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Designer Mousetraps, from $3 to $13.50 on mousesnaps.com
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Source: mousesnaps.com Designer Mousetraps |
For those of you sick of looking at unattractive mousetraps in your rat-infested city apartments, there's Mousesnaps — hand-painted mousetraps designed to take some of the ugliness out of catching those wily rodents.
They started in 2008 as a hobby for an aspiring artist who was sick of looking at unsightly traps in her New York apartment. When visitors came over and saw the devices, they offered to buy them right off the floor.
So in May 2009, creator Nova Halliwell and her business partner, Mimi Davis, decided to launch the idea as an official business.
You can order holiday-themed traps, playing card traps and floral-patterned devices. No mice? Remember, they can also be used as Christmas ornaments!
"I realize that we're not exactly selling our product by the truckloads yet, but we've grown substantially in 11 months and we're committed to the idea and the company," Halliwell said.
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