kent rogowski / Bears Project

these bears are inside out, a feature which makes them very expressive, like a childhood nightmare ... check it out

nice sites for kids

http://www.sesamestreet.org/home
http://www.seussville.com/
http://www.poissonrouge.com/
http://www.uptoten.com/
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Paris with kids

+ spending the day at the Pompidou center area.
a large area without cars starts at the 'Jardin du Forum des Halles', A big medieval church with a big head sculpture in the front that the kids like to climb, and green grass with water canals.
good falafel stands in a walking distance [Tilal - 4 euro].
good Italian ice cream [3 euro] in front of the Forum Des Halles Fountain.
lots of pigeon to scare and to feed.
in front of the museum itself many music and theater street shows, and the kids of all ages just love putting the money in the hats.
next to the museum there is a nice shallow pool with turning sculptures, very colorful and not far from the seine.

+ bateauxparisiens is just one of the companies that gives a one hour tour in the seine, all my children enjoyed it [11 euro per person 6 per child] and even I found it interesting and very relaxing. the starting point is under the Eiffel Tower which is always a great hit, even if you don't climb it, it also has a nice garden for picnics under it.

+ many days were spent at the jardin_des_tuileries, except for good ice cream and coffee, you can rent a small wooden boat to sail at the fountain water [ 2 euro for half an hour], there are nice sculpture to climb and the children's playground is absolutly original and amusing, behind it there is a classical 'mary go round' and a large trampolina facility, other then that you can always feed the ducks or check if the Obelisk is at the center of the Victory gate.

Janod

Janod - a french wooden toys company has also a beautiful collection of paper activity for kids

emily levine

playhouse

At last....a truly eco-friendly playhouse which looks beautiful in your garden.
judith needham willow design

Gocco print by Craftershock!!! cool!!!

this is a great tutorial by a great craft site creftershock


Print Gocco is a small, inexpensive, and easy to use screen printing tool that originated in Japan. Gocco uses flash bulbs similar to those found in old cameras to thermally imprint an original image onto a master screen. Prints are made by pressing the ink-applied master screen against a sheet of paper placed on a sponge pad. While Riso (the company to thank for Print Gocco) “officially” ceased production of the Gocco in 2005, you can still buy them online through a few different suppliers. We buy our Gocco goods from Northwood Studios.

I just love letterpress

Studio On Fire is a design and letterpress workspace
http://studioonfire.com/index.cfm

and here is a Short Letterpress Documentary (Wonderful)

charity: water

charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

WHY WATER.
Right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us.

WHO ARE THEY.
charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the money raised to direct project costs, funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need. Just $20 can give one person in a developing nation clean water for 20 years.

GET INVOLVED.
Learn how you can help here >

Boowa and Kwala - uptoten.com

This is one of the great tv series featuring those fantastic characters from UpToTen.com.

how did the credit crisis happened?

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.