Clamshell packages are an absolute *beep* to open. I don’t care if you are twenty-something and the vision of perfect health or eighty-something with arthritis and poor eyesight – they are hard for everyone to open. Heck, even Houdini would have trouble breaking in to a clam shell package! Because so many gifts are packaged this way, I decided to do some investigating on gifts that might help…well, open gifts.  The answer?  The ZIPit.

The ZIPit, $25.24

Available on Amazon – Click Here to Purchase

When I first came across the Zipit I was a bit skeptical that it would really be a good solution, mostly because of it’s size. It isn’t some compact little knife will fit in your pen holder on your desk, though it did impressively breeze through cutting open the package. …read more

It’s getting closer and closer to the New Year! If you didn’t manage to get your gift shopping done in time for the holidays, you can easily let someone know you are thinking of them by getting them a calendar!

Click to Purchase! $13.49

A calendar like the one pictured above is great for those who don’t even use calendars generally, because it is part calendar, part zany fact book, as each page is filled with interesting trivia, in top ten list form, for your recipient to enjoy. In fact, this is a very versatile gift because calendars are both useful and “one size fits most” gifts.  This particular calendar, by Marnie Winston-Macauley, will “fit” a wide variety of people because, even if you don’t quite …read more