Most people are probably familiar with Dingbats or Wingdings, but have you heard of ObamaBats? Jeff Domke created the set of Obama characters from web photos After a little bit of designer magic TADA there’s a new set of “…Bats”.
Check out Jeff’s Website or Download the free “ObamaBats”.

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Our sister company, Gamila has unvelied a new product for Christmas ‘08: the Teastick Gems! Made with BPA-free, Tritan polymer and 304 Stainless Steel Mesh, the Gems features a high performance product with top notch materials. 

The Original Teastick was so successful that we completely redesigned the Gems with a principal customer suggestion in mind: make a Teastick [...]

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Yes, for once, NC is getting some major attention in a national election campaign, and being described as a battleground state! Not only are Obama, Biden, McCain and Palin all regularly visiting us, but we’ve got famous people entertaining us where the only price for admission is listening to a li’l plug for a candidate.
Today, [...]

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Brazilian designer, Adriana Barra, is known and loved for her juicy beautiful prints on “boho” dresses. She has translated that design to furniture with a new collection from Micasa called The Moda home collection.
I’m guessin’ you gotta pay for high fashion…especially by the $7500 price tag of a cute little min-refrigerator.

If you’re like me, and [...]

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Cool Iris is a new plugin for Safari and Firefox that has reinvented the way to get information from the web. It’s reminiscent of Mac’s CoverFlow interface, but more like an infinite wall than a flip book. Cool Iris lets you pan across images - each of which represent videos or stories. 

Select one by clicking on it [...]

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