Today is my last day writing at PlayLibray.  I wanted to take a moment to thank the PlayLibrary readers for spending your time with me, joining in on the conversation, and making this such an enjoyable blog to write and manage. My house remains filled with my 4-year old triplets’ toys, but it’s time for me to move on from b5media to pursue other opportunities that are more closely related to my company, KeySplash Creative, and my books.  I hope you’ll visit me on my new marketing and branding blog as well as my other blogs.  Here’s a list of sites where you can find me blogging: KeySplash Creative Conversations: branding, marketing, advertising, etc. Women On Business: women working in the field of business About.com... [Read more]

Holiday shopping can be very expensive.  With the economy in a shambles, I thought I’d share some suggestions for saving money on holiday shopping, particularly toy shopping. First, visit coupon sites to get discount codes.  There are a wide variety of coupon websites where you can find discount codes for hundreds of online stores.  Some sites even provide coupons that you can print out and take to a brick-and-mortar store.  Two of my favorite coupon sites are: Coupon Cabin Coupon Mountain Also, take some time to visit the websites for stores where you think you’ll be doing a lot of shopping this year.  Sign up for their email alerts.  You’ll get coupon codes and promotional discount offers in... [Read more]

High School Musical 3 toys are sure to be popular this holiday season.  DisneyShopping.com has a great collection of High School Musical 3 merchandise including toys kids and tweens are sure to love.  Check out a few examples below: High School Musical 3 Mystery Date Game [Read more] [Read more]

Thank you to everyone who entered the contest on PlayLibrary last week to win one of five Limited Edition Calico Critters Halloween Playsets.  The winners have been selected and congratulations go to: Laura Griggs, Daniel Vice, Jeanine Price, Katherine Frazier and Michael Capp. Image: Intplay.com Technorati Tags: international playthings,intplay.com,calico critters,blog contest,win calico critters,blog giveaways,children toys,children playsets,girl toys,girl playsets [Read more]

My daughter saw a commercial for the new Barbie and the Diamond Castle movie on DVD and instantly wanted it.  I can’t blame her.  I’m sure I would have wanted it when I was a kid, too.  This weekend, her grandmother bought it for her, and it was an immediate favorite!  It looks like a full line of Barbie and the Diamond Castle toys are available (check out the list from an Amazon search) just in time for the 2008 holiday season.  A few of my favorite Barbie and the Diamond Castle items and toys that I’m sure will end up under our Christmas tree for my daughter include: Barbie and the Diamond Castle DVD      [Read more] [Read more]