Sometime last year, we had the opportunity to review a wonderful baby sling called the Sleepy Wrap , which was given the thumbs up by the majority of our parent reviewers. The same company, NAP, Inc. recently introduced The Sleepy Bear , their very first stuffed toy to help promote babywearing! Mommies and daddies will be pleased to learn that the Sleepy Bear is made from the softest organic cotton, making it the perfect toy for your little child to cuddle. Safety wise, parents ca
On September 22, 2009 Amy Millan unearths her second solo album via the star-studded Arts Crafts label, Masters of the Burial , a tucked-in, quiet symphony of songs on longing and loneliness. It’s likely that you know Millan from her work with Stars and Broken Social Scene but I don’t think you know her quite like this. Imbued with clear blue country whispers and folk-freckles, Masters of the Burial feels so deeply soft, so fragile that it almost hurts to hear. Masters
Artist Stuart Semple uses soap and helium to create floating foam clouds in the shape of smiley faces. A machine he developed makes and releases them, thousands at a time, in public places. Link (with video) -via Metafilter
In: Arts Entertainment 30Aug2009 by David ChengAlthough China seems to be playing “catch-up” these days, in fact many great things came from China all throughout history. One of China’s best contributions has to be exquisite china tea sets. The Chinese were making beautiful porcelain items well before the Europeans even got started.Eventually Chinese tea sets were brought to Europe, and almost immediately their popularity took off like wildfire. Craftsmen in Europe tried to copy the china t
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We all know that you can use colored pencils to create art, but can a collection of colored pencils themselves be art? Apparently so! Here’s a beautiful yet stunningly simple arrangement of 500 colored pencils by Felissimo for Social Designer , a website that aims to crowdsource designs for charity causes. Designboom has the story: designed by felissimo for social designer this complete set of 500 colored pencils consists of 20 units, each pencil telling its own story with a unique
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