Hold a "Favorite Things" party like Oprah (but w/way less $). Set $ limit, each guest buys 3 of their must-have items to give away, walk away with 3 different must-haves from your friends. Note to self: invite friends with fab taste!
Love this memory maker and easy sort of family journal. Every day, you write something you did, so the next year you can see what you did on that same day last year . Via Wit and Whistle
In the so weird it's wonderful category is artist Ryan McElhiney's old toy lamp. Super easy to reproduce, all we'd have to do is grab a cord/socket and start piling up toys, hot-gluing as we go. Then, when we're done, shoot the whole thing with shiny