Posts under ‘craft projects’

Alex Barton’s Tie Dye Project

Image credit: Photo by mobilene on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons It's been a while since I've posted an update about the case of Alex Barton. Alex, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's (a form of autism), was voted out of his kindergarten class last spring after his teacher, Wendy Portillo, became frustrated with his [...]

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And the Bookmarks Go to…

In last Monday's post, I promised to send handmade bookmarks to three of the commenters on that post.  My son Austen helped me with the drawing. We put all the names in a hat... And then Austen drew the names. I asked him to hold each one up in his hand so I could take [...]

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Get a Gift from Me

Image credit: Photo by Thomas Hawk on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I am in a gleeful, grateful and giving mood today and want to share. A few circumstances have conspired to prompt me to run a little giveaway for all of you out there in Bloglandia: 1. I've recently received love (in the form [...]

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Crazy Viral Link Haiku

Mama Zen tagged mein a viral linking scheme.I'm haikuing it. I hear that these schemesare bad for Google PageRankand I shouldn't play. I decided thatI love Mama Zen more thanmy Google PageRank. I decided notto tag anyone else, butyou can tag yourself. *Start Copying Here*If you play, you will have totag five more bloggers. Just [...]

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