A party in my pocket.
A keepsake for my locket.
I wrote it down. I’ll keep it now.
A thought I made, a moment saved.
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In the Morning
Posts tagged good stuff
Jan17
Dec3
The Surprise Package Company
I’m having an inspired Monday. All because of a statement which was meant to a link to an article about a secret Santa. I liked this story better.
When my sister and I were little girls, we created The Surprise Package Company. We would make handmade gifts, wrap them and write an anonymous note that said from The Surprise Package Company. We would leave the gifts on doorsteps, ring the bell and run. I would like to rekindle that excitement and think of an act of kindness, however small, to share.
From Teachers Uncovering Greatness
I don’t know the name of the person whose story this is, but a quick search led me to a different surprise package story (where the photo above came from).
Jul22
What would it take to change a community? How might we be able to take the poor from disadvantaged to thriving? How can you improve yourself when all your time and energy is spent just trying to survive?
Educate and you will empower.
To learn more visit: www.indiegogo.com/khonkaenscavenging
Please help me amplify this great project. It has two weeks to go and about 2000 dollars to raise. Help a community create the change they want to see. I have 17,000 followers multiplied by all your followers… we should be able to get 2000 dollars raised! If you can help with money, help by reblogging it.
Please share this great project!
(Source: kkurbanlife)
Jul4
Univers Revolved
Letters are an inherently two-dimensional affair. They can convey deep meaning, but are confined to the flat surface of the page. Ji Lee, a designer now with Facebook, was playing around with some 3-D software and noticed that he could rotate litters around their central axis. All of a sudden, they became toy-like shapes.
He was able to use the letter as a physical object, to break away from the linear and build visual representations made from the actual letters of the word.
For starters, can you figure out the words in the lower left? If you feel like that’s too easy, Lee created the world in the bottom right for you to explore (Hint: Try to find “ROCKET”).
See more at Univers Revolved, test your 3-D knowledge, and check out the book on Amazon.
Jul1
When a student tells me that mine was his favorite class this year
Jun6
Henna-like patterns painted on stones. Super pretty.
Jun2
(Source: bookowls)
Jun1
Famous Landmarks, Seen Through The Eyes Of Hundreds All At Once
Spanish photographer Pep Ventosa scours the web for snapshots of famous landmarks from the same vantage point. Then, in a manual form of a Google-like computer algorithm, they are blended together to form a sort of meta-snapshot.
More shots here, and a similar project here.
(via Co.Design)
May21
Small Museum of Nature and Industry (2010) by Susan Collard
“The smallest book I’ve made to date, this is a little fatter than a perfect cube. Materials include birch aircraft plywood, basswood, slate, various metals, mirrors, linen thread, and a shell. With the title and materials in mind, I tried to make a book with the open-ended complexity of a miniature museum.”
Apr25
Hoping to keep that sense of awe and wonder going…
Mar30
Doogie Horner, author of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts designed a chart about the work habits of the moon and sun.
(via gjmueller)
Jan18
Kim and Jason at Escape Adulthood - http://kimandjason.com/blog/ - recently posted that “handmade things are still the best.” I agree completely. This is a value that we try to incorporate in all of our classes.
This was Teacher Thea’s birthday present. I didn’t exactly make these by hand like I originally planned; but I sure hope it makes her want to make something.
Escape Adulthood→
Cure adultitis!
Also contains great ideas on how to help your students grow up, without losing that childhood sense of wonder…
