Hi-fi handbags: Turn up the volume on your fashion flair with Jill Sternheimer's Hi-Fi Bags - made from authentic record album covers. Each vinyl-clad bag is made from an original cover with vinyl, canvas and rubber handles. The reinforced bags can be custom-ordered from her Web site, www.hifibags.com. About $50. Local outlets include From the Ridiculous to the Sublime in O'Bryonville, Turnstyles in Montgomery Square, Envy in Hyde Park and the gift shop in the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, downtown.

Kid alert: Keeping busy knee-high kids in sight at summer's festivals, fairs and amusement parks can be harrowing. Here are two trackers to help.

• Angel Alert by the Franzus Co. is a two-part system that uses a lightweight transmitter for the child and a receiver for the parent with an alarm that sounds when the child strays 15 to 30 feet away. $35-$39.99 at Kohl's, Rite Aid, and Ace Hardware stores or www.angelalert.net and www.walgreens.com or www.walmart.com.

• The Philips In-Touch Address Recorder is a rubber key chain that attaches to kids' clothing, with a red SOS button that plays a 20-second voice message such as a child's name and address or important medical information. $19.99. At electronics stores as well as www.drugstore.com.