The answer? When the recipient is seven and it is an all consuming passion!!!

Do you remember the days when something as simple as a toy was that important to you? Sometimes we forget that we don’t have to buy kids an expensive electronic or video game.  Maybe it is because we are a little out of touch with what is “cool” to a child or maybe all those advertisements for the next big thing sway our decisions more than we realize.  But, as this e-mail exchange between my boyfriend, Alex, and his nephew, “O”, will show – a toy isn’t necessarily just a toy…

Not long ago, I was inspired to write a Toy Tuesday post about Transformers because Alex’s nephew (I’ll refer to him as “O” throughout the remainder of the post) loves Transformers.

The search for the …read more

This is a guest post by Joe Bagley of Papercuts By Joe. He has selected some wonderful gifts for Father’s Day, or any day, to show love and appreciation to a man in your life. Enjoy this post and please, feel free to comment!

Father’s Day is tricky, I know.  Sometimes finding a meaningful gift, or heck, finding something they don’t already have, is almost impossible!

Alyna has asked me to write this post to share some of my work, and hopefully help you all to find a special something for that father or father-figure in your life.  Unless noted, all pieces are shipped unframed, but cut to standard frame sizes so getting them framed will be extremely easy and inexpensive. You can pop any of the pieces in a frame as soon as they arrive, and they will be wall-ready in less than a minute.  I photograph …read more

I first heard about Matter of Trust on NPR. Then a neighbor also shared the story of the hair booms with me as well and I thought it worth sharing here. Just because you are one person doesn’t mean that you can’t help with the oil spill. Your donations of hair and especially nylons will help Matter of Trust make hair booms that will help soak up oil from the recent spill. Your donation is a gift and you can find out more here.

Happy gifting!