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Are you ready for a rousing game of quidditch?

NEWS – You aren’t going to be flying broomsticks or catching Golden Snitches yourself, but this candle and carousel topper will add a lot of fun to a tabletop display.  It’s a perfect gift for the devoted Harry Potter fan, and remember, the holidays are coming sooner than you expect.

The Harry Potter Hogwarts Candlepot is the starting point.  The  brass-finished pot is made of glass with mercury on the outside.  It stands 3.5″ tall with a 3″ diameter.  Inside is a candle made of a palm-paraffin blend and scented with notes of blackberry, crisp mountain air, and smokey frankincense brush.  The design is inspired Hogwarts’ spires and the surrounding Forbidden Forest.  The Harry Potter Hogwarts Candlepot is $29.50 at Pottery Barn.

Add the Carousel topper to the candlepot, and you’ve got a quidditch game!  The mobile is made of stainless steel with a brass finish; it’s 5″ tall with a 4″ diameter.  It features two players astride brooms, two Golden Snitches, and a set of ring goals on top.  As the blades at the top of the carousel catch the heat rising from the burning candle, the carousel turns, setting the game in motion.  The Harry Potter Quidditch Carousel Candlepot Topper is $39.50 at Pottery Barn.

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Urban Armor Gear’s Product PNK iPhone cases help to support breast cancer awareness

NEWS – October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Unfortunately, many of us know someone that has battled this terrible disease. For me, it was my Grandmother who was a breast cancer survivor. Urban Armor Gear is joining the fight against breast cancer with their Product PNK Plyo Series iPhone cases.

The best part. For every Product PNK case sold during the month of October, UAG will donate 100% of the profits to charities that support breast cancer awareness.

The cases meet Military Standards for drop and shock meaning each iPhone case is as strong as the cause it represents.

Each case features an armor shell with an impact resistant soft core, air-soft corners for cushioning impact, easy to access oversized tactical buttons, and scratch resistant skid pads and screen surround. And of course, the case is a really cool shade of pink.

Product PNK cases are available for iPhone models 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, Xs, Xs Max, and the yet to be released XR.

The price for each case is $39.95. And remember, 100% of the profits will go to charities that support breast cancer awareness.

To support this great cause and get a really nice case to protect your iPhone head over to UAG’s website.

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Urban Armor Gear’s Product PNK iPhone cases help to support breast cancer awareness originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 3, 2018 at 10:00 am.

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Take well-constructed notes in this blueprint-paper notebook

NEWS – When I was in college – and even now, if I’m honest – I loved using graph paper for taking notes.  I loved the close spacing so I could pack a lot of info on a single sheet of paper.  And I was a chemistry major who took a lot of math classes, so I’m not ashamed to say I just love the look of graph paper.  These BLU Notebooks take grid paper to a new level by giving it the distinctive blue color of blueprints – but without the smell of ammonia that actual blueprints have.

BLU Notebooks are filled with acid-free, FSC- and SFI-certified paper.  The paper has a smooth finish that still has a velvety feel of actual blueprint paper.  The grid is a 10:1” grid within a finer 2:1″ grid.  Although I’m not fluent in paper-speak, the paper also has 160m text / 4 points of thickness.  The pages aren’t quite traditional notebook size at 8.25” X 11”.  The notebook has cardboard covers and a spiral binding, so it can lay flat.

BLU says you should use an opaque white or bright coloured gel or paint pens for a true blueprint appearance,  but standard ballpoint pens and other writing instruments will work.  Each notebook comes with a Sakura White Gelly Roll 10 Bold Gel Pen to get you started.

Each BLU Notebook is $16.39 USD.  Shipping from Canada is $4.50 USD.  Order your notebook from the BLU Notebooks website.

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This tea infuser isn’t cute, but it doesn’t require washing

NEWS – Over the years, The Gadgeteer has featured a lot of cute tea infusers for making a cup of tea.  The T-Sac Tea Filter isn’t cute like those infusers.  It’s a single-use, disposable paper bag that’s suitable for steeping all types of loose teas.  The bag is made of paper fibers that don’t interfere with brewing but prevent sediment and small leaves from passing through into your cup.  You can blend teas to make your own flavor, or you can add spices for brewing.  Fill the bag, fold over the top, steep, then toss the infuser bag.

T-Sac bags are made in Germany from all-natural, unbleached paper with no chemicals or artificial ingredients to taint the flavor of the tea. They are environmentally sensitive, completely biodegradable, and fully compostable.  A package of 100 1-cup T-Sac Tea Filter bags is $6.64 at Amazon.

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Decorate your home with the beauty of our solar system

NEWS – I have a fascination with various ways that humans have attempted to model the universe.  I’d love to have an orrery, but those are very expensive, so I look for smaller, simpler representations.  This Scale Solar System Model Deluxe is my latest find.  The set comes with a “sun” that’s 53″ in diameter.  The planets are all sized in relation to each other, and the kit includes a laminated scale and distance chart to show you how to place the planets so they are the appropriate distance apart.

The planets are mounted on pine boards that have a “starry night” finish.  All the moons and the smallest planets are made of steel.  The mid-sized planets are made of wood, and the large planets are made of high density, expandable polystyrene (plastic).  Planets are shown with their major moons.

The Scale Solar System Model Deluxe is available for $184.95 from Scientifics Direct.

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