Edgar & Ellen treats at Target

Here's candy with a twinkle in its eye in a Colorado Target store. Edgar & Ellen mad lab beakers, test tubes, dissectible gummi frogs, even hairy-eyeball candy buckets honoring Edgar & Ellen's pet, "Pet" make Halloween a little more humorous.

Edgar & Ellen began as a book series--but come October 7th, it will also be a TV series on Nicktoons Network.

Op-art influenced backpack

I told you about the retro look in London fashion. Today, I saw it again in the featured JanSport backpack in the Target Circular. And, hey! The same backpack appears featured on eBags. Hats off to JanSport for jumping on a trend and adapting it to their products. The pattern's called "chocolate chip bubbles" and the color palette is spot on. Look for plenty of this pattern in schools come fall.