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Fun Links & Inspiration

Happy Weekend! {and a recipe}

March 6, 2009

Yay! It’s the weekend, and I’m going to two – count ‘em, two parties this weekend. After being cooped up in the house like Laura Ingalls Wilder in The Long Winter, I am so ready to get out of here. What are you doing this weekend? How about making a batch of these Crispy Chewy [...]

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Design Mom’s Young Einstein Party

March 5, 2009

This is just too awesome not to share: Gabrielle Blair of Design Mom just hosted a science-themed “Young Einstein” party for her daughter Maude’s 10th birthday (Maude is center, below), with a little help from Science Explorers of New York. The kids made fake snow, green slime, gooey worms, watched liquid nitrogen demonstrations, had a [...]

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Round-The-World Travel, Then and Now

March 4, 2009

{Possibilities} by Lucky Jackson I love living vicariously through the experiences of round-the-world travelers (especially families taking on the adventure with kids in tow like The Wide Wide World) and hopefully, one day I will do it, too. Which is why I was so enthralled by this story on maya*made – In 1934, Maya’s Grandmother [...]

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{inspiration + food}

March 2, 2009

Now, you probably know that I am a huge fan of Smitten Kitchen, and I am not abandoning SK! I swear! But… I found Canelle et Vanille, this fantastic food blog, on decor8 the other day, and I just had to share a few glorious pictures with you. Let’s drool together, okay? Aran, the force [...]

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Have You Seen Swaptree?

February 24, 2009

I am a big fan of craigslist and freecycle, but it can be difficult to find what you are looking for. Enter swaptree: a new site devoted to making it easy to trade books, music, movies, and video games with other swaptree members in the US. It just takes a few minutes to sign up, [...]

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Upcoming Audio Documentary: BORN

February 17, 2009

Ahri Golden and Tania Ketenjian,, co-founders of Thin Air Media, produced BIRTH, an audio documentary aired in 2007 to wide acclaim, which explored the ways practices and perceptions of birth have changed in America in the past 100 years. Now these two spirited ladies have taken on the postpartum experience with their new project, BORN, [...]

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{Inspiration}

February 17, 2009

Let’s cut ourselves a little slack today, okay? Life is big and amazing and scary and unpredictable and full of wonder. It’s not a race to the finish line. There is nothing to prove; there is just the simple fact that we are here. Consider this your permission slip to do nothing – use generously. [...]

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Cheerful Nursery Tour

February 12, 2009

The adorable Megan of Me and Wee Hey there! I am taking a wee time-out from posting to work on a few projects for Global Mama, and I will be back to daily posting on Tuesday… but I just saw this beautiful nursery tour on ohdeedoh, and couldn’t resist sharing! This tour comes from the [...]

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DIY Small Project Contest {with Apartment Therapy & Etsy!}

February 10, 2009

Hello, all! I am going to be taking the next day or two off to work on some behind-the-scenes business here at Global Mama, but before I go I wanted to pass along some info. about a cool contest you may want to enter: Apartment Therapy is teaming up with Etsy to host a DIY [...]

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StoryCorps Tips on Recording Family Stories

February 5, 2009

Family stories are treasures, but all too often they get lost in the shuffle of busy lives. With Valentine’s Day coming up, I got to thinking about my Grandpa – he used to sneak into the house early on Valentine’s Day morning and leave Valentines and raspberry pastries on the kitchen counter for me and [...]

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