“Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more.” — Loris Malaguzzi (20th century), Italian early education specialist. Quoted in The Hundred Languages of Children, ch. 3, by Carolyn Edwards (1993).

Why buy handmade?

I would just like say that I don’t need anything or expect anything but if you really want to give me something to t’is the season or celebrate the new year, anything made-by-you would make me smile.

Daily Type “is a creative project run by several russian type designers. Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine.”

via swisslegacy

Once upon a time… from Capucha on Vimeo.

Love!

“Live green. Save green. Sturdy, reusable natural jute bags are a terrific way to organize recyclables. “Bottles” bag, “Plastic” bag and “Paper” bag sold separately. Approx. 12.5”Dia.x19.75”H (without straps). Sold separately.”

I have been following Jen’s blog for a while now – she takes beautiful photos which inspire me to keep my eye on the nature of things AND to take time to enjoy breakfast – visit her site to see what I mean

“A mobile notepad-furniture consisting out of paper. The die-cut paper-sheets (about 1000) are joined together with (red pigmented) bookbinder-glue, leaving out the Handle (for an intuitive detaching function of each sheet). The object works as communication tool, sketch-board, notepad…”

Designed by Martin Saemmer

The ideas are coming …. thank you Mr. Saemmer for the inspiration and
thank you Jennifer for sharing.

Trees for Life International

“Keeping a long-term focus, we work toward a shift of paradigms so that, in the future, poverty will be a thing of the past.

Here are some common elements of how we work:

1. Self-starting: A community or group approaches us for help with its project. They take initiative.
2. Responsibility: While others may provide help, the local people take responsibility for the success of their project.
3. Focus on potential: We ask people to focus on their vision for the community and the potential for making that vision a reality.
4. Education: How can people be empowered to acquire the resources they need? The key is education.
5. Connections: We help people make connections to tap the latent resources in their own community.
6. Sharing knowledge: Each person or community agrees to share what they learn with two others. One teaches two.”

Attention teachers!

Keri Smith “is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several bestselling books about creativity including “Wreck this Journal” (2007 Perigee), “The Guerilla Art Kit” (2007 Princeton Architectural Press), “Living Out Loud –Activities to Fuel a Creative Life” (published 2003 by Chronicle Books), and “Tear up this Book! :The Sticker, Stencil, Stationery, Games, Crafts, Doodle, And Journal Book For Girls!”, (2005 American Girl. Her newest book, “How to be an Explorer of the World –the Portable Life/Art Museum”, will be released fall 2008 by Penguin Books. She is the author of the popular weblog the Wish Jar which attracts over 10,000 readers daily, and writes on occasion for How Magazine. Keri spends her days putting stickers up all over North America, collecting found paper clips, and searching for the perfect cup of tea.”

I know this video has been around for a while but because this website is a resource for me and a place where I store inspiration that I don’t want to loss track of — this, a beautiful message on so many levels, belongs here.

Cheers from Canada.