Scrabble on Shine

Taking pillow talk to a whole new level

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These Scrabble-inspired pillows by Stephen Reed could add some fun to any room. (And party, don't you think?) In this photo, they're used as decor in an employee break room. The...

Fearless family travel: A pocket game that's b-a-n-a-n-a-s

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We're leaving for our family vacation in three months...and I'm already working on Operation Keep My Kids Occupied on a Plane for Six Hours. First on my list is finding games that are small, easy to pack and simple to play in the air. I'm a big fan of

Would you do board game decor?

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Knowing my ongoing obsession with Scrabble (and no, I do not mean Scrabulous, which is completely different and inferior!), a sweet friend sent me the link to Los Angeles designer/artist Clare Graham's amazing Scrabble tile- and board-based constructions. (Graham also dabbles in collecting and stacking up and gluing together buttons, bottle caps, yardsticks, and paint-by-numbers art, which I happen to love and a lot of you happen to hate.) If you have a few minutes you were planning on procrastinating through anyway, spend them clicking through Graham's site—it's like a museum of childhood detritus-turned-sculpture, and some of the pieces will really surprise you if you let them.