If your in the LA area it would be a great idea to swap your farmer's market plans so that you can craft, create and chill with the whole family at the Splendid Kimmel Kids workshop event this Saturday June 5th from 11am - 2pm. The event will be held at the Splendid boutique on Robertson Blvd. Oh, and there will be gelato from Ciao Bella.... perfect! Make sure to RSVP to splendid@tractenberg.com if you and the gang are headed, space is limited.

You'll also be able to scope out and receive 10% off all day in-store including adorable gear for toddlers and tweens from Splendid!! Check out some of the new arrivals

Art + fun + shopping = Happy Saturday! So go and let us know how it went!

New proof from the totally awesome Crafting Community weekend retreat for familes hosted by L.A. based installation artist Karen Kimmel. We were lucky to be there, but in case you missed the Kimmel Kids and The Art of Exchange action we have a very special, wait for it,  * gift bag * from the event that we'll be giving away to a lucky reader! Stay tuned for deets.

Over 125 kids from various areas of Boston city worked with artist Caleb Neelon to help create his latest project "Signs and Symbols" now on display at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. The amazing mosaic was created from artwork made by children during after-school programs and community organizations led by Caleb exploring text and it's applications throughout history. My friend Laura shared this with me, noting that this woulda "blown her mind" when she was younger should she have had the opportunity to express her love for words this way. 

Flying a kite is liberating. It can also be a great way to introduce your kids to the idea of wind power and what it means to our future as an alternative energy source.

The handbound book, FLY ME, by Yoko Ono is designed to unfold to become a 30x36" kite. The pages bear individual messages of inspiration, such as "Imagine Peace" and "Fly", designed to attached to a hand-carved frame fashioned of oak from a sustainable forest in New York State. Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace Library is the publisher of the 2,500 books available for purchase.

On the DIY tip, FLY ME sparked reference of a great project I was recently introduced too, KiteBot. Their mission is to develop low cost, low complexity kite-based wind energy and the site offers (in their words) a fairly in-depth description of a (fairly) concrete implementation designed to be as simple as possible, but extensible, using mostly bicycle parts.

Oh the possibilities!

Vintage-esque Posters by Michael Myers

Very cool posters from illustrator and designer Michael Myers that add some punch to your kiddo's bedroom walls and surely some zing to story time. And no need to forego aesthetics. You can buy them here prices start at $17 unframed an go from there.