One of my favorite gifts from my husband this year was something that I didn’t even know existed, and now I can’t live without. He has a knack for that. He bought me a pair of touch screen liner gloves, which allow me to keep my hands covered when I’m checking Twitter/FB/Instagram or texting him to ask where, exactly, he is on the ski hill.
$17.95 @ Burton.com
I love my iPhone and all of the fun photography apps I use, but when I saw this wheel of filters for a DSLR camera, I knew I wanted it. It’s probably too late to get it for Christmas, but My birthday’s in January.
$40 @ Photojojo.com
My husband is upgrading to the iPhone 5 for Christmas (He’s still using a 3! It’s SO SLOW) and has told me that he’d love a really good iPhone case. A few friends of our have Otterbox cases, and this one with the camo back is perfect for my hunter husband.
$59.95 @ Otterbox.com
As I’m sure you’ve heard, the new iPhone 5 was revealed this week, and people are able to order them today. I’m going to wait a few weeks/months, as my iPhone 4 is just fine (and I’ll have to buy out of my contract), but I will definitely be getting it by Christmas. My husband pointed out that I’ll need a new case for my new phone, so I’ve been looking. Griffin makes great cases and I’m a fan of these Reveal cases.
$19.99 @ Griffin.com
If you’re like me, and have kids in elementary school, you likely find yourself buried under all of the artwork they bring home. What to keep? What to recycle? (NONE, according to my kids.) There is a solution to appease all of you. ArtKive is an app that lets you take a photo of your kids’ artwork and store it in the app. You can then share it with whom you want to include in your ‘Cirlcle.’ It’s easy to use, and is free for a limited time.
If you’re like almost every person I know who is online, you probably have a Pinterest account. Pretty things to lead you down a rabbit hole to … other pretty things. If you’re a Pinner, and you have an iPad, it’s your lucky day. Pinterest has released an app for the iPad and Android. Now you can pin from pretty much everywhere.
Free @ iTunes.com
I’ve had an iPhone for almost four years now, and love all that it does (and can do). I have friends who are Blackberry users and would switch to the iPhone, if it weren’t for the touch screen typing. But! One such friend discovered this iPhone case that has a Bluetooth sliding keyboard case. All of the awesome of the iPhone, with the keyboard of a Blackberry.
$49.99 @ thinkgeek.com
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y husband is an outdoorsy guy, who does everything from fishing to snowmobiling to hunting. Last week, in fact, he went hunting with his brother and they bagged a bear. All he has to show of this momentous occasion (apart from the bear sausage) is a few blurry phone photos. A hunting buddy told him that he needs to get a decent point-and-shoot. I agree, and had wanted to get him one for his birthday, but he had turned it down. Now that I get to buy him one (I’m the photographer in the family), I think we’re going to go with the Powershot SX 260.
$299 @ Amazon.com
I am a huge fan of using a paper planner (Polestar is my go-to), but I didn’t buy one this year in the hopes that I’d finally go paperless. I’ve tried a number of tricks but nothing has compared to paper. Our very own Miss Britt tweeted about the Opus Domini day planner for the iPad and I think that I might finally have my solution.
$8.99 @ iTunes
I’m sure you’ve already heard about the game that is taking social media by storm. You get to laugh at your friends’ drawing attempts and laugh at yourself as you draw the worst stick man on the face of the planet. It’s a word game with a twist and for a mere 99 cents, it will bring you many smiles.
On sale for $0.99 @ Draw Something
