Even so, the middle-school set fits right in on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. With classic jazz on the speakers and an abundance of dark wood and polished brass, this upscale East Village joint has the vibe of an elegant university club. Just follow two rules: Adult supervision is required, and please, no hustling the tourists. If you hit one of these local billiards clubs before 6pm on a weekend, your well-behaved kids will be warmly welcomed. It's fun, educational (they're calculating angles and force!) and a fraction of the price of other city activities. I would have included a bone folder for perfect folds and creases and some fabulous Studio Carta pinking shears, a hot glue gun ( not for those with a low threshold to glue burn pain), a trusty metal ruler or the most fabulous sharp scissors.When Mayor Bloomberg banished smoking from bars, a whole new world opened up for New York's hard-to-please tweens: shooting pool. The verdict…. I get why a few of these tools have been designated genuis status. Not sure about the mini versions but what the bigger ones can now do is impressive. My daughter had a die cutting machine when they very first cane out years ago. I don’t always remember to use it and it doesn’t work for all tapes but I love that little sucker. While she didn’t win the best Christmas present of the year – a hotly contested award in our family- she did come close. They are quite difficult to get in Australia but my daughter in law tracked one down and gave it to me as a Christmas gift. They come in different sizes and can be inserted into quite small spaces. Jumbo flounced wire edged bows aren’t always my cup of tea but they do have a place for certain statement wraps. This device looks like a bookend but produces all manner of bows. I have always had a hankering to try a Bowdabra. Limitation is – my ribbon spools are all different sizes so not quite sure how it would go there. This idea appeals to me and having a bunch of ribbons lined up by graduating colour fills me with joy. A clear acrylic storage box for ribbon spools with a divider that separates each spool and feeds the ribbon cleanly up through the top. You’ll sprain your wrist if you try making tags in number and they can be a bit hard to manipulate around the paper. Works well if you want to produce only a few tags. They work best on a clear run – fiddly bumpy spots not so much. Double Sided Tape Applicator A tape runner a bit like the old white out dispenser.I am allergic to curling ribbon but the other uses appeal as does the price. Helix Paper Cutter and Folder boasts it cuts paper, forms creases and swiftly curls ribbon.You know how much I love a good hack, but it didn’t look entirely safe to me. I also saw this concept on a recent hack for toilet rolls. I work with larger rolls of paper so this isn’t for me and I suspect it’s brilliance is cutting from edge to edge not small cuts down into the paper. I have seen these out there – you place the “cuff” device around the roll of wrap a notch with a blade slices through the wrapping. The Original Little Elf Gift Wrap Cutter.So besides Wrap Buddies I was a little bit interested to see what Martha’s Team designates a genius gift wrapping tool. His generosity of spirit stuck in my mind and I have watched from afar as his product has gone from strength to strength. Getting a mention from Martha Stewart is a big deal – a tick of approval from the grand Dame of gifting. Looking back it probably wasn’t worth his time to do muck around doing this for me. He went way above and beyond to ship me some Wrap Buddies across the other side of the world. I first saw Wrap Buddies a couple of years ago when they were launched and made contact with creator and founder Bret Wortman. How fabulous to see Wrap Buddies featured by Martha Stewart in her article “11 Genuis Tools That Make Gift Wrapping Easy”.
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