Tikoli's Cirius Kitchen Towel is a prime example of the company's niche - textiles for the modern kitchen. The 100% cotton, machine washable towel screams modern.

Found at Tikoli.

Measuring spoons have a tendency to go all over the place in the kitchen cabinets, so its no surprise the simple idea of magnetic measuring spoons works. The set of plastic spoons have magnets embedded in them so they are easy to snap off and more importantly, snap back into place. You could also attach them to your metal pans for easy access during cooking.

Found at Crate and Barrel.

There are may reasons to like the Klip Kitchen Timer by American Innovative. It acts as a countdown timer (up to 24 hours) with elapsed time graphic. It also acts as a stopwatch or even just a regular old clock. But the real reason to like the Klip Kitchen Timer is that it is portable. You can remove it from the base and clip it on your person and walk around freely around the house without the worry that your food will cook longer than you'd want.

Found at Amazon.

The beautiful illustrated artwork on Parskid's drinking glasses will help keep any conversation flowing (either that or lot's of beer). Printed in a limited run for $20.00 each.

Found at Flatcolor.

Although storage containers are useful, the ingenious guys at Zevro have come up with a better version of the old favorite. Unlike traditional storage containers that trap in moisture and air, Zevro's Vacuumsaver allows you to suck out the moisture and air out of the container with an included pump to create a vacuum. The result is food that will be kept fresher, longer.

A three-piece bowl set will run you $21.99.

Found at Zevro.

My toothbrush holder looks like a germ battle ground from all the water that has collected over the months. I found the Zapi UV Toothbrush Sanitizer, which zaps your toothbrush with UV light for 7 minutes to eliminate 99% of bacteria that crawls all over your toothbrush head. And unlike most of the other toothbrush holders, the bottom snaps off so you can easily clean it! Imagine that.

The $29.99 package comes with the toothbrush holder (zapi) and a matching toothbrush.

Found at Amazon.

The Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew has been a gadget sensation for the past few years. It has won all kinds of awards for its design and usability. We thought it was a lot of hot air - until today. We got our hands on one at a friends' house and were able to remove a cork from a vintage chardonnay in a flash without much force. After wrestling with all kinds of zany corkscrews, we are now in awe of the Rabbit Corkscrew.

Found at Amazon

For those who like to have a little fun, we found the Batterfinger. The sillycone (we crack ourselves up) spatula is both useful and whimsical.

Found at Amazon for $6.99

Designed by Shinzi Katoah, the imported elephant serving tray is simple in design with a cream body and a white and lime (oh yeah! we love that) elephant pattern.

Found at Kir DeVries for $33 smackaroos.

Nuno Studio's Caroline designed the Campout set of hand painted glass plates "as a homage to the Blue Ride Mountains near the artists' home town." We believe she designed them because camping is just awesome. All the same, this set is deliciously original and lovenly independent.