As tweens and teens get ready for the back to school, help get them settled into a new routine with these practical and timely gift ideas. ...

As tweens and teens get ready for the back to school, help get them settled into a new routine with these practical and timely gift ideas.

Just for Teens - Pimple Patches ($6.99)

Made for Preteens & Teens: Clean, age-appropriate skincare with no harsh chemicals—just natural, skin-friendly ingredients.

Powered by Tea Tree Oil: Naturally antibacterial and calming, ideal for sensitive, acne-prone skin. Helps reduce breakouts, calm redness, and balance skin.

Learn more, visit - www.justforteens.biz

VISOONE Blue Light Glasses (starting at $15.99)

Lightweight, durable, budget-friendly glasses to help reduce eye strain, with a multitude of color and style combinations.

Provides protection against harmful blue light and UVA/UVB rays. Blue Light Glasses, Readers, Sunglasses and Gamer Glasses options.

Learn more, visit - www.visoone.com

Curio Blvd - The 2-1 Keepsake Case ($180)

Storage and display case made from solid oak with customizable trays. Daily-use tray built into the top for functionality and two removable organizing trays with various-sized compartments.

Includes removable compartments for customizable organization. Thoughtfully sized to hold legal documents, journals, letters, photos, and small valuables like jewelry.

Serves as both a display-worthy tray and long-term storage for sentimental items. Available in two finishes: Dark Oak and Light Oak.

Learn more, visit - www.CurioBlvd.com

Ilissa Michele Jewelry (Starting at $74)

Handmade small-batch designs with one-of-a-kind gemstone beads and colorful, unexpected textures. Signature sterling silver, luxe leathers, and unique pendants.

Designed to layer, mix, and make your own. Boho, bold, and effortlessly chic.

Learn more, visit - www.ilissamichele.com

Meminto (starting at $99)

Meminto is a storytelling platform that helps people turn their memories into beautiful keepsake books, no writing experience required.

Receive one meaningful question each week via email, or answer all 52 questions at your own pace to guide your storytelling journey. Share your memories using text, voice, or video—whatever feels easiest.

Upload up to 250 photos, plus additional audio and video, to bring your story to life. About 8–12 days after completing your story, receive a beautifully printed hardcover keepsake book filled with your most treasured memories.

Learn more, visit - www.meminto.com

Q-Less ($14.95)

A screen-free solo game for focus, mindfulness and brain-boosting. No timers. No scoring. No pressure. Just the joy of play. Simple rules but endless variations.

Portable and also available as an app, good for quiet moments on the go.

Learn more, visit - www.qlessgame.com

My teen son loves to draw and is always looking for ways to improve his artwork. So when we learned about the free virtual Wacom Creativity ...

My teen son loves to draw and is always looking for ways to improve his artwork. So when we learned about the free virtual Wacom Creativity Camp, he was excited to attend the workshops.

Note: I received product samples for review purpose. Any personal views expressed are always 100% my own.

To help him learn to draw in new ways, the Wacom team sent him the Wacom Intuos Drawing Tablet (with Bluetooth), which was compact and saved space but still gave precision for his drawing designs.

While it did come with software, the Wacom Intuos tablet and pen can also be used with any software program to draw, paint, edit photos/videos, create designs, etc. So my son had no problem setting things up via bluetooth and being ready for the Wacom workshops.


During each workshop he learned about a design concept and resource, had practice drawing time applying the lesson and then live discussions about the lesson. There was also QnA moments on various art related topics.


He enjoyed the live interaction and sharing, along with having drawing examples he can learned from. After the workshops there was "homework" and my son could submit his design work for feedback.


The Wacom Creativity Camp workshops helped my son learn how to improve his drawings and the Wacom Intuos Drawing Tablet was a great device for his new skills and ideas.

Wacom One Products

The new Wacom One products are ideal for creative beginners, students, educators, or those working in an office or home. The Wacom One S and M are the first entry level pen tablets with 4K pressure sensitivity that support tilt for calligraphy effects.

The Wacom One product line is all about choice and customization. It is comprised of the Wacom One S and Wacom One M pen tablets as well as the Wacom One 12 and Wacom One 13 touch pen displays.

Wacom One 13 touch pen display Standard model for $599.99 USD
Wacom One 12 pen display Standard model for $399.99 USD
Wacom One M pen tablet Standard model for $149.99 USD
Wacom One S pen tablet Standard model for $99.99 USD

In addition to the standard models available in select resellers the Wacom eStore is offering an option to purchase the display or tablet only. Customers can then select accessories, including their preferred pen, the correct cabling for their configuration or a stand.

The ability to customize may reduce the cost because you will only purchase the accessories needed.

Wacom One 13 touch pen display eStore model starting at $499.95 USD
Wacom One 12 pen display eStore model starting at $299.95 USD
Wacom One M pen tablet eStore model starting at $109.95 USD
Wacom One S pen tablet eStore model starting at $59.95 USD

The Wacom One pen tablets and displays can be used with Windows, macOS, Android and ChromeOS and connecting them is easy as plug and play via a single USB-C cable connection.

The added Bluetooth connectivity for the Wacom One S and M tablets plus the slim design (just 11.5 mm thick displays and 7.9mm thick tablets), light weight and compact footprint of all four devices make the entire Wacom One series a highly mobile and portable solution.

Personalize your Wacom experience in the Wacom eStore, where every artist can find accessories ranging from different colored pens to cables and stands and other accessories that add to the customization options.

Wacom Creativity Camp Art Workshops

Wacom Creativity Camp is a free online character design workshop series happening this summer, presented by Wacom in partnership with Best Buy.

Want to create your own original character for comics, manga, anime, video games, an illustrated story, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, or just for fun – but don’t know where to start? Join Wacom Creativity Camp.

Taught by MCAD professor Lafe Smith, Creativity Camp is perfect for young folks, beginning artists, or anyone else who wants to strengthen their character design skills.

It’s free, and you don’t need any digital art tools to participate – pencil and paper is fine!

During this workshop series, you’ll learn the basics of how to create a character – including finding inspiration, sketching ideas, crafting silhouettes, and creating expressive faces and poses – and will end up with a complete model sheet for your original character!

Throughout, you’ll also get expert feedback and support from a professional artist and art school professor.

Join Creativity Camp live on Zoom on Mondays, July 28 – August 18, 2025, from 3:00-4:30pm PDT!

Wacom Creativity Camp 2025 Trailer



Each session builds on the last, so if you attend every workshop you’ll have a completed character model sheet at the end.

It’s OK if you can’t make it to every session, though – they’ll have recap materials and “homework” to get you caught up, and eventually will publish recordings of the workshops on YouTube.

One more reason to attend live, though: we’ll be giving way Wacom drawing tablets during each session, and only attendees are eligible!

Learn more, visit - community.wacom.com/en-us/creativity-camp-2025/

The Ziploc Brand is giving back-to-school a fresh and playful twist with new limited-edition storage bags featuring exclusive printed design...

The Ziploc Brand is giving back-to-school a fresh and playful twist with new limited-edition storage bags featuring exclusive printed designs, available exclusively at Target through early September!

For a limited time this back-to-school season, families can pick up Ziploc Brand Gallon Storage Bags (featuring 2 unique designs) and Ziploc Brand Quart Storage Bags (featuring 3 unique designs) — all inspired by school-day themes like notebook doodles, tasty snack icons and school day essentials.

Ziploc Harris Poll survey

The release of these Ziploc LTO items coincides with new findings from a Harris Poll survey (June 2025) commissioned by the brand:

• 75% of K–8 parents say their kids bring home uneaten food from packed school lunches, with over half saying it happens at least once a week.
• 86% of K-8 parents are concerned about food prices and nearly half are looking for money-saving tips.
• 90% of K-8 parents say minimizing food waste is important to them/their family, but only 58% of K-8 parents say it is important to them to teach their children about food waste.

These limited-edition bags feature playful back-to-school designs that kids will enjoy, turning a versatile tool like Ziploc Brand bags into something fun and exciting to use.

Whether packing lunches, organizing art supplies or corralling backpacks and small toys, these Ziploc bags are a clever solution to help keep families prepared in style and simplicity for busy back-to-school days.

For more lunch-packing tips, visit - www.ziploc.com/Food-for-Thought