I think this promo for the new book Mom Inc is supposed to inspire me but instead it sort of enrages me. Why do you ask? Could very likely be sour grapes, as I’ve been two years trying to get my own business off the ground (with two kids and full time job) [...]
So, our experiment with making dominos didn’t work out well unfortunately. I had just about given up on the idea but then I saw these! From Fredericks & Mae (who also happen to make a tonne of other beautiful versions of classic games). Back to the drawing board for us maybe?
April 24, 2012 – 10:14 pm
If anyone is still out there, two things have contributed to my major blogging lapse: 1. Pinterest. You can find me here 2. Baby sister Lee Jones Kuranko. Born April 9th, 2012 So now that I’m reinspired, I hope to be writing here more regularly (but understand if I don’t!).
February 20, 2012 – 3:45 pm
Funny how you hear about someone once and then all of a sudden they crop up everywhere. Such is the case of the British children’s book illustrator Brian Wildsmith. I first came across him via Sarah from Banquet‘s Pinterest, and then this counting book appeared on one of my favorite new blogs Atelier Pour [...]
February 6, 2012 – 4:00 pm
It’s no secret that I love animated gifs (see one of my first posts). From birds to celebrities these little Internet gems that people continue to make never cease to make me smile (except when they’re creepy and weird of course—as many things on the Internet tend to be). Below is one of my recent [...]
January 25, 2012 – 4:28 pm
The Barbies seem to be on Vacation (headed to Hawaii for winter I think) and the dinosaurs have moved in — much to our delight. Their constant presence in our living room has inspired some research into early depictions of dinosaurs (more on that later) and came across this unbelievable film “The Lost World” made [...]
January 16, 2012 – 9:36 pm
Ada hasn’t had a hat all winter. Well to clarify, she has a hat, but not one she’s willing to wear. So, given the fact that there was a dump of snow this morning and more on the way I decided I’d better make something happen. Inspired by this pattern found in a Martha Steward [...]
January 11, 2012 – 3:57 pm
I have always admired the work of Hannah Höch—one of the few women associated with the Dada movement and a pioneer of photomontage. As we’ve been thinking a lot about collage over here (for a new product that is proving very difficult to manufacture nicely and cheaply) Höch has been on my mind a lot. [...]
January 9, 2012 – 11:08 pm
There have been a lot of blogs and articles talking about the launch of Lego’s new product Lego Friends (otherwise known as Lego for girls). Not wanting to get my knickers in a knot until I had a chance to actually see what it was all about, I delayed judgement. Well, consider my knickers completely [...]
January 3, 2012 – 4:41 pm
Happy New Year! Ponderosa pine seedling found on a Christmas day walk in the Okanagan.