In the battle between convenience and eco-responsibility there are tough choices to be made. If you’re one of the many on the go folks who grab their java on the road here’s one choice that will be easy.
This cup looks like your everyday paper to-go cup, but as it’s name declares the truth saying, “I Am Not a Paper Cup!” In fact this “green” product is made of white porcelain. The double walled thermal cup also has a silicone lid for a spill proof seal. It is microwave and dishwasher safe making it very safe and easy to use.
Think of the fun you’ll have changing friend’s frowns at your wastefulness into grins for tastefulness of your enviro-cool travel cup!
Save the earth (and your budget, lots of coffee places give you a discount if you have them fill your cup) and pick up the awesome I Am Not a Paper Cup today!
On this Earth Day, check out this Gardening Mom’s Gift Set. A fun way to show your appreciation for mother, particularly one who loves to get her hands into the earth.
Mom will be delighted with this selection of our great greenhouse goodies. Besides some unique growing things, she’ll get a lilac scented candle, a tin of tea, and some handy clean-up tools fit for a master gardener.
They all come packaged in a striped kraft gift box tied up with a bow. All you have to do is get to your mom on Mother’s Day!
This gift set is sure to earn you a green thumb’s up from mom!
* Your mom not into garden partying? Check out our other special Mom’s Gift Sets and all the other cool stuff at the Lemonade Stand.
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One of my professors in college had a link from her faculty page to something called The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project. Having a fondness for their golden sponginess and creamy middles, I clicked immediately. I was facsinated at the time and thought put into the experiments. Feel free to amuse yourself here.
Still having a side that indulges in individually wrapped snack cakes, I was thrilled when we added a new cookbook to the Lemonade Stand. The Twinkies Cookbook is a collection of recipes featuring Twinkies straight from Hostess. Featuring dishes of all kinds, primarily desserts, that were submitted by Twinkie-loving Americans in order to celebrate their 75th anniversary.
I’d like to share my favorite recipe: Twinkie Sushi
Here’s a wild recipe that’s super easy to make and super fun to eat as a light and fruity snack! This recipe transforms the much loved Twinkie into a hip and tropical flavored treat.
Items Needed:
- 3 Hostess Twinkies
- Assorted dried fruits
- Assorted fruity candies
- 2 green fruit roll ups
- Dried mangoes (looks like pickled ginger)
DIRECTIONS:
Slice Hostess Twinkies into pieces about an inch tall. Slice fruit roll ups in strips to the long enough and wide enough to wrap around the Hostess Twinkie pieces. Wrap the fruit roll ups around the Hostess Twinkie pieces. Place dried fruits and candies into the cream filling. Place Twinkie rolls on a plate or in a bento box. Garnish with strips of dried mango to resemble pickled ginger! Serve with chopsticks if you wish.
© 2004 Clare Crespo
If you love Twinkies or know someone else who’s a fanatic, check out this cookbook filled with sweet (and savory) treats for all to enjoy!
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Some folks are like Monica from the TV show Friends when it comes to cleaning:
However not everyone feels the theraputic powers of cleaning or even the happiness in cleaning products. If you’re like me you wait for designated seasons for scrubbing and such. While National Cleaning Week comes to a close on Saturday that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get into spring cleaning spirit.
Since we’re all about helping folks find the fun in grown-up responsibilities, we’ve added a new line of cleaning tools at the Lemonade Stand.
Whether it’s the everyday drudgery of washing dishes or the deep cleansing of all the corners in the spring, dots, leaves and flower power will bring a smile to your face.
While the products won’t produce magical abilities to tidy up, I think you will find the element of fun. You may end up whistling while you work.
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One of the cool new things we have at the Lemonade Stand is the Audio Cassette Tote Bag.
Reminiscent of those mix tapes you might have saved in memento boxes under your bed, this fun and functional tote is a nostalgic tool for grabbing a few groceries or carrying your workout clothes.
Subtle design elements like the handles lining up like tape being pulled from the cassette make this a neat item to show off anywhere.
Or maybe to blog about. Fion honors us with a nice post about her gift from Mark; commenting not only about the fun bag she spotted on our site but also the packaging and goodies inside.
Thanks Fion! So glad you like the bag! (Nice job to Mark for taking action on the find.)
I know Kim likes this bag too. What do you think of the Audio Cassette Tote Bag?
