I’ve been a fan of the Kireei blog from Spain for a long time, so when they invited me to make a craft for the first issue of their new online magazine I was very excited. The magazine is beautiful even if you don’t read Spanish. It’s free, and you can check it out here if...Continue Reading
I’ve seen people make trees of thanks and thought it would be fun to make a mobile of thanks. It was a fast and simple project, similar to the nature mobile I made a few months ago. We just cut out pieces of paper, drew or wrote things that we were happy for and taped...Continue Reading
Every year I make a calendar for friends and family with photos of my paintings. This year I used photos of my toys. It’s for sale in the Zazzle Store here if anyone is interested. Happy 2011!Continue Reading
I was very honored when Etsy recently asked if I’d be interested in making a new craft to post on their blog. I decided to make these fabric nesting dolls. The idea for them came after I painted a set of nesting dolls for a friend of mine. She said I should try making some nesting...Continue Reading
Cheerios just posted the second video I made for them. Here it is. A rubber band box guitar! Very fast and easy to make, and also quite entertaining to play. Could be fun to decorate it with paint or stickers too!Continue Reading
Made by Joel toys are currently on display in a fun design exhibition in Krakow, Poland. It’s part of the Design Attack Festival and will run through the month of November. The exhibition is about socially engaged design, aesthetic education of children and 3R rules (reduce, reuse, recycle) in design. A very gracious person, Anna,...Continue Reading
Harper’s Bazaar Magazine asked me if I could make a craft for their bi-annual Bazaar Junior supplement in Singapore. Cool! I just got it in the mail. The magazine is beautiful and filled with amazing things for kids. I wish they sold it in the US. If you don’t live in Singapore you can still make...Continue Reading
There were some warm, windy days last week and many sticks were blowing off the trees into the yard. We had the spur of the moment idea to try making a kite. So we gathered a few sticks, cut some thick paper, got out the tape and string and in ten minutes we had a...Continue Reading
Cool news! Cheerios has sponsored me to make some crafts! They asked me if I could create some “how to” videos for their FaceBook page. Check out my first ever craft tutorial video: How to Make a Snack Box. Hope you’re hungry! My kids really loved it. Always exciting to make something new from a...Continue Reading
I was asked to take part in the 2011 Play! Design for Kids calendar. My copy just arrived from Hamburg yesterday! It is a project initiated by EIGA and it’s filled with amazing contemporary children’s design – on the theme of play. I’ve looked through it a dozen times already. So many cool and inspiring ideas....Continue Reading
Recently we were going through our hats for cold weather. I decided it was time to get rid of an old fleece hat that I’ve had for many years. I was about to trash it, when all of a sudden a black sheep flashed into my head. I had to try it. My daughter has...Continue Reading
