The Stanley 1913 brand — famous for their indestructible, trendy mugs — just launched a line of merch and 👏 it’s 👏 freakin’ 👏 fabulous. I want to hate it because of how egregiously obsessed people are with the mugs, but 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡 5 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 😮 The new line has […]

“You get what you get and you don’t get upset.” – 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘨 When you’re printing many copies of the same gift for a team — even if it’s high quality — at least half of the people aren’t getting a gift at all. They’re getting something they’ll give away, donate, shove […]

👊 LET’S END UGLY MERCH 👊 Close your eyes and imagine the ugliest piece of merch you’ve ever seen. For me, it’s a reusable soft lunch box with a big-🍑 pharma logo in bright white letters. Now imagine that there are — literally — THOUSANDS of that item being “gifted” to people at a company or […]

A friend called me yesterday to bemoan that her client wants to print 1500 stress balls for an upcoming conference 🚫👎🙈 She knew it was a bad idea but didn’t know what to suggest instead. Because a lot of people face this problem, let’s talk about what I recommend! If you have a trade show or […]

For me, it’s a yay, yes, absolutely, never miss. This weekend we were in Killington VT for the women’s world cup ski racing (Mikaela Shiffrin fans, where you at 📣) which was both a delight – unforgettable for me and the kids – and also frigid 🥶. I bought this fleece-lined gorgeous hat that says […]