handmade charlotte

1. Mixed Media Dolls

   

   Artist Cathy Cullis cre­ates these beau­ti­ful dolls (avail­able here) using vin­tage and nat­ural dyed fabrics.

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2. Etsy Finds: Art Dolls

   

   

   

   Mixed media artist Danita Art has lots of won­der­ful things avail­able in her Etsy shop. You can find out more about her work on her blog as well.

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3. A bicycle built for two three, possibly more…

   

   

   Still short a few seats in my case, but get­ting closer! Dutch Bike Co. Seat­tle imports a wide vari­ety of beau­ti­ful Euro­pean bikes, includ­ing the Work­cy­cles Fr8 (up top) and the Onder­wa­ter Tan­dem (underneath).

   The Onder­wa­ter Tan­dem can be set up to accom­mo­date one adult and three kids: one child gets to pedal (up front — the “stoker”), another can sit on an optional seat in front of the dri­ver (the “cap­tain”) and another can sit on a rear rack-mounted seat. Wow!

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4. The Learning Community Playground

   

   

   The stu­dents at The Learn­ing Com­mu­nity, a char­ter school in Cen­tral Falls, R.I., spent recess in an old park­ing lot until a fourth grade stu­dent wrote to Lowe’s ask­ing for help. They sent $110,000.

   The new play­ground was designed by Lau­ren­cia Strauss, A Rhode Island School of Design grad­u­ate, as “part play­ground, part sculp­ture” to pro­vide space for both active play and quite reflection.

   Visit the school’s Flickr pho­to­stream to see the con­struc­tion pics!

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5. Latest from Mieke Willems

   

   

   Mieke Willems updated their web­shop with lots of won­der­ful items for chil­dren (or the young at heart).

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