Check it out - Fred Flare has put out a call for entries to crafty types. If chosen your things will be sold at Fred Flare, and even more good stuff. This is exciting.

Also, they have the latest Knit Knit zine for sale.

These are amazing - seeds that sprout and display a message as they grow. The messages, such as "good luck" and "i love you", are inscribed with a laser beam. The one by Tomy is set in an eggshell which seem to hatch after they are put in water. via boing boing, with links to a few others like it.

It seems practical enough if you take bananas with you everyday, but I cannot stop giggling over the idea that I have my choice of two containers just for bananas. First the Banana Guard is a hinged, banana shaped case that comes in many colors. The second is the Banana Bunker, with a flexible middle like a bendy drinking straw.