Anyone else suffering from the “George Costanza” wallet effect right about now? The flurry of receipts that come with Holiday shopping are enough to tip most wallets over into the overstuffed territory. {shudder}

For a refresher on what a Costanza wallet is, watch these hilarious Seinfeld clips (note: you have to view on the YouTube site as I think the owner of this video is afraid of getting in trouble & has disallowed embedded copies of the clips).

The Antidote to Your Exploding Wallet

If the girth of your wallet is currently challenged (or maybe permanently challenged), you’ll definitely want to check out this amazing new online service we found called OneReceipt. In a nutshell, it automatically looks through your email account(s) and creates searchable entries for the purchases you’ve made from online retailers like iTunes to Amazon. Although there are some stores it doesn’t recognize, all you have to do to capture those is email them to your OneReceipt account. Easy breezy.

If you are out and about and get a paper receipt for your purchase, just snap a picture of it and email it to your OneReceipt account. Then toss that paper version straight into the nearest garbage can without fear as the tech genies at OneReceipt will upload it right to your account.

Another feature to love is the fact that all of your data is stored securely in the cloud, so it’s there whenever and wherever you need it. Every receipt is indexed, so you can easily find specific purchases. The app also provides tags and categories to help you filter and file your receipts so if you’re wondering just how bad your shoe habit is, you’ll be able to see at the push of a button.

And finally, this nifty little program can actually help you save money. How? Well, have you’ve ever bought something that you wanted to return, but forgot to in time? OneReceipt will actually keep track of return policies that are about to expire and notify you before they do.

Send Self-Destructing Notes with One Time Secret

Do you send passwords, login information, or other sensitive material via email? Are you really sure it’s going to stay private between you and the recipient? There are so many ways for that data to be compromised, it’s actually rather frightening. We’ve learned that the hard way here at Buttoned Up as we dealt with those nasty hackers back in October.

That’s why I got so excited when I came across this cool new program called One Time Secret. Enter your clandestine content in the site’s text box and with the click of a button you’ll generate a one-use-only link to your secret message.

Send the link to whomever you please; once it is opened and read, it disappears forever. If no one opens it within seven days, the link dies (your message along with it). For even more security, add a password that the recipient will need to know in order to access the self-destructing message.

Do you send sensitive intel over email? What do you think of this service?

Ever wonder what on earth to do with all of those instagram photos you take with your iPhone?

Me too. I have a few hundred lurking somewhere in the hard drive space on my phone. Their mostly candid snapshots I’ve taken while out and about with my phone, like this one of my oldest son in absolute heaven sitting in a real fire engine:

Or this adorable series of my littlest polar bear playing in the melting snow:

I love scrolling through them on my phone when I’m standing in line or waiting around. But it made me a little sad that these snapshots of random cuteness seemed destined to a digital existence only.

Now a neat little company called Keepsy makes it easy to actually DO something with all of those instagrams on your phone. With a few mouse clicks you can create a beautiful, glossy album of your favorite instagrams very inexpensively (starting at $30).

Here’s a little video from their site so you can see more.

This would make a great Holiday gift if you’re scratching your head & wondering what to get a spouse, roommate, or even a parent…

I think this is pretty neat. What do you think?

Easily recycle hangers with the Hanger Hamper!

If you are anything like me, there is a place in your closet (or closets) where there is a mess of hangers that are knotted up and taking up more air space than they should.

One clever company has come up with one way to help organize and recycle these wire beasts. The Hanger Hamper is an awesome little triangle container with handles designed to store hangers neatly for temporary storage before recycling.

Stores very neatly in a corner of the closet. Nice price point too – $9.98. Look for it at Solutions.com.

Also, aside from my personal trauma with hangers, did you know there is the impact on the rest of the world to consider?…

3.5 BILLION hangers end up in landfills in the US every year!

Only a mom with kids bringing home artwork by the ton could have come up with this genius idea!

These stylish, plexiglass frames by Wexel Art use magnets to hold artwork and pictures in place. We recommend it as an organizer for kids’ artwork as follows: Hang one frame per child in a central location – like the kitchen, front hall, playroom, or family room.

Once a week or once a month, sit down with your child and select ONE piece of art their stash to display. When a child helps selects their best piece, they usually have much less angst when the others are tossed. If you struggle to toss the remaining pieces, set them aside in a bin to be used as holiday wrapping paper.

The frames come in a variety of sizes too. Check it out here.

Have any other great ideas to use these frames for? Share below!

This simple yet innovative USB Clip design provides a simple method of keeping data files together with hard copy documents.

The design by Emamidesign has won a 2010 Red Dot product design award and became a Best of Best winner.

The coloured flash USB drives simply clip onto letters and documents and are designed to replace CD or DVD-ROMs for archiving or transferring data. The bright colours make sure that the drives are not lost or missed by the recipient of the brochure or document. Once received simply remove from the document and insert into your USB port for easy access to data.

Too bad, it is only a concept at this time.

(via Design Fetish)

This is so clever you could pinch me!

Wire Blooms, designed by Laliv Shalev, make ugly wires come to life with simple nail-in clips.

A pretty solution to a practical problem!

Updater – Organize your (real) mailbox with this virtual tool.

The dreaded mail pile is a headache for millions – driven by the junk (Americans receive more than 850 pieces of junk mail every year and will waste 8 weeks of their time just dealing with the junk mail). Updater.com is a very cool new ONLINE service that acts like a “Do Not Call” registry, but for your REAL mailbox. It does cost a small fee, but it’ll pay for itself in time saved in short order. Check it out.

This is by far the coolest children’s dresser I’ve ever seen!

Designed by Peter Bristol, the Training Dresser (as it is called) has drawers that are shaped as their predetermined contents.

The piece comes in two gender specific designs. Beautiful, fun, promotes tidiness, made from all kid-friendly components.

Here is how the designer describes it: ‘Like Dr. Suess and Pixar, the Training Dresser is for more than one audience. The informative drawers create an engaging dresser for kids and an iconic furniture piece for parents.’

It will put a dent in your wallet though, at $1500/dresser.

What do YOU think – would this be cool forever or would your tykes outgrow it quickly?

Quality, non-slip, slim hangers make the biggest difference by far when it comes to keeping your closet organized (so if you invest in anything to help you clean your closet mess, you should invest in that). We love these new ones from OXO (we’re so glad they’re branching out beyond the kitchen!)