I've written a new post for the Natural Kids Team blog , called Life Lessons in Folk Tales . I featured three folk tale picture books by...

A post I wrote for the NaturalKids Team blog, which you may find here , highlights some folk and fairy tale-themed creations my fellow ar...

Sunshine has finally come briefly came to Seattle! I'm celebrating with two colorful playscapes: Strawberry Hill Playscape by Alkelda ...

The author and the baker are happy with their new dolls . They were so much fun to make!

I just posted a new song over at A Storytelling of Crows . It's called "Marie in the Garden," and it's a simple game that ...

I finally ordered a copy of the out-of-print Blue Valentine , by Gwen Schultz. What I remember of the story is that the main character's...

I've been long overdue in featuring another artisan's work. I enjoy the science-themed Flickr photo uploads from Sasha of What. No ...

It's not yet Crafty Thursday, but I just completed two candy cane fairies and felt compelled to share them: The snowy evergreen trees we...

Jules has posted her interview with Salley Mavor over at S even Impossible Things Before Breakfast . Mavor is the author/illustrator/embroi...

As I mentioned in a previous post , I was working on a Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz dress for Lucia's Halloween costume. She...

Promo for the week: Handmade Spark recently posted a nice Holiday Gift Guide featuring the Natural Kids Team . Unlike Bede and Lucia, I...

For this week's Crafty Thursday post, I am pleased to present four autumn-themed dolls photographed with autumn trees by The Enchanted C...

I recently made two witch dolls inspired by the books I enjoyed as a child. An Amazon recommended book-list helped me remember that one of ...

Here is my first Nativity set of 2010: Listed on Alkelda: Dolls for Storytelling This is only my second year of sewing dolls for the shop, a...

Earlier in the week, I provided a collection of favorite green items from my fellow NaturalKids Team members which was posted on the Natural...

Local illustrator Julie Paschkis has helped create some of my favorite picture books: The Great Smelly, Slobbery Small-Tooth Dog and Mrs. ...

Quiet reflection in the living world is a rare, dearly sought-after state. Quiet on the blogfront comes across at best as benign neglect. I ...

[Note to those reading this in RSS readers: this is the real blog post.] Five years ago, I started a storytelling blog. My daughter was no...

The "wheels spinning in the mud" metaphor is apt for my current mode of thinking. I know that emerging from a hard place takes a c...

I just realized that it's Crafty Thursday! For the most part, I've been working on small dolls for the class auction project, but I ...