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a fffabulous weekly planner

The other day, I noticed that Miss Alex had the most fffabulous weekly planner. I asked her where she got it, and she mentioned it is from PAPAYA! FFFabulous! So, if you are not a fffan electronic organizers (gotta write everything down!!), and are still writing your to-do's and appointments on post-it notes, this PAPAYA! 2010 Weekly Planner is THE planner you've got to get on this last day of January 2010. And here is why. Thanks Alex!

"Every year around the holidays I begin my search for a very important item: my annual planner for the upcoming year. This is a crucial purchase because as a lady who loves making lists, I cannot live without a planner where I can plot out social events, write birthday reminders, and craft seemingly endless to-do lists. This year I am pleased to say I've found the most fffabulous, beautiful weekly planner. It's made by PAPAYA! and is both lovely to look at and completely practical.

I was first drawn to it because I love the artwork and quote on its cover (Follow Your Bliss)—in fact, my sister gave me the same card (also made by PAPAYA!) a few years ago for my birthday. Upon closer inspection, I realized that this beauty was also very functional. Aside from the standard notes and events I track in my datebooks, I nearly always end up with some assortment of receipts/business cards/important documents that I want to keep with me. With previous planners I have always been irked because they don't have any pockets or folders to keep these precious papers safe. Well, fffear not fffellow fffabulous readers, the PAPAYA! 2010 Weekly Planner also boasts an internal accordian file pocket. There's also a section for important dates and notes. This planner does it all! Every week has a gorgeous vibrant design and ample space for events and tasks.

Order this PAPAYA! 2010 Weekly Planner for $24, and feel good knowing it's printed on recycled paper. With this planner, your New Year just became a whole lot more fffabulous!"

go paperless this holiday season!

If you're like me, you've been meaning to send nice holiday cards this holiday season. And if you are like me, you've been procrastinating so much that it feels kind of late to order them now. To my relief, I've discovered Paperless Post a few days ago: I was browsing Twitter and noticed that Ivanka Trump mentioned she used this service to send her holiday wishes. Yay!

Paperless Post is easy, fast, and cost-effective (and green, too!), and it has the cutest holiday card designs. Select your favorite paper style and card layout, add your family pictures (for a $5 flat fee), and a personalized message. Send it to your friends and family electronically, and you're done! WOW factor guaranteed! Your subscription comes with 25 free 'stamps', but you can buy more 'stamps' for a minimal fee, e.g. 100 'stamps' costs $8, which is equivalent to $44 in postage fees (and it doesn't take into account what you'd spend on Holiday cards either, and we all know these are pricey.)

Happy holidays and happy new year, everyone! 2010 is gonna be fffabulous!

 

fffabulous fffile fffolders

A couple of weeks ago, one of my colleagues gave me a present...from Anthropologie. WOW! She was shopping there, and these Monogram File Folders caught her eye. She thought it would be a terrific idea to get me 3 sets of 'F' fffolders, just because that's how I roll. Go FFF!

These fffabulous fffile fffolders are just the cutest, and they come handy when you have to file tons of personal and work documents. Love it!

Go to the Anthropologie store near you, and get a fffew of these fffolders for colleagues, fffriends and fffamily. They'll make the perfffect stocking stuffers this holiday season!

fffabulous.com turns 2 today!

Happy birthday to us!! I still remember the first day we blogged about our very favorite product—the Huile Prodigieuse Or Multi-Usage Dry Oil from Nuxe, and the day we turned one and unveiled our dear fffabulous logo.

This year has been as fffabulous as ever as we introduced fffabulous beauty week, our first contest ever on Twitter (fffollow us on Twitter), and a few branded products, such as our fffabulous 'fffrom me:fffor you' gift tags available on Etsy. What's next? Tons of exciting and fffabulous things of course, including fffabulous 'Thank you for being fffabulous' thank you cards. But first, we'd like to know which design you prefer. Take our poll, and tell us why you like one design over the other in the comments section. Yay!

And we'd like to thank Dee Adams for designing such a fffabulous logo, the 'fffrom me:fffor you' gift tags, and these thank you cards. Thank you, my dear, for being so fffabulous!!

