Love, love, love these new goodies we brought in for the new year. All those NYE photos you took on your Diana or Fisheye, here are some unique albums to store those photos to surprise your friends. There are also photo album/planner combos along with new versions of some of our best selling planners. Scroll to see more or click here to see them all!

This one below is horizontally oriented, and holds up to 30 photos.

Love this new “Stand By Me” spiral bound planner with envelope pocket and enclosure on the outside cover! Bet you’ve never really seen this very much.

This one below is a monthly planner, but, the front cover has a slot that you can put your fave picture and switch it out anytime. The two pictures are ones that we took with our analog camera from Japan.

Like our best selling Travel Journal, this new “Stand By Me” Planner is the same size and shape… graphics just dialed back.

Desk-Its have been a runaway bestseller at Poketo. We’ve been shipping tons of them to customers all over the world, so it’s no wonder that we met someone who truly loves the Desk-Its.

Jen Giese is part of the creative team at Photojojo. Photojojo.com is the awesome photography community where you can find everything from gear, tips, and photography DIY projects from people all over the world. Since she’s been using the Desk-Its as part of her daily routine, we asked her to share a bit about herself and how her life gets a little less crazy because of these simple, elegant stick-ons.

Photo by Rachel Gant

Hi, Jen, tell us a bit about yourself.
I’m part of the super fun and creative team at Photojojo. I grew up in San Diego but I’ve lived in San Francisco for three years now — I wouldn’t trade it for any other city in the world.

You must love photography, what are some of your personal favorites?
I do enjoy taking photos! Kind of hard not to enjoy taking photos when you’re constantly surrounded by awesome photo stuffs.

I live in the western part of the city so a lot of my photos are taken in the Sunset or the Outer Sunset/Ocean Beach. Yes there’s a beach in San Francisco (many) and no they’re not always foggy.

Took this one at the La Brea Tar Pits (My Girl 2 … anyone?) It’s all about those geometric shadows.

These tights rule, that about sums it up.

You said the Desk-Its were lifesavers. How do they help?
I often catch myself trying to do a million little things at once. The Desk-It helps me focus on what’s really important. They force me to think about my time reasonably, and it takes a lot of weight off my shoulders when I’m trying to figure out what to prioritize and work on next.

Jen’s lovely desk with the Desk-It. Photo by Jen Giese.

Can you give our readers three tips on how best to organize their week using the Desk-Its?

1. Take the time to sit down and plan your week before it starts, before you start working on anything else. That last bit is important — you gotta plan before you do anything. If I don’t plan I’ll spend the entire morning hacking away at little tasks that make me feel accomplished (like emails) but in reality aren’t that important.

2. Stick to the list. You can make as many lists as you’d like but it takes discipline to actually follow them. Follow the list, don’t make exceptions.

3. Try to keep your must-do’s for the day under 5 (most of the time I try to keep mine at 3). Be reasonable with your time and start small. You want to actually do these things! You can always add more stuff later.

Those are great tips! The rule of threes sounds like it’ll save our sanity. Thanks, Jen!

Check out Jen’s photographs on flickr.

We have a small debate in the studio going, just because of our new mousepads. (Btw, have you checked them out lately?)

We want to know, circle or square?

Let us know what you think!

If you have little kids around the house, you know they’re drawn to stickers like the proverbial moth to a flame. It’s not just kids either, even if your age is past the single digits, there is something about sticky things that are just so entertaining!

Is it because of that great gooey adhesive that gets stuck on your fingers? Or is it the challenge of attaching something sticky to a straight surface? It might be a little of both. It’s a great feeling when you get a sticker or tape (!) on correctly, without those pesky bubbles.

We got some colorful stickers and box tapes online last week and we were looking around for some great ways to use them, especially these box tapes with fun geometric and nature-inspired designs.

Here’s what we found:

Illustrator and crafter Merrillee used these decorative tapes as cute striped details for her tea party invitations.

Camille used her tape as a great lacy touch for her vases.

Designer Susanna Vento simply uses her tape to create a super colorful and always changeable inspiration board (over at Dwell) instead of spending for expensive frames.

We tried these box tapes on the wall and they look great, especially when the green was picked up by the house plants.

Of course, we could always make that package extra-special by sealing it with this designed tapes.

As you can see, they can brighten up a plain background and give it that touch of playfulness. Where do you think you need a bit of something sticky?

Check out more of our new stationery items on poketo.com.