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Snow is falling in Madtown. I’m not complaining, it’s winter in Wisconsin. Oh, that reminds me of a joke I just heard:
A truck driver came to a stop at a red light and a woman jumped out of the car behind him, ran up to his door and after he rolled down his window, yelled, “My name is Heather and I wanted to tell you that you’re losing part of your load.” Then she ran back to her car.
This happened again at the next two stoplights. At the fourth light, the trucker jumped down from his cab, ran back to the car and after her window was rolled down told Heather, “My name is Hank, it’s winter here in Wisconsin and I wanted to tell you this is a salt truck!”
Speaking of trucks, one of the ways I fight winter blahs is to think about summer. Swimming, playing outside and the ice cream man and his truck.
Well, we just got in a line of cool products to help you think summer, even if you live in Anchorage (and they only have 67.3 inches of snow so far this season unlike us).
Aren’t they awesome!? They smell as great at they look, see all eight here at the Lemonade Stand. What a fun way to chase away the winter blues!
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We’ve recently added some really cool stuff to the Lemonade Stand. Here’s a list of goodies to help you get stuff done.
Get It Written Down:
Mind Log - a paperback journal with analysis tools for helping you make like the Thinker.
Idea Log - a place to capture all the wild thoughts and dreams on paper.
Toasted Notes - keeping these sticky notes close with a whimsical way to add fiber to your desktop
Get It Organized:
Greeting Card Organizer - a large binder for sorting and storing greeting cards for all occasions.
Take Out Menu Organizer - makes finding menus and coupons for your favorite restaurants a snap.
January’s not over so there’s still time to get started on that New Year’s resolution to “get it together” this year. Get these great items for yourself or as a gift for that someone who loves to get things done.
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It’s time to start planning for that Halloween shindig. Here are a few new goodies to help you win first prize as party planner!
Make serving simple with Snap-a-Party place settings. You get your choice of groovy colors with all the utensils needed for a sit down dinner.
A Halloween party’s not complete without fancy costumes and drinks. The Pick Your Nose Party Cups give your guests the opportunity to enjoy their beverage and keep others guessing as they change their face every time they take a sip.
If your guests are laughing so hard they’re crying they’ll get a real kick out of this Tissue Box Cover that’s dressed up for Halloween all year round. Customize it with your favorite photo of your spouse, your kid, your boss.
Finally keep the party going an get volunteers to help clean up with the Bubble Scrubber dish brush. Unique design allows for the dishwasher to create giant bubbles while they work.
Check out all these way cool items and more treats on the New Stuff section of the Lemonade Stand. All kinds of goodies are being added all the time!
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Do you like things orderly - items in your pantry organized by food group and alphabetical?
Do you like things coordinated - drapes and throw pillows and area rug found on the color wheel for your newly painted walls?
Do you like things even - two towels folded neatly in the bathroom, with two washcloths draped across them?
If these things are true for you, you may not like what we just added to our store…
This is not a sample of several pairs of socks. This is one set of our totally cool new socks from LittleMissMatched! Three delightfully dissimilar socks for your uncoordinated pleasure.
I love these socks because they represent the perfect gift to yourself - what a fun way to put some fun and frivolity into your wardrobe. Marketing gurus and celebrities are joining this joyful rebellion to fashion status quo.
Even the most stodgy professional who feels compelled to keep up a certain appearance can indulge in this light-hearted ode to childhood couture. I mean if Katie Couric can slip on some zany socks for the evening news, couldn’t you wear a pair for your board meeting?
Don’t forget to check out the super soft mismatched gloves and give your workout shoes a joyful jolt with these awesome shoelaces!
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That’s not a waiter telling you the specials at a new restaurant in New York City.
When I was first interested in balloon animals at 11 years old, like Earl Hickey, those were the only animals I could offer.
I was fascinated and terrified of the practice of bending air inside that rubber casing. There’s something that seems to be defying physics as you twist and bend and squeeze the straight tube into a 3D representation of animals, objects, hats, even cartoon characters.
I think I may still have the red plastic pump from my first balloon animal kit somewhere in the attic at my parents’ house. I was able to work my way up to making basic animals like fish and the somewhat familiar dog.
Over the years, I’ve had a few opportunities to show off my twisting skills, but even with my limited memory (and more than a few popped balloons) it’s been kind of fun to try.
And if I decide to renew my pursuit of balloon twisting I’d like to be able to create more complex creatures.
It may be time for an upgrade to one of cool new Balloon Modeling Kits we now carry at the Lemonade Stand. With a variety of colorful balloons, balloon pump, and instruction booklet I just might be able to learn to create these guys:
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