In the last year I’ve ordered cards from Paper Culture for several occasions. A friend’s baby shower, birthday parties, Valentines day cards and of course or annual family Christmas cards. I love ALL of the designs from this cool new personalized card site. The designs of the cards are amazingly sophisticated and stylish. The best thing is that they will address and mail the cards for you. They will also add a personalized greeting, which by the way has sent many compliments my way. And yes, I am happy to take the credit!

If you are shopping for Valentine’s Day cards, Paper Culture will donate 100% of this year’s Valentine’s Day Card proceeds to Haiti Relief. This is a wonderful way to send a Valentine’s greeting to your loved ones and to help send relief to those in need.

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I never thought I would be one of those moms who was always on the go but now I am. My kids are 3 and 10 and they actually do things. How strange. They go to swim class, computer class, Cub Scouts, play with friends, and do other things that kids do. All of that means that I have to plan things. I have to know whether my husband or I are going to take our daughter to swim and gymnastics, and our son to Scouts and computer class. Without help I am not a great planner, but with my BusyBodyBook, life is easier.

Believe it or not, I have anxiety issues. Don’t laugh. My BusyBodyBook helps keep my anxiety and stress levels low. Having our schedules laid out in a grid format and with me all of the time (I take my BBB with me everywhere) ensures that I always know what’s coming up in the days ahead and that I know who, what, where, why, and when.

There are four columns on each weekly page. I have one column assigned to each of us and a "family" column at the end. When I need to show my husband what activities are coming up and that he needs to take our son to Scouts because I am taking our daughter to swim, I just open my BusyBodyBook and show him. No questions, no arguments, no doubts about the date or time.. just easy to read facts.

How BusyBodyBook helps me:

• I can tell if events and activities overlap in time and can plan accordingly
• I know which of us (husband or I) is available to take the kids to which of their activities
• I can log and track past and future events
• I can keep notes
• I can keep and tear out a shopping list with the removable shopping lists

More BusyBodyBook on TheMommyInsider.com:

• I recently featured Busy Body Book BusyBodyBook in my “Things I Use Everyday” post,
• Read my 2006 Busy Body Book review
• Read my 2008 Busy Body Book review

Can you tell I can’t live without my BusyBodyBook?

Visit the BusyBodyBook website to see the different BusyBodyBook Family Organizers, wall calendars, and weekly grid pads.

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Where do your notes start?
My Moleskine notebook is the first place I jot down things from items to add to my grocery list, to to-dos, and random thoughts of which there are tons, important dates, gift ideas, and other ramblings. From there I usually add those notes to the appropriate iPhone app such as Shopper or NotifyMe.
Without my Moleskine notebook, my thoughts may never make it to completion. What a disaster that would be!

What is Moleskine?
MOLESKINE is the legendary notebook that has held the inspirations and ideas of everyone from Van Gogh, Picasso and Hemingway to famed author, Bruce Chatwin. Artists, authors, and geniuses of all variety have long appreciated the simplicity and superior functionality of these notebooks.

Moleskine notebooks and planners are available in several sizes.  The 3.5 x 5.5 in. pocket notebooks are the perfect size to carry in a purse or diaper bag and are great for jotting down your baby’s latest diaper change or that funny thing your toddler said during your playgroup.  I use the large A4 Folio Notebook for work notes and for jotting down thoughts I have while at home or in my office.

Moleskine notebooks, journals, and planners make great holiday gifts!  Get a pocket hard cover 18 month planner for $12.95 or my favorite Moleskine gift idea is the Volant Color-A-Day Monthly Daily Planner (photo above) which is usually $39.95 but our readers get 30% off by using the link below.

COUPON CODE:
Use coupon code COLORDEAL, and get 30% off of the Volant Color-A-Month Daily Planner (no minimum, no maximum). The coupon is only valid on that item, and it’s good through 12/31/09. Use this link to go straight to the Color-A-Month planner page and automatically apply the coupon code to the cart.

