Blog Love

Apr 24

Wooden Toy Circus by Janod

It’s been a while since I added a really inter­est­ing blog to my blog roll, so I’m delighted to share a new favorite link with you today: Ukkonooa. As the name sug­gests, this is a for­eign blog, writ­ten by Maija, a Finnish visual artist cur­rently liv­ing in the UK.

Ukkonooa is fresh, sim­ple and sur­pris­ing. Look through the archives and you’ll find an inspir­ing col­lec­tion of healthy recipes, fun upcycling/craft activ­i­ties, hand­made clothes (with links to tuto­ri­als), flea mar­ket finds, dec­o­rat­ing tips, and much more.

Maija’s sweet daugh­ter is one lucky lit­tle girl.  Let me show you why…

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Ick-tionary of Epic Messes

Apr 03

We all know where this picture is headed - the Ick-tionary of Epic Messes

We all know where this pic­ture is headed. An idea that seemed log­i­cal in the mind of a tod­dler and ends in a mess of epic pro­por­tions. The nitty-gritty details hid­ing behind the scenes of every fam­ily, large or small.

Every fam­ily has their own “Ick-tionary,” a col­lec­tion of words used to describe the inde­scrib­able. Here are the top five kid­die mon­strosi­ties we’ve dis­cov­ered in our home. Go ahead and laugh with us or at us–we all know it’s going on in your home as well.

Let’s pull back the cur­tains on those leg­endary child­hood mem­ory moments to expose the mess left behind…

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Tools Of The Trade

Feb 08

Drawing Machine

Draw­ing Machine
avail­able for $19 from all lovely stuff

A do-it-yourself draw­ing machine com­prised of an oak cot­ton reel, peg, felt tip pen, rub­ber band, and a small bit of wax. Fun!

Gorgeous wooden rulers

Wooden Rulers
avail­able from hay

Bold & bright pat­terns bring these every­day objects to life.

Copper & Glass Drafting Set

Cop­per Draft­ing Set
designed by jen­nifer tran

A twist on the typ­i­cal pro­trac­tor, tri­an­gle and ruler made from cop­per and glass.

Brass Utility Knife

Brass Util­ity Knife
designed by jen­nifer tran

Another basic tool brought to a new level through choice of mate­r­ial by Jen­nifer Tran.

Wood eraser / brush from Present & Correct

Eraser Brush
avail­able for $15 from present & correct

A sim­ple but immi­nently use­ful wooden block with an eraser on one end and a nat­ural hair brush on the other. Made by blind and visu­ally impaired crafts­men in Berlin.

Rethinking the compass, uses pencil as second axis

Rethinking the compass, uses pencil as second axis

Com­passo
designed by Asaf Wein­broom

A lim­ited edi­tion com­pass made using only one arm (the pen­cil serves as the sec­ond axis).

Our Favorite Story Of The Year So Far

Jan 13

Window Washer Dressed Up As Spider-Man At Children's Hospital - so cool

These totally awe­some win­dow wash­ers showed up dressed like Spider-Man to clean the win­dows  of a children’s hos­pi­tal in Tampa Bay. How cool is that?

From the article:

“The kids always come up to the win­dow and ask us, ‘Are you Spider-Man?’” Steve Oszaniec, a 23-year employee of the Chicago-based Amer­i­can National Sky­line win­dow clean­ing com­pany, told ABCNews.com today.  “So I came up with the idea of, ‘Why don’t we just show up as Spider-Man?’”

See the full story and video from the visit here (via giz­modo).

Celebrate World Animal Day with Wee Alphas

Oct 22

Fun wallpaper for your iPhone / iPad from Wee Alphas

Here’s a lit­tle treat for all of you that loved Wee Society’s paper bag cos­tumes. To cel­e­brate World Ani­mal Day, they released a free col­lec­tion of wall­pa­per that brings the col­or­ful world of Wee Alphas to your iPhone / iPad. It doesn’t get much cooler than that!

You and your kids will love find­ing the let­ters hid­den in the ani­mals. Here are a few of the gems just wait­ing for you to download…

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