And yes, that's a hell lot of 'fffabulous' in one post, but we ain't two every day!!

Design 1—with fffabulous silhouette on the left handside

Design 2—with the zoomed in fffabulous silhouette on the right handside   

fffabulous moo minicards

I discovered moo minicards a while ago, and I don't think I've ever seen business cards that are so different, sleek and professional at the same time. You can personalize your minicards with up to 100 of your own full color photos or designs on one side (or mix and match a variety of MOO designs) on one side, add up to six lines of text and your business logo on the other side, and you're all set with mini business cards that are made to impress—wow factor guaranteed!

And if you think that such tiny business cards may get lost in the pack, think again. People usually put them on top of their stack of business cards. Sweeet!

gwen in da house

Gwen Stefani has been collaborating with HP to create some very cute designs for birth announcements and shower invitations. You select a design (those are so cute!!!), customize it, add a photo if this is a birth announcement -- I have to admit I have been playing with it quite a bit, and then download and print it. It is as simple as that... and cute and original too!

I want to hold your hand

In case you have no time to run to the store, this is when office supplies come handy. Create your very own Valentine's Day card with paperclips. I love it!

Happy Valentine's Day, ladies and gentlemen!

how do I say it?

I got distracted for a second by those beautiful Goldenbleu Dana Platform Sandals, but I am back in the V-Day wagon, ready to share with you the latest and coolest on V-Day gift ideas.

VDay is 2 weeks away, and I thought it’d be cool to mention the very best V-Day card a girl can send to her sweetie: The ‘Do Me’ card. Of course, it is not recommended to send it to this guy you've been dating for a couple of months (it really would set the wrong tone, really); but I think it is totally appropriate to send to your hubby to spice things up a bit. And imagine that he gives you at the same time some sexy lingerie, oh my! I can see fireworks already.

It is (not surprisingly) out of stock, but I trust you can create one of your own very easily! And stay tune for more cool V-Day gift ideas for your man in the coming days.

a classic revisited

I've heard of Montblanc pens for as far as I can remember. This is one of those brands that everyone knows. It is common to see coworkers use a Montblanc pen to take notes at work, very classy! A couple of years ago, Montblanc launched the Starwalker line, known for having the Montblanc floating star in a transparent cap top. I just love it! It gives Montblanc a very modern touch and, in my opinion, the floating star in the transparent cap top doesn't make it that obvious that it is a Montblanc pen. My very favorite is the Montblanc Starwalker Black Platinum pen. I use it to take notes at work, and to write my to-dos and thank you notes.

And it is the perfect gift for your man for this Christmas (in case you are running out of ideas).

cutest stamps ever

I love nice stamps. I always ask for 'the cutest stamps' at the post office (and yes, they smile at me for asking that). Imagine how cute these stamps would be if they had the picture of your loved ones on it? Now, we are talking!

Photostamps made it and I think this is the best idea ever -and admit it, this baby face on their ad is adorable. These personalized stamps will add a nice touch to cards you send to friends and family (think wedding announcement, a new baby, a new pet, or simply I-have-cute-babies-and-I-love-it). I am myself contemplating ordering some for my not-really-personalized-holiday cards. My grandma will love it!

And just in case it's worth mentioning, these stamps are officially authorized by the US Postal Service, and can be used as regular stamps.

and thank you, ladies!

I am a sucker for thank you notes. I can write hundreds of emails a day, I am still very old-fashioned when it comes to showing my appreciation to friends. And how many times did I hear: "Who is still sending written thank you notes? Why didn't you just send me an email?" "Euh, because grandma said so..."

I noticed Dewdrop thank you notes, a.k.a. So Write... Cube on the O list, the O, the Oprah Magazine 'Favorite Things' column. I fell in love with these sophisticated, yet simple letter-pressed cards -displayed in a stainless steel cube, please. I was tempted to choose the Combination Design that includes French saying, such as Ooh La La, Merci and Bon Appétit, but being French, I thought I could be more original than that, ha ha! I got the Monogram Design. Guess which letter? 'f' of course!

Get this cute stationery to never ever forget to thank a friend. Or keep this in mind next time you want to get a little something for your best friend.