1. Two tofu cubes that will guard your pencils with a smile, Phoophile Kawaii Shop, $16.75

2. Pigs that defy gravity (ps- THEIR SNOUTS ARE UPSIDE DOWN HEARTS! gasp.gasp.heart palpitations.), Rohmer, $16

3. Reminds me of Richard Scarry’s Busytown and various anthropomorphic critters (Lowly Worm is my favorite! What a sad belittling name for a worm that can drive an apple car…mad skills), San-X Sweet Street Pen Case from One Good Bumblebee, $13.50

4. Squeaky and classic, Pottery Barn Kids, $9.50

5. I want to be a hedgehog in love. Womp Womp, LeSportSac Hedgehog Case from Karmaloop, $23

6. Too cute! Wooden slide-y pencil case, The Small Object, $12

7. Zipped up, this case looks pretty conventional. BUT! UNzipped, it magically transforms into a standing pencil holder. So, basically, it is the alpha pencil case. Imagine all the “sweet pencil case” comments you’ll get at the library, when you have THIS displayed on your desk. Watch it in action on YouTube!, JetPens, $12.99

8. This past year has been a good year for robots. Flight of the Conchords. Wall-E. A talking Roomba. Keep the robot celebrations alive with a robot pencil case, Rohmer, $16

9. Nonsensical Asian stationery is the best. Viruses = GLORIOUS, Morning Glory, $4 (comes in pink and blue too)

10. For the person who has always wanted to encase his/her pencils with a taco, Fred Flare, $14

11. According to Wikipedia, ”Tenorikuma” in English apparently means “bears that fit in your palm.” Like all other Sanrio characters, Tenorikuma have very detailed personas. The large heart-eared bear-bee is “Latte,” a cafe manager. Then there’s Chai, Frap, Maple, and Macchiato. All bears are identifiable by different colored scarves. Last, but *definitely* not least, there’s Mister Steam and Muddler. A steam cloud and a spoon, respectively. Oh man, Sanrio. Idea. What if Latte, Chai, and Mister Steam decided to engage in a little ménage à trios? Consider THAT, Sanrio, $10

Although the Stickers and Donuts crew will not be returning to the classroom this fall, we love school supplies. One of our favorite parts about returning to school is the excuse to get new school supplies. Perfectly un-creased notebooks? Delightful. New package of pens? Bliss. Since it is August, it seems only appropriate to feature a series of posts on school supplies. Hooray!

The first pencil case I ever owned was a plasticizer-smelling, magenta and teal SpaceMaker. My pencils bounced from that to multiple metal-y and fabric-y Sanrio (Hello Kitty, Kerropi, Pochacco, Marron Cream, Badtz Maru, etc.) pencil cases, and then to a plain plastic snap case when I became a little punkass and considered myself above Sanrio. (FYI- My pens and pencils currently reside in a Hello Kitty pencil case)

Anyways, I went on a scout for the most baller pencil cases to share with you and I’ve selected my favorites. Enjoy!!!

I just love these pretty glasses from wrapables.com. Not only do these non-sweating glasses obviate the need for coasters, but they hold both hot and cold liquids and look pretty while doing it! I’ll take that coffee on the left with all of the foam, thank you.

(Set of 2 $17-33, depending on size)

These Donuts (and donut holes and dolls who like donuts) of the Week by Heidi Kennedy have big eyes and have just been eaten by brightly colored dolls with stringy hair. That’s right, pretty random, and somehow at least a little bit cute.

I’ll end the week with a minimalist lunar calendar from KabaProducts. While I have no reason whatsoever to track the phases of the moon, I love how this calendar communicates moon phases: via line weight — the thicker the number, the fuller the moon. Clever, clever, clever! (And only $5.)

Have a great weekend, and, if I can keep myself away from the computer, I’ll see you on Monday!

xo

Maria

Yummy little donut keychains for $3 at kidrobot! Couldn’t you just eat them up? (Donut of the Week makes me hungry…)

“Donuts come in many flavors! Some with icing, some with holes, some with sprinkles, some with jelly, some are even flocked! They come with smiles, tears, frowns - the entire gamut of sweet doughy feeling!”

Though perhaps not as “professional” as the cases below, these little guys from Barry’s Farm are cute enough to make up for it.

The above monster will eat your laptop. You can also cuddle with it.

Doesn’t this look like Dilbert? You can dress your laptop up in this functional little suit and tie.

There is also a robot case and other designs!

Antenna has all kinds of laptop sleeves/cases from canvas to mock croc to quilted to denim to all different kinds of prints. I’m not usually a fan of the quilted look, but I do love these stylish silver and gold cases, which add a fun little bling bling (I can’t really pull off saying “bling bling”, can I?) to your laptop protection.

I love that these can function not only as a sleeve or a case, but also as a fashion statement! These guys will run you down $33, which, in the world of laptop sleeves, isn’t really that bad.

I just rounded-up some of my favorite laptop sleeves, and in a kind of trick reverse order, I’ll now do close-up profiles of my favorite-favorites.

