Car art: Turn your favorite person's car into a greeting card with Creative Corner's 12- to 15-piece car decorating kits. There are kits for birthdays, including 40th and 50th, weddings, It's a boy, It's a girl and different sports events. Includes easy-on-and-off vinyl decals, rear window cards, window flags, bumper stickers and magnetized graphics in scene-stealing colors. Made by AMSCAN. $7.99 at Party Source, Bellevue. 291-4007.

Play ball: Keep the bounce in your basketball with Spalding's Infusion Ball with a built-in pump. Just push the button down and twist counterclockwise to unlock the Micro Pump, then push and pull to add pressure in small amounts. $19.99 and up. Also available in soccer balls, volleyballs and footballs. Spalding products are sold at Dick's, Meijer, Target and Wal-Mart. Information: www.spalding.com.

Spring blooms: Shoppers with an eye for the unusual have a new stop in Mount Washington - Magnolia - owned by Cincinnatian Jo Ann Kavanaugh, returning after 10-plus years of trendy shopkeeping in Indianapolis. Her eclectic, casual stock includes the detail-rich Babette Ballinger, Noblu and Putamayo lines, plus color-shot accessories (socks $13) and whimsical earrings designed with chemistry in mind by Lily Young of Canada. Opening celebration 7-9 p.m. Saturday. 2061 Beechmont Ave. 231-0984.

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