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The good, the bad and the ugly. You'll find them all here. Each week you'll get my take on the intriguing, and sometimes peculiar, titles to recently hit the newsstand.

Creative Techniques Cover Price: $5.99 www.creativetechniquesmag.com I always knew sooner or later, the scrapbooking craze would make it to the web. In this day and age of instant digital photography, why not have instant digital scrapbook design? This new quarterly that promises to let your imagination take flight not only transports you to a destination but provides the means of transportation as well. If you have a digital camera, a computer and a printer, this magazine is for you.

SweetTea Journal Cover Price: $4.95 www.sweetteajournal.com From the porches of northwest Florida, from Pensacola to Tallahassee, this is Florida with a southern accent. Created by the Southern Progress Corporation (the publishers of Southern Living) custom publishing division comes a magazine dedicated to a very specific area of the South defined by a map on page one highlighting the area it serves. While every attempt has been made to localize this magazine, the more I flipped through its pages, the more I saw other regions of the South that this magazine would be a perfect fit for.

Toy Shop Cover Price: $5.99 www.toyshopmag.com You've known it as a tabloid, now you can get to know it as a magazine. In fact, it is more than a magazine; it's the bible for toy collectors. Published monthly by F&W Publications, Toy Shop brings back the joy of toy collecting. It still has the toy pricing guide but introduces it in a new, handy format. If it has been some time since you picked up a copy of Toy Shop, then this issue is a must for you to pick up.