What if your Monopoly game was filled with landmarks from your own neighborhood? The house on the hill, that sandwich shop you love, your favorite park—they could all be yours! You could be King of the Hood.

With Photo-opoly your game can be anything you imagine it to be. Whatever you have a photo of is up for grabs, given you have enough play money.

Would you invest in your high school football team? How much is Thanksgiving 2002 worth to you? Maybe you’ve got your money on hairdos of the early 90s?

Photo-opoly has the tools, the rules and the pieces to create a board game empire of your very own. Just bring your own pics!
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Choose your own Adventure: Lost Crates Gift Subscriptions for Design Lovers

We’re all in agreement—gifts that give again and again have an extra dose of excitement to them.

To send monthly mailbox surprises that are sure to impress, look no further than Lost Crates. Their collection of themed gift subscriptions offer something for everyone with many of them curated by some of the web’s most beloved bloggers.

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Better Living Through Design Crate

Yep, you can send crates of goodies hand-picked by your favorite tastemakers!
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Travel the World Through the Eyes of Herb Lester

You Are Here, a London guide by Herb Lester

Have the Olympics reignited your travel bug? Every time I watch a competition I’m reminded of yet another place I’d like to go, with London of course beckoning with its splendid architecture and dry humor.

Whether visiting or revisiting one of the world’s great cities, Herb Lester Travel Guides offer a new take on the tired old travel map.

For starters, they’re so wonderfully illustrated that instead of hiding behind them, you can spread that map proudly fair tourist. These are meant to be seen.
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Paris for Pleasure Seekers by Herb Lester

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Paint Pallete Wrapping Paper & Paper Bow Animation

Paint Palette Wrapping Paper by Dear Hancock

This painterly wrapping paper from Dear Hancock is inspired by the painting process. Available in warm and cool hues, the blots and dabs look fresh from the paint brush.

Dear Hancock Paper Bow Animation

In addition to creating this lovely paper, the LA based stationer has put together a stop-motion video that shows how to make a colorful bow from the paper. See it here!

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New Bold & Modern Wrapping Papers from Egg Press!

Bold Wrapping Papers, Instagram image by Egg Press

Like bright colors and modern praphics? Then you’ll love these new wrapping papers from Egg Press. The yellow one is calling my name.

Like they say, gift wrap’s not just for wrapping presents anymore. The Egg Press peeps recommend using their wrapping papers to line your shelves, make party hats, use for bookbinding, craft projects, decorative notions, and more—in addition to making the gifts you give look fantastic.

Sold in sets of four or eight patterns—go wild!

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Herriott Grace: Handmade Gifts by Father and Daughter

Lance & Nikole Herriott

The story of Herriott Grace is all the sweeter with Father’s Day coming soon. It’s one I’ve wanted to share, but something would happen every time their stock was replenished—they’d sell out so darn fast! Which does you no good gift-givers. So I’ve waited.

This month though, this month is different.

Herriot Grace lets admirers know when their beautiful goods are back in stock by way of a monthly newsletter. For June they’ve given us a heads up. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 13, at 6pm EDT.
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