June 22, 2009Today the Whitehouse kicked off the new United we Serve organization. The goal is to get people involved in their communities via community service of any and many kinds. Sure you could volunteer at a soup kitchen if that’s what you want to do. But, in addition to getting people serving their communities, United We [...]
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June 15, 2009Everybody in the POOL!!!!! But head on over to Craftzine first for a glimpse at our project to craft your very own pool toys. Honestly. All upcycled.
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June 15, 2009This weekend I participated in a viewing and panel discussion on the documentary Consuming Kids. It was amazing. And frightening. A documentary I think every parent and educator should watch. The way the modern day marketing machine preys on our kids from birth on is mind boggling. You can read more about my experience here. [...]
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June 9, 2009We’ve got another project up over there at Craftzine so get on over there, find yourself a penpal near or far and get busy.
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June 8, 2009All of us know how it goes when you write out a letter or a post and put it on your desk to await the locating of the proper address. You find it month’s later, buried under a pile of cast off detritus and it’s good for not much more than the recycling bin. What [...]
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June 7, 2009Livestrong had their company picnic a couple of weeks ago and for the event they ordered 6 of our Future Craft Collective Hope Flags kits. They were a little nervous about how they would turn out for they admitted a bit of crafty-phobia. But with the flags cut and the inspiration given with a writing [...]
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June 1, 2009We love sending our family project ideas out into the world giving parents and kids the chance to connect over crafting. We love even more when families contact us and tell us how much they loved doing the project ideas we send out there. We got a note this past week from a family we [...]
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