GIVEAWAY!
Enter to win a set of these Moleskine items:

• 2010 Volant Color-A-Month Daily Planner
• Folio A4 Ruled Notebook
• 2010 Weekly Notebook Planner

To enter, visit Moleskines.com (opens a new window or tab) then come back and tell me what your favorite Moleskine product is in the comments below.  Get two entries for Tweeting this post and then leave a second comment with your Twitter ID.  Entries accepted until November 30th.

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Now that summer is over and the kids are back in school, I’m determined to be organized for the busiest time of year. Along with fall and winter come multiple holidays, social events, birthday parties and then as soon as you can catch your breath Christmas has come and gone. No more attaching return address labels on our family’s holiday cards until the wee hours. This year I plan to order a personalized return address stamp. I found these self-inking customized stamps that will be my new personal-izing assistant! Not only can these be used for return addresses, and look great on the back flap of an envelope I might add, but they can be used to personalize note cards as well. The personalized stamps from Three Designing Women (love the name!) are designed to personalize blank note cards, wine tags, gift tags, notepads and calling cards. You can also use these self-inking stamps with your own blank stationery or stickers. I love all of the unique designs and cute, modern note cards. They have something for classic tastes as well as modern design fans. The stamps are available at the Neiman Marcus website and you can also find coupon codes for Neiman’s here.

Products featured above:
Three Designing Women Square Stamp or Round Stamp, $48.00 at NeimanMarcus.com
Three Designing Women Retro Stamper Note (green and brown design), $13.25 for 10 at papersyoulove.com
Three Designing Women Blue Stripes + Brown Floral notes – 1 set of 10 $22.50 at Finestationery.com

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Oh my gosh!!  I am totally in love with Knock Knock.   I can’t tell you how many note pads I have laying around the house despite the fact that I have at least 3 to-do/organization programs on my mac to help me stay organized!  Ha Ha!  Can you say “ADHD poster girl”?
We recently had a few home projects to plan and organize and between Tim and I there were about a dozen sheets of paper laying around the house with roofer’s phone numbers, terminology, ratings, etc..  I finally broke down because I didn’t know where to begin.  At the time that we were planning things, I could only dream of one place to keep all of the roofer’s phone numbers, phone notes, and swirly doodles I drew while on the phone with potential roofers.   Knock Knock’s Home Maintenance Organizer would have been a lifesaver – and will be in the future!

Knock Knock makes it easy for me to let Tim know what he can MUST do to make me happy with the Things You Must Do To Make Me Happy notepad.  That cracks me up!  A few of my favorites on the checklist are “wake up”, “remember what you tell me”, and “get it yourself”.

The most useful Knock Knock item for me is the Information Central Paper Mousepad.  I am at the computer many many many hours a day and while I’m working, naturally, a million random thoughts are going through my head.  Being able to jot the ideas and thoughts down on my mousepad is so cool!  I love it!

Especially for new parents, the Postpartum Bundle of Joy kit comes complete with a New Parent Checklist for leaving the house, a book straight from Knock Knock’s Self Hurt series titled “How to Traumatize Your Children”, and a voucher booklet for new parents.

GIVEAWAY!
We are giving one lucky reader a Knock Knock Errand Manager Pad, Information Central Paper Mousepad, the Happy Mom Bundle, and Home-Maintenance Organizer!  Just leave a comment below telling me an ‘organization or disorganization story’ (ex: did you forget a really important date, lose your keys at a really bad time, or forget to do something important for work?).  I will choose one winner at random.  Entries accepted until June 11th.

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Take a peek at these extra special letterpress birthday cards. The perfect finishing touch for a special gift for a child's birthday. Letterpress cards are special enough for keepsakes in a memory book or scrapbook. We love the substantial feel of the paper and the delicate hand-printing effect left by an artisan crafted letterpress card. You can also give these cards guilt-free as many of the letterpress cards are printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

We absolutely adore the letterpress collection from "Hello Lucky!". Located in San Francisco's SOMA district, Hello Lucky! was founded by sisters and best friends Eunice and Sabrina Moyle in Eunice's garage. Hello Lucky's cards are sold in Anthropologie, Kate’s Paperie, and Liberty of London. These sock monkey cards are just too cute, perfect for the little monkey's next birthday! www.hellolucky.com

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