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worth 1000 words: fantastical spring

I wish my world looked like this illustration by Yellena right now. Unfortunately today it’s snowing. I can’t even talk about it.

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gotta get app: endless alphabet with endless laughter

Birdie seems to cycle through iPad/iPhone apps much like she cycles through toys: rapidly. Most new toys and apps have an obsessed life-span of 2 days. Then they are replaced with something else. But, there are a few apps that she returns to with surprising regularity – and for lengthly amounts of time too. Endless [...]

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the cat in the shoe is a doll

Yesterday was one of those horrible, awful, no-good, go-back-to-bed kind of days. Please, by all things holy, let today be better. Or, I’m going to have to pretned I’m one of these pajama-clad girls from The Cat in the Shoe and just go back to bed. I could hide under the duvet with my iPad, [...]

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urban kids need urban bonnets

The sun is shining! And for once, it’s not shining on blinding white snow! Get your kiddos ready for all of those beautiful rays with a new bonnet from Urban Baby Bonnets. If Birdie wasn’t such a stinker about hats, she’d still have one of these for her 4 year old head. I remember a [...]

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round about: human pianos & dreamy boars

I feel like a bear coming slowly out of hibernation: blinking at the bright lights and the very long list of things I’ve been putting off for months! I think this happens every year. Spring finally shows up , my mood improves and my will power slowly returns. Then I look back at January, February,and [...]

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worth 1000 words: blustery bear

This is exactly how Spring feels right now: quiet and subdued! What a beautiful image by Black Bunny.

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animals and creatures and dolls oh my!

Jess Quinn is such an inspiration. I can hardly pick out only a few of her creations, her Etsy shop currently has 199 of them, and they’re all pretty damn amazing. She has such a unique perspective – it’s both completely endearing and a wee bit odd. But one of my favorite things about Quinn [...]

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grow your own hideaway

Where the heck is Spring?! I’m getting desperate over here, and it sounds like much of the Northern half of the US is feeling the same way: cold. It has me double-duty daydreaming of plants in an almost obsessive way. I caught myself huffing the dirt of one of my houseplants the other day. Honestly, [...]

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teach them it’s a balancing act

Games based on the good old-fashioned laws of physics are the perfect thing to pull a family together on game night. They don’t require advanced math or reading skills, which keeps a broad range of ages interested. The more physical game play is perfect for squirmy youngsters. Plus, the eventual collapse is the kind of [...]

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round about: graffiti eggs & gilded feathers

It’s always gratifying when you finally get a day that just flows. Yesterday one of my nearest and dearest friends came over and we just sat around and let the day flow by us while we caught up. She works overseas now, so our time together is often scattered and way overdue. Plus, Birdie loves [...]

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worth 1000 words: sombre bunny

The bright colors and the sombre pose just get me. I think this bunny is feeling fretful for the Easter weekend. Hopefully the rest of us aren’t. See Le piège by Lou Ros on his Behance website.

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bring this doll to your tea party

Even before I saw Oz the Great and Powerful last night (which we thoroughly enjoyed!), she had caught my eye. I think I go a little gaga for ball joints. Now, now, I’m talking about the elbows, the wrists, the knees, and the ankles of this adorable little doll. The China Girl from the movie [...]

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spring in your steps

I’ve been splurging on lots of new dresses for Birdie these last couple of weeks. I think it’s my only way to deal with the overwhelming longing for Spring that has plagued me for all of the month of March. The plague is made worse by temperatures that are consistently hovering in the range of [...]

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best bunnies for spring

I suppose I’ll have to stop eventually, but I love giving Birdie a stuffed bunny as part of her Easter festivities. But I’m a toy lover! Give me any excuse and I will exploit it to find the perfect stuffed animal to fix the situation. I suppose if I don’t stop, we’ll be overrun with [...]

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round about: ballerina bunnies & the history of children

It’s amazing how fate, serendipity, the universe, god, the goddess, or maybe that great big turtle in the sky can turn things around in the blink of an eye. Yesterday was one of those days where so many things felt right in the world: friends were connecting, Birdie was singing, new projects were flowing in, [...]

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