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Someone once said: The organized life is the best life . Actually, maybe it was one of those dubious, curly-font quotes posted on Pinterest that make you feel totally guilty about your life. But still, there's still some truth in there, …

Spring is the perfect time of the year to capture picture-perfect shots all around: From close-ups of my gorgeous pink peonies opening to the sun, to sweeping panoramas of my nephew's entire soccer team chasing down the ball. And while I…

I loved the camera necklaces from Strangely Yours we featured last year, but their new custom photo locket necklace is even more awesome. The wood is laser cut to look like a mini Polaroid camera (so cute!) with a blank "film" for your o…

I'm all for gift cards as Mother's Day gifts (or any other gift) when it's really appreciated and thoughtful. For me: $500 to the shoe department at Saks will do. (There's a reason it's in our Mother's Day gift guide this year, ha.) For …

While Mother's Day gifts tend to focus on traditional views of motherhood, all the geek chic jewelry we find proves we've definitely gone from Oh mom...can't you get the VCR to stop blinking 12:00? to moms who blog, code, develop, domina…

If you're looking for a fun gift for a photographer, and maybe a DSLR isn't in your budget, check out the Etsy shop IceCreamTees which puts the focus (pun alert) on your camera with photography tees like this fun aperture chart tee. Ther…

As a first-time new mom, I didn't have a baby monitor myself. At first I worried a lot about my son while he slept; I checked on him constantly, which meant I didn't sleep much. Of course I eventually learned that he was fine and I could…

Okay so yes, we're obsessed with retro phone cases. Images of VCR tapes , vintage telephones and old library cards are adorning our phones, making us certain that there's a collective yearning for simpler times. Even as we would shrivel …

These days there's no shortage of ways to create your own cool Instagram photo gifts , but custom Instagram photo cookies is definitely a first. Like most of the world, we're pretty obsessed with Instagram around here ( are you following…

So cool geeky jewelry can be a little hard to find. Personally, I'll pass on the gihugic QR code necklace. But then I stumbled upon Saffron and Saege on Etsy and well, I can't just pick one favorite. The best part is that with these affo…

With the explosion of monthly subscription boxes , we've gotten uber picky about the ones we recommend. Especially subscription boxes for kids, since no one wants to give a lame birthday gift. Worth a look: the brand new Appleseed Lane m…

Over the course of the year, we've put together so many helpful tech tips for our readers, plenty from your own questions to us. (We love answering reader questions!) Here, some of our favorite tips of the year, including lots just for p…

If you're giving a tech gift, here are 7 basic tips to add to your checklist, to make sure kids (and eager adults) can just rip open those packages and start playing. Not that we remember them ourselves all the time. Which is why we're m…

Texting is a challenge in the brutally cold and mostly bundled winter months. (Oh, our first word problems!) We've recently covered a ton of gorgeous touchscreen gloves but I also love that the recent trend of fingerless gloves is perfec…

Our latest post in our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 Guide is a fun one! We love looking for affordable little stocking stuffers to make our lives more fun, more interesting, or just a little more silly. Here are some of our very favorite geek…

If you're like us, then you've got holiday shopping lists coming out of your ears and are always looking for the best way to organize them. It's so easy to forget cousins, in-laws, coworkers, caregivers--people you're determined to remem…

All of those laptops, tablets, e-readers, and smartphones that are destined to be holiday gifts--they're going to need protection. And I love caseable as a one stop shop for cool handmade-in-Brooklyn sleeves, pouches, and cases to protec…

Today for our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 guide, we're thrilled to bring you the very coolest photography gifts for your favorite shutterbug. This year saw so many incredibly cool launches to make photography more fun, whether you're committ…

While perusing the web for the most stylish tech gifts , I happened to come across this thing of beauty: A KitchenAid Mixer. Or more specifically, the ColorWare Limited Edition KitchenAid Mixer from the same folks who bring vivid color t…

Next up in our 2013 guide to holiday tech gifts, stylish tech gifts for your favorite fashionista. And let's face it, aren't all of us pretty much going for geek chic these days? We love these gift ideas for their blend of high style and…

We've always thought of social media as more than ornamental, but with these cheeky Social Media Christmas Ornaments you can actually trim your tree with Twitter and deck the halls with Instagram. What a fabulous gift for your pal the Pi…

Our 2013 guide to Holiday Tech Gifts continues with 11 of the coolest audio gifts for audiophiles. There is so much amazing stuff out this year we hardly know where to start. Or wait, actually we do. We start with the Jambox Mini. Jawbon…

We're so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages …

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then check out 5 of our favorite pins from this week. We’ll make it worth your while. 1. Snatch up this amazing e-book app for kids while it's still free. 2. Here's a wonderful, affordable wa…