• Created on 12/7/09 by Momsteader

Here they are: The Natural Pod code: CW.NP15 for 15% off all orders. Craftsbury Kids code: mama09, for 15% off your order. Nubius Organics: code ECOMOM15 for 15% off your order. Bella Luna Toys code: MOTHER10 for 10% off orders of any size through 12/31/09. The Baby Gardner code: BGMAMA for 10% off any order through 1/31/10. Hazelnut Kids code: MOTHERING for free shipping on your order. Rosie Hippo code: MOTHERING20 for a 20% discount off all orders, good until 12/31/09. Note: Rosie Hippo is supporting a wonderful... read more

• Created on 7/26/10 by Momsteader

THIS JUST IN: Rock ‘n’ Roll Babies has created a discount code for A la Mama readers: 15% off, plus free shipping! Isn’t that generous? The code is: Mothering. ******************* Not just for babies, by the way–they go up to size 6T. So keep reading. Rock N Roll Babies is one of my favorite hipster kiddo t-shirt companies. And they want to give away awesome t-shirts to two of you, my dear A la Mama readers. They’re “organic, funky and unique” for sure. There’s Mom: And Dad: To enter to win, please leave a comment with your... read more

• Created on 8/5/10 by Momsteader

In our kitchen. Yes, it’s been a very odd week.* # *But, meanwhile, we got the September-October issue to bed, and peace has returned to the Production Department valley. Photo of our wee-hour visitor was shot with my iPhone, handily at hand since it sleeps next to me (Reeve works until after midnight many nights, so I always have the phone within reach) # # # # # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # Tags: cat food, kitchen,... read more

• Created on 8/24/10 by Momsteader

Typography on the radio! I just heard this on the program To the Best of our Knowledge: an interview with Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones,* creators of the font known as Gotham. Whether you know the name or not, you’ve seen the font. It was commissioned by GQ in 2000 (they were looking for a new signature font—one that was authoritative, modern and manly, of course) and selected by Barack Obama for his campaign materials in the last election. It’s a bold, clean, geometric font, inspired by NYC signage created back when graphic designers were... read more

• Created on 4/5/12 by Melanie Mayo

Looking for some fun ways to green your Easter this year? Check out these simple ideas that the whole family is sure to love.      Natural Easter Egg Dye Did you know that you can avoid unnatural food coloring and make your eggs beautiful by using natural ingredients? Find out how with this helpful how-to. Also check out this fun video for more tips!       Up-cycled Easter Baskets Looking for a fun family project for Easter? What could be more fun, and special, than homemade Easter baskets? Lynn Colwell from Celebrate... read more

• Created on 3/26/13 by Melanie Mayo

  Whether you celebrate Easter, Ostara, Spring Equinox, all or none of the above, dyeing eggs is a fun, crafty tradition that children love to be involved in.  However, using toxic food coloring is something most natural living families probably want to avoid.  Thankfully there are many options for eco-friendly egg dyeing!         Some all natural options for dyeing eggs include: red, purple, or yellow onion skins, red cabbage, blueberries, yellow apples peels, paprika, carrots, and grape juice.  We decided to use what we had on hand, which was beets,... read more

• Created on 4/20/11 by Melanie Mayo

Thank you to Pardis Amirshahi, the editor of Living Crafts magazine, for providing this special guest post. Being a mother to a preteen who used to love the Runaway Bunny story (by Margaret Wise Brown) as a toddler, I thought of making a picture from the book for her as a gift for Easter this year, and wrap it with the book, which she does not even remember now.  The book tells the story of a bunny who tells his mother he has decided to run away.  The mother tells him that she’ll run after him and find him and bring him home in different scenarios, starting... read more

• Created on 6/8/10 by mamazee

“I’m bored,” my daughter said. I kind of hate it when she says that. But this time, I told her, “I hear that you’re bored, and I’m okay with you being bored.” We then went through a list of things she wanted to do that were impossible logistically–like drive to California, for instance. A few minutes later she and her brother began making paper one-dimensional puppets. I felt drowsy in the heat and took a rest on my bed. The next thing I knew, the kids were ready to perform their improv puppet show and I luckily had my camera on the bedside table. It’s good... read more

• Created on 6/16/10 by mamazee

by Jake Aryeh Marcus Find Sustainable Mothering on Facebook and Jake on Twitter. It was a surprise to me to find that McDonald’s has a history as a gay friendly company. According to Bnet.com:   McDonald’s has been building a reputation for tolerance for years. The company is a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and has supported Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, a national organization that helps build gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the workplace. Both those moves earned it boycott drives from... read more

• Created on 7/27/10 by mamazee

  My mom, Leone in her birthday suit, and me. Photo courtesy of Christopher Briscoe. I went back to work after the kids went to bed last night and then James and I stayed up … talking (since Mothering is a family magazine, let’s just say we were talking.) Leone woke to nurse around 5:00 a.m. As the sky is turning from pink to blue everyone in the house is still quietly asleep except me. If these thoughts are a bit jumbled and typos abound, you know why. I have birthdays on the brain, maybe because our oldest turned eleven two weeks ago and today... read more