Unexpected gifts are the best kind.

No special occasion, no particular reason, those are the gifts that I love best, like this beautiful journal/sketchbook a friend of mine surprised me with, "just because..." 

Joy to the World

Let's all have a great 2009!

If you would like to receive a snail mail or email holiday greeting from Open Book next year, please email me your address.

It's all starting to blur together.

Just thought I would take a break from the holiday madness and post a small piece of "pretty".

Move over Red Bull.

Nutricosmetics. The next new niche. I was reading about this in Fast Company, a great source for trend-following. I am always interested in new product categories that spring up, new ways to package old ideas. I love the marketing of this "ingestible", Glowelle from Nestle. Will the 40+-somethings (I know a few...) that love to be sold on youth elixirs buy into this? I don't know, but I will be keeping an eye on it.

(cool website, too)
http://www.glowelle.com