They are called C’mere, Grab, Offer, Bestow, and Om. Bestow and Om have pictures in the More Photos link over on the product page. Om is like an orchestra conductor’s hand; wand and all. Bestow costs a bit more because it comes with a candle stick and a flower vase.

These are apparently casts of the hands of the fellow who designed these products. The site gives great use suggestions like soap container and coat hanger. I’ll take the freedom to suggest a few more. Offer could be used for high-fiving practice. Om looks like it would be great for kids to use for sibling torment. C’mere could be used to scratch behind the ear. Another use for Offer could be a good solid facial slap.

Give somebody a third (or fourth) hand here.

Lumen Oil Lamp

Published on October 13, 2007 in For Anybody, For the Home and Unusual. 0 Comments

Earlier I posted a gift idea that will bring the night sky inside. Here is another one that allows something from the outside world to come inside the house. A tree…kind of.

The Lumen Oil Lamp is just what it says it is, an oil lamp. What makes this one special is that it comes with a stainless steel tree shape as part of the lamp. What effect this creates, as you can see in that there picture, is the silhouette of a tree projected onto the a wall of a house. Of course, it could be projected onto anything else you choose, but I suppose the wall would get it to show up the clearest.

There are four different tree silhouettes to choose from: pine, cedar, magnolia, or one with birds in their nests. I think the pictures kind of make it look creepy. Maybe it’s just me, but it looks like a background out of some bizarre horror flick. Maybe if it’s accompanied by soothing music it will be more relaxing than scary.

Plant a tree on the wall here.

Here Hook by Richard Shed

Published on October 13, 2007 in For Anybody, For the Home, Inexpensive and Unusual. 0 Comments

You’re outside in the cold, knocking on your friends’ door. They let you in, ahhh, that warmth feels nice. So you remove your coat. Now where to put it? If only it were as easy as looking around on the walls and seeing a big red arrow to show the way. Well, now that dream can become a reality!

Imagine a pair or threesome of arrows pointing to the wall, just being there on the wall. The arrows are designed in a way to where no hanging apparatus is visible. They are available in red, charcoal, and white. The angle of the Here Hook (which is very aptly named) is less than 90 degrees, so a hung coat will remain hung, instead of on the floor. Each comes with the necessary hanging hardware.

Hang that stuff right here.

Make Yourself at Home Magnet Set by BlueQ

Published on October 11, 2007 in For Her, For the Home and Humorous. 0 Comments

I get the feeling we’ll be seeing plenty more of this BlueQ stuff. It’s hilarious! This time around we’ve got the Make Yourself at Home magnet set. It has five individual magnets with the classic American Mother character.

The sayings on each magnet are great. One says If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen. The one that cracked me up is I child-proofed my house but they still get in.

I love a good kitchen magnet, and these are some very fine ones. They’re a great gift idea for any housewife out there. I’d even be happy to get these and I’m a bachelor.

Decorate a fridge here.

Candy Corn Candle at Etsy

Published on October 11, 2007 in For the Home, Halloween and Holidays. 0 Comments

I don’t eat much candy these days, but candy corn is one of those things that I could just keep eating for a long while. So here we have the candy corn candle. Its fragrance is supposed to smell like the candy. Well, probably not smell like the candy, since they have no odor. I think it smells like the candy tastes.

The description lists the fragrance as a sweet yummy honey vanilla. That sounds about right. I was thinking just sugar, but sweet yummy honey vanilla sounds quite a bit better in the form of a candle. It’s not a big candle, just 3½” tall, but that should be enough to burn much longer than just when trick-or-treaters are knocking on your door. If you order more than one, the shipping price drops, so you might as well get your favorite candy corn lover a few of these scented candles.

Smell like candy corn here.