Tag: mighty goods

Pretty Things on Mighty Junior

Mighty Junior has been busy with the start of the school year. My impeccable friend Margaret Gould Stewart, who is raising a startlingly fashionable brood, sent us some great ideas for dressing little guys:

Guest Editor: Margaret Gould Stewart!

Also, it turns out that kids have cuter outwear options than I do. I cannot tell you how much I want this exact jacket in my size.

Outerwear Roundup: Perfect Coats for Kids

Melissa put together a great selection of budget gifts to keep on hand for birthday parties that sneak up on you. I covet this pen set for my grown-up desk.

Gift Closet Guide: 14 Birthday Gifts Under $20

This kid’s backpack from Chris Jordan’s stint as guest editor is on my list as well. Cute! Super Cute!

Guest Editor: Christ Jordan from Notes from the Trenches

Election Schwag

So I’ve been working on this Presidential Election ’08 Schwag feature over at Mighty Goods, and I’m gleeful about all the weird stuff you can get. McCain Condoms, Obama nesting dolls, candidates carved in soap, and so on.

The Palin schwag, especially, is off the charts. There are a few that didn’t make the cut, but were still interesting enough to note.

I found a few voodoo doll options, but only for Palin. I’m actually surprised candidate voodoo dolls aren’t more widely available.

This button wins for best slogan.

Also, there’s this Cafepress shirt. Which I think is supposed to be supportive?

And you must explore all the awesomely confusing Etsy art Palin has inspired. Including this piece, entitled “Sarah Palin Triclops.”

If you’ve seen anything exceptional that I missed, pony up in the comments.

Elsewhere

–Guest Editor Evany Thomas of Evany.com is underway at Mighty Goods, and she is awesome. Check back over the next couple of days to see all her picks.

–Back to School Guide at Mighty Junior, featuring astounding gummy bear pencil sharpeners, and lion backpack so adorable that I’m trying to justify buying it for myself. (Rawr!)

–Lunchbox Roundup at Mighty Junior, featuring a surprising number of attractive, grown-up friendly options.

Go have a look!

Updates

Lots of good designs and products to scan this week. Here’s where we’re keeping them:

-My wine-rack roundup for my gig with JC Penney’s. Time to stop keeping our wine on top of the fridge.

-I’m restraining myself from purchasing almost everything in the 50 Problem Solvers Under $50 guide that Melissa put together for Mighty Haus.

-Melissa also has some excellent guest editor picks over at Mighty Goods.

-I just finished up 15 Must Haves for Traveling with Babies and Toddlers over at Mighty Junior.

-The beloved Sarah Brown of Que Sera Sera is guest posting on Mighty Goods this week! Keep an eye on this space to see what she picks.

Elsewhere

I’m doing some copy writing for JC Penney’s Home Style Guide blog, and they just put up my post about how we collect clocks that don’t work. I also put together an alarm clock shopping guide at the bottom, so if you need one, go have a look.

Haus Warming

Today is a very good day. Today, my friends, we are a launching a new Mighty!

Cut to me assuming various pseudo martial arts postures, and then flexing my spellbinding muscles.

Welcome to Mighty Haus:

Many, many dozens of you took our polls, and it turns out the thing you wanted most was a house site. And so, Mighty Haus is our shopping site for nesters. We’re focused on designs that solve problems for you, and mundane objects made beautiful.

Also, the new site has a couple of new features available on Mighty Goods and Mighty Junior as well. First, you can now sort objects by price! You’ll find the much-requested View by Price link under the “Looking for a Gift?” header in the left column. Second, we’ve added Kirtsy this buttons to our posts and articles, for ease of Kirtsy-ing.

Anyway, how are you still reading? Go look! Go look! We’ll wait here.

Mighty Update

This week, Design Mom and Kirtsy Founder Gabrielle Blair is our genius Guest Editor at Mighty Junior. She really went above and beyond, so check in to see what she’s coveting this week.

In other news at the mighties, Melissa just finished up the Go Play Outside! Backyard Guide, and I’m working on aWedding Guest Dresses for Under $100 feature at Mighty Goods. Which, by the way? Was harder than anyone expected. Why are dresses so expensive? Yikes.