This “butterfingers laptop wallet” from Hard Graft is both professional and fun, especially for the clumsy. It combines the greatest aspects of an laptop sleeve (thin, sleek, and easy to fit into a larger bag) and a laptop case (a handle for independent carrying).

The only problem? A $130 price tag. The other laptop and ipod wallets, envelopes, and cases are expensive, too, but all are sleek and professional.

I’ve been shopping around for sleeves or cases for my lovely, but naked, MacBook Pro (many of them functional on PC laptops as well).

These are my favorite sleeve finds (this list of places to find laptop sleeves and cases was hugely helpful). Click on the the thumbnails to go directly to the sleeve’s site (right click to open in new window).

Technorati Tags: laptop, case, sleeve, mac, book, pro, colorful, design

This book machine from On Demand Books creates high quality paperback books (see above) from your file in just a few minutes (if you don’t believe me, you can watch a video of the process here). And it only costs about a penny per page!

The machines are only at a few locations right now (I know at least one reader spends a little time in Ann Arbor, and there is one there!), but I am ready to see this spread world-wide, like coke machines!

As a former English major, this is the kind of thing I have had dreams about! One hitch: the inside pages seem to only print in black & white, so not so great for design projects.

Not only is this week’s Donut of the Week stale, but it’s also sold out at KidRobot (which, by the way, is offering me a plentitude of donut pleasures).

PS: I’m still away, but I’ll be back in full-force later this week! Just wanted to provide a brief little update with DOW.

Fruits, veggies, and sweets with faces sit on these colorful cards, ready to remind you of your favorite receipe! Look at that donut in purple! These little dudes are $6 at My Zoetrope’s Etsy Store. How’s that for Donut of the Week?!

Stickers & Donuts is going to post a cool, crafty, pretty, or yummy donut EVERY WEEK! Aren’t you looking forward to that?!

The Donut(s) of the Week are from Yellow Label. They’re colorful, you can chew on them (if you are a baby, preferably) and because they are knit, they are zero calories! If donuts aren’t your thing, you can always get some knit cookies.

Technorati Tags: knit, donuts, cookies, toys, baby, infant, toddler, play, food, stickers, crafts

I could go on and on about The Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn last weekend (in fact, I did sort of already did), but, alas, next week I think I will need to post something new!

So, for today’s final Renegade Finds: Knick Knacks & other things that found no other category.

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Everyone and their large-mustached-uncle seems to have posted about Something Hiding In Here’s presence at Renegade. Why? Because they’re just so darn cute and original and weirdly obsessed with mustaches. They’ve got a mustache charm, and two different kinds of mustache disguises (felt, for those of us on a low-budget, and wood for those high-class masqueraders). You can buy all kinds of mustaches (and they do actually make other things!) on their Etsy shop here.

Mr. Poncho makes these lovely ipod cases (~$18) in every design you can imagine (subject to the size of your imagination, but you get the drift)! And, the best part is, the wires don’t get tangled because of that clear round thing (very technical term) on the front.

The Small Object makes very small objects, and, by nature, things that are small are often cute (why is that?). My favorite good from The Small Object is the set of Crafty Organization Idea Cards (image above left, from artist’s website) which you can use to organize your most original and crafty ideas! They also make very cute doodle-y stamps (as shown above right, image from artist’s web-site).

And, last but not least, are 31 Corn Lane’s adorable bags (which I suppose should’ve gone in my Renegade fashion or jewelry posts, but my little brain was having a hard time categorizing bags).

“Years later and we still don’t have a mini-pony or a trampoline or a skate ramp, but! We’re finally taking the hot air balloon situation into our own hands” (31 Corn Lane web-site).

These hot air balloon totes make you want to spend a day at the beach in a bathing suit and bloomers. (And do you see the matching jewelry on the left!?) Also, if you visit their web-site, you may want to read those long blurbs next to the product, they’re worth it!

(Coming up soon… a round-up of all of these round-ups. Phew!)

(Part I and Part II are those places.)

These Shadow Theaters and Shadow Puppets from Owly Shadow Puppets remind me of the days of yore. (Not that I was alive in the days of yore, but they played with shadow puppets back then for lack of technical entertainment.) Anyway, what’s awesomest about these puppets is that they’re held together with brads, so they bend and move as you move the two sticks. Oh, and, as per the definition of a shadow puppet, they make cool shadows.

The Sea Monster (above) is my favorite, and is only $10.50 on the Owly Shadow Puppets Etsy page. The artist has also got some cool lesson plans for teachers on her website, so if you have kids, or you like to pretend you are a kid, you can make some puppets of your own!

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My Imaginary Boyfriend had lots of cool pillows, pictures, and, yes, a creature — if a robot counts as a creature, which I think it should. (And by “my imaginary boyfriend” I mean the craft shop, not my actual fake imaginary boyfriend.)

(My imaginary boyfriend would totally give that robot to me for my birthday, by the way.)