It’s a silicone cooking tool designed to save time when boiling, blanching or steaming food. Simply put food into the pod, then immerse in water to cook. When done, lift and drain. Ta-da!

If I had one, I’d probably use this to boil potatoes and eggs. No more fishing them out of the water and getting scalded.

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An all-in-one touch of the ’20s for your kitchen. This looks like it’s great for compact apartments. The Electrochef: All-in-One Vintage Kitchen Appliance Set features a 4-burner stove, an accessible-height oven and some storage space. I consider it retro cute! (via)

If you could take one of these items home, which one would you go for and why?

Read Part 1 (here).

Chirpy bird coaster cuteness!!! I saw this while browsing in Etsy. This was created by littleoddforest. The image is from her shop. I love these coasters because they’re so quirky! You can view more of these bird coaster pics here. Makes for an adorable Christmas gift idea, doesn’t it?

I simply used 5 transparent hooks with back-to-back tape, stuck them to the wall and let my the lights dangle. I wanted to put two strings of fairy lights, but one string looked much simpler and tidier. I realize this can get addicting though. Because I had an extra string of fairy lights, I wanted to hang some in my kitchen! I’m still contemplating whether I should do that or not. Hmmm.

The lights were initially set up as part of my pre-Christmas decorating, but I think I’ll leave this fairy lights hanging even after the holidays. Who says fairy lights are just for Christmas after all?

1. Halloween Pancake Molds
Start the day with some ghoulish delights! Ooh, why not drizzle some strawberry syrup on it too for a bloody effect? (via)

2. Petit Couer (Little Heart)
Feeling like a vampire? Hold this uniquely-shaped glass in your hands and feel like you’re drinking from atriums and ventricles. Fill with red wine or strawberry soda. Interesting, isn’t it? (via)

3. Tub-Tastrophes
Replace the cute rubber duckies for one day with these tortured quackers. (via)

4. Black Cat Flashlight
Let your familiar for All Hallow’s Eve light your way as you go trick or treating with the kiddies! (via)

5. Talon Ice Tongs
Creep out the guests with these sharp silver talons as you serve them their iced drinks. (via)

6. Halloween Stamped Cookie Cutters
Cookie fun in two steps! Cut out the cookie shape first, then stamp with the design to add the details. The imprinting looks like fun, the decorating even more! (via)

7. Funhouse Stickers
You’re holding a Halloween party and want to Halloweenify your powder room too? These reusable static-cling stickers can bring some magic to your mirrors! (via)

8. Skeleton Serving Set
Serve up some jitters with these left and right skeleton hands! (via)

9. Halloween Witch-Shoe Candy Dish
This reminds me of the witch that was squished by Dorothy’s house in The Wizard of Oz! (via)

10. Extreme Pumpkins
Attract (or repel) trick-or-treaters your way with these crazy-styled pumpkins! (via)

11. Pumpkin Harvest Loaf Pan
We taste first with our eyes, don’t we? Mmmm, this is definitely a feast for the eyes and the tummy! (via|via)

12. Vulture’s Cage Pumpkin
Why not make your pumpkin even creepier by turning it into a vulture’s cage? Learn how to do it through Martha Stewart’s crafts page. (via)

13. Ghost Display Projector
Creepy! Illuminate your home with flying ghosts and ghouls. The better to creep out the trick-or-treaters! (via)

14. Stranger Door Knocker
It not only looks strange, but it acts strange too! This knocker has a motion senser. Once it detects a motion within a certain distance, the arm begins knocking on the door. It sounds like a surefire way to make the trick-or-treaters (or the mailman) squeal. (via)

15. Pizza Face
“Honey, could you grab me a slice of pizza please?” “Sure thing, sweeth….AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!” *runs away* Makes for a good gag. (via)

Trick or treat! Trick or treat! Which of these 15 items would you use to Halloweenify your home?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
– Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
– Henry David Thoreau

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.
– Virginia Woolf

The door knob pillow, pincushion and note cards — these lovely creations were all made by the very creative and giving Odette. She surprised me with these presents a few months ago. Aren’t they so pretty? Check out the details of that hand-stitched pincushion! Lovely, lovely. The moment my eyes fell on these creations, I immediately knew she poured her heart out into these. These were definitely made with love. Love crafts, they should be called.

Hop on over to her blog and see what other creations are up her sleeve.

Thank you O, for bringing such wonderful warmth to our home.

The Rules of Marriage? Yup, they’re not meant to be forgotten as you go to bed every night and put your pretty heads on these pillows.

“Do not require a request to be repeated,” goes one. Another goes, “Never make a remark calculated to bring ridicule upon the other.” Easy to read, sometimes difficult to follow.

Anyway, if you do end up in a fight, you can always go back to the rules and go for… a pillow fight!

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What does your refrigerator door look like?
1. Take a pic of it and post it on your blog.
2. Link back to this site.
3. Give me a shoutout (via email or comments) so I can include your Ref Door in the round-up.

If you’ve joined this project from ‘06, do join again! Fresh entries would be great. Your ref door’s look may have changed too, right? If you don’t have a blog, you can leave a comment and a link to your ref’s uploaded image.

It’d be great to have your entries in by Sunday, July 6, 2008.

You can use the illustrations below to accompany your post. Right-click and click “Save as…” then upload to your photo host.

So what’s on your ref door? Take a pic and show the world!

The Banana Guard at Japan Home Center in Market Market. It would make for a funny contest prize, but I got premonitions of awkwardly being interrogated at the post office about this weird-looking contraption. Haha.

I want:

When the alarm goes off, out pop these little shapes. The only way you can turn off the alarm is to put the shapes back in their proper places. The little mental exercise so early in the morning can either annoy you or excite you. It’d be interesting to find out! [source]

I love:

Weezer’s Pork and Beans music video. How many internet memes did you see there? Hey, they’re missing the prisoners’ Thriller video!

TGIF. This week was quite eventful. First week at a new job. Went pretty well, looks exciting! I have allergies because of the carpet though, methinks. Realized I can fit into office clothes I could not fit into during my previous job, so I lost weight somewhere during my vacation? Hmm.

What do you need, want and love right now?