Octopus on Carnaby Street in London

I've been waiting for months for, Octopus, this absolutely fun shop to put up their website. I accidentally came across them as I was perusing the streets of London last October. From one look at their pink store front and super fun name I was sold, and just had to go in. I bought this fun backpack for my 2 year old daughter. It is way cute!

I also have fallen in love with their logo. It is so simple, fun and I must give the designer, whomever they may be, props.

Anyways, I'm so excited that I now can view their items online instead of having to rely on my memory of the bright and colorful nick-knacks they sell from my stroll that day.

Pencil-of-the-Month Club

AWESOME! A pencil-of-the-month club, an artist's dream. At 500pencils.socialdesigner.com you sign up to recieve 500 colored pencils over a 20 month period from Japan. Each pencil has a unique name and story. How fun!

Now the question of the day...how and where to store them!

Craft Ornaments

Every once in a while I love taking a sneak peak at Paper Source to see what new craft ideas they have or products. Found these fantastic craft ornaments that would be super fun to decorate. Click here to check them out.

Easter Craft

These little paper Easter family is absolutely too cute!
For instructions, click here!

Design Books for Kids

After spending a morning a week at our local library with my 2 year old, I have surprisingly stumbled upon design books for kids. To be honest, I didn't go out and do an online search or put the librarian to work in trying to find design books just for Toddlers, I actually just came across them and honestly was amazed. It really made me think, I guess it isn't too young to teach kids about Typography, color and art. A little secret, I think I enjoyed them more than my daughter, but in any event I think they are great books and must reads for little ones. And when I find more great ones, I'll let you know!

Alphabeasties and Other Amazing Types :: by sharon werner

Lines That Wiggle :: by candace whitman

Mouse Paint :: by ellen stoll walsh

A Color of His Own :: by leo lionni

It Look Like Spilt Milk :: by charles shaw

Free Coloring Pages

My 20 month old absolutely loves to scribble! She is now just starting to enjoy scribbling on cartoon characters, so I decided to download some free coloring pages from the internet. Well I soon found myself a bit annoyed at the pixelation of the pictures when I tried downloading the ones I found. So being a perfectionist, I created some of my own coloring sheets and wanted to share them.

Just go to my goodie page { here } at my website to download.

Crazy Paper Characters

Here is a fun paper craft provided by Christopher Bonnette at Marcula Art. I just absolutely love what can be done with paper. What a great craft for kids. Click here for tutorial.