Banquet Journal

cake decorating 101

no one does excess better than a pack of three and four year olds let loose with pink icing and sprinkles.

raptor mobile

after a recent visit to the aquarium, the fiver developed a crazy obsession with vultures.* one research trip to the library later, and we were ready to make our own: it started with a simple carb...

montessori

some of the wooden puzzles and other materials at our preschool. it's been such a great place for us, and as number one moves on i'm looking forward to number two starting in the fall.

the joni mitchell

...the pirates ship is "the joni mitchell" and a guest post on the beautiful simple lovely!

collage collage

love this post over on the collage collage blog. makes me so happy to see kids using our cards to make great things! and those julie morstad “shapesplosions”? fantastic.

ships and hats part II

and this is what happens to a paper ship and bird hat that languish in a box for ten long years and then are appropriated by small whirlwinds disguised as children...

andrey asadov

  i love this russian magic, from here, via moth tales. next time my ladies will have to earn their creamsicle cupcakes with a little costume labour for the small ones...

romper

  beautiful detail on this simple white romper from belle heir. the peter pan collar has a broad scalloped edge, much like this.

russian clock tower

  find it here.

genius

  brian wildsmith's the hare and the tortoise, from the same gold mine as this pillow.