• Last updated 4/8/13 by Monica S

  Learn how to help your child create a heartfelt gift for your family and friends.    To view more videos from The Possibility Shop, click here. read more

• Last updated 4/8/13 by Monica S

  Learn how to make creative Thanksgiving table decorations & centerpieces.    To view more videos from The Possibility Shop, click here. read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

Did I mention we’re in a swirl of redesign action over here at Mothering? Yes, indeed. Both the magazine and the website are getting makeovers, and in my pursuit of new design input, I recently came across an exciting find: Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. This beautiful foray into the world of typography is a delight to pore over, chock-full of typographical tips, informative examples of design principles put into practice, and info about the historical and cultural contexts for the development of type.The fun-to-read appendix includes a section called “Free Advice.”... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

  I got to the pointwhere I stopped mourningwhat I would have lostin near miss situations. why borrow troublewhy brush the shadowof a gift horseto a soft sheen? but then I was sitting hererecalling a poem I once wroteabout my sonnursing in cowboy pajamas and I got itthe lightning down my spinepelting me with cold, unwelcome tears. he slipped away from preschooland was found by the side of a busy roadthrowing bottles against concretetheir forms shatteringlike my world, almost. Subscribe to the Mothering.com Blogs Feed ... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

Throughout our 33-year history, we’ve made periodic changes to the design of the magazine to reflect Mothering‘s evolving identity and to keep in step with the changing tastes of the world around us.  (To get what I’m talking about with the latter, check out our very first cover, at right.)Several months ago, feeling the need to freshen up, we began the magazine redesign process anew.In my design training, I was taught that the “look” of an entity should reflect the essence of that entity.  In other words, before doing anything else regarding a revamp, we needed to take... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

. . . is out and about and on newsstands now! The baby on the cover, shot by photographer Michelle Dupont of Tasmania, Australia, is Maive McDowell, also of Tasmania. She’s wearing a cap that Michelle knitted—very fitting for an issue where we’re featuring five fun and funky homecrafting bloggers. Michelle’s a crafty blogging mama (of six!) herself. Check out her blog and more of her stunning photography here. Oh, and that pattern for Maive’s hat (called the Pilot’s Cap)?... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

Our May-June cover story, written by Jean Van’t Hul, features five Midas-like mamas who go about their lives transforming the everyday into the breathtaking. To gaze upon their creations is to be first awestruck, then inspired. (And endearing them to me all the more is the fact that these woman are all talented photographers.) Here they are, with links to their blogs and web sites. 1. Sally Shim. A mom of two who favors handmade goods for their originality, she often makes things herself because she just can’t find what she’s looking for in... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

Crafty mama, I mean. And not just crafty: this one is sneaky, as well. Quietly hiding behind the aforementioned (last post) cover story is writer Jean Van’t Hul, who, come to find out, is herself an artist and mother and blogger extraordinaire. Who knew! Take a look at Jean’s blog here, and be sure to check out her March 2 post: An Activity a Day for March. That’s right. 31 things for Jean to make and do with her three-year-old daughter, Maia. Cool things like making tissue-paper candle holders, starting a nature journal, making and playing with clean... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

We made this, and it was fun. Notes: I used solid card stock instead of patterned scrapbooking paper. Now I want to make more. It’s a rather wholesome addiction, this crafting. Family Craft – Waldorf-inspired Winter Birds Posted using ShareThis Subscribe to the Mothering.com Blogs Feed This entry was posted on Sunday, April 26th, 2009 at 7:10 am and is filed under Uncategorized, mama on the spot, mama sadhana. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are... read more

• Last updated 4/7/13 by AdinaL

Reeve is going to a birthday party tonight where everyone is supposed to dress as a Disney character. He Skyped me from his dorm room in Glasgow as he was putting together his outfit for the evening: top hat, vest, jacket w/tails, upturned starched collar, umbrella, white (exfoliating) (“Whoa! These are cool!”) gloves, and . . . powder-blue Puma running shoes? A cricket’s gotta be able to jump, I guess. #   Screen shot of Jiminy holding up his foot to try to show me his swift blue shoes. Tags: costume, jiminy... read more