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My house is a canvas for my children. Actually, so is my car, my furniture, a few books, and even a lampshade. My kids have tried to decorate nearly every surface of my house since they could hold a crayon. As toddlers, they once colored marker across an entire wall of my bedroom. It was like waves of color. I was pretty impressed once the anger wore off.

As much as I love my kids getting crafty, I’m not a fan of the chaos crafts create. I come from the school of “a place for everything, and everything in its place.” That’s probably why I was blessed with children – to completely challenge that part of my personality on a daily basis.

I figured out a pretty fun way to organize the kids’ art supplies. Since this idea gets compliments from moms who visit my house, I thought I’d share it with you. (more…)

Over 100 pieces of John Lennon’s artwork and lyrics will be displayed this weekend at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta. The exhibit, So This Is Christmas…A Tribute to John’s 70th Year, is open and free to the public, but donations are suggested. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Atlanta Children’s Shelter.

To read more about the event, check out these interviews with Yoko Ono on Creative Loafing and Access Atlanta.

Lennon’s traveling exhibitions are made possible by Yoko Ono and Legacy Productions.

The exhibit is December 3-5 at Westin Buckhead Atlanta, 3391 Peachtree Road N.E. Hours are Friday, 5-9; Saturday, 11-7, and Sunday, 11-6.

We are lucky to live down the street from the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta. My kids love this museum! (more…)

It’s the first day of December, and you know what that means? People are getting batshit crazy already. I’ve been on the receiving end of angry, laser eyes from drivers – you know when a guy turns his head and raises his eyebrows to scream at you with his eyeballs? When your windows are up from the cold, your only choice is to go Italian on his ass and give him your best angry hand gesture. I’m hearing moms in the store talk through gritted teeth to their kids who are drooling over the toy aisles. “No, honey, we’re not here to buy toys, just toilet paper.”

It’s here, people. Holiday madness. How will we get through it? I’ll tell you how, alcohol. Joking. Not really. And music. (more…)

Notice anything different? The blog is a year old now, so I wanted to give it a makeover. This is the third redesign, so that should tell you something about my personality (disorder). But, I’m very happy with this design, so it’s gonna stick around for a while.

My hope is that the redesign helps with the overall purpose of the site, which started as a way to inspire mamas to take their creative projects off the backburner (myself included), but has now expanded to include resources, interviews, and stories to help us really make it happen. I should say this goes for you daddys and grownups without kids, too. As Violet Clark said in my 9q interview,

“less talk, more rock.” (more…)

It’s Thanksgiