Spend your holidays “scanning” family photos with the iPhone app ShoeBox by 1000memories. This free app lets you crop, straighten and rotate your photo, then add comments and share with friends on Facebook and Twitter. It will make it a lot easier to save those cherished family photos at Grandma’s than dragging your scanner home…

I have a secret obsession — the Midori Traveler’s Notebook. It is a beautiful build-it-yourself notebook with a leather cover from Japan. Using a series of rubber bands, you can “bind” in an assortment of smaller notebooks for drawing, writing, and calendar along with pockets and zipper pouches to contain smaller loose items. The attention…