This is the Last Straw

12. November 2008

Win an iPod Touch!

We’d like to know if you’re tired of wiping up after messy juice boxes that spill when tipped over or squirt everywhere when squeezed a little too hard. How frustrating is it when your child accidentally gets grape juice or chocolate milk all over their clothes from a juice box? I don’t know about you, [...]

17. October 2008

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Our new website will be coming soon!

We are so happy to announce that our corporate website is almost ready for launch. After taking a peek behind the curtain, Heather and I can now say that it is everything we expected from Stephanie and Kristin of Elemental. Great work you guys! The real push can now begin. Heather and I can now tell [...]

The team is complete…it was time to meet

25. September 2008

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The team is complete…it was time to meet

Earlier this month I sat in a conference room designed for 16 people with 18 colleagues from the various businesses that own fractions of or represent The Last Straw L.L.C. Standing room only…for a straw? Yes, that is exactly what I was observing and I will have to say that a sense of pride and [...]

9. September 2008

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Another Juice Box Mess

This is a post written by one of my close friends. She has 3 children and this is one of her experiences of juice box messes. Thanks Rebecca! Oh No you didn’t!! Those were the exact words out of my mouth when my 6 year old squeezed juice box all over our class room and his [...]

8. August 2008

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Be on the lookout for our great new video clip. We had so much fun filming yesterday! Many, many thanks to David Shapiro and his very professional team for making the day run so smoothly. And again, many thanks to Kristin and Stephanie of Listenshare. Thank you also to all of our beautiful and very talented mess [...]

29. July 2008

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Outnumbered 100 to 1

I was a little nervous about spending the evening with a couple hundred women and just a handful of guys. I’ve always considered myself a risk taker, however this was a bit of a stretch for me. There I was at a BlogHer’08 Alltop/Kirtsy cocktail party – a Georgia boy – on the other side [...]

21. July 2008

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Blogher ‘08 was Awesome!

A year ago I didn’t know the difference between a widget and a digit. I thought URL was some dude named Earl. And blogging sounded like something you did in the snow. Today, well, I still don’t really know what a widget is, but I am a huge fan of blogging. I also know that [...]

18. July 2008

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Preview to BlogHer08 at the Kirtsy/Alltop Party

The Kirtsy/Alltop party at marketing/technology guru Guy Kawasaki’s home was a blast! Robert and I met so many amazing people. Thanks to James, Kristin and Stephanie from ListenShare for making us feel so welcome and kudos to the Kirtsy founders, Gabby of Design Mom, Laura of The Queso and Cool Mom Picks, and [...]

12. August 2008

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The First Day of School

Robert and I took the kids to their first day of school today. I drove while Robert took videos from the front seat. Which was lots of fun for our younger two, but incredibly embarrassing for Jessica, our 6th grader. The funniest part was I saw a camera flashing away in the [...]

25. July 2008

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Story Behind the Last Straw: The Idea

I have been exploring the concept of a no-spill straw since the summer of 2003. The idea came to me at home one day. It all started with just an accidental spill from my then two-year-old daughter, Em, right after I handed her a full juice box. Frustrated, I studied the box to find the [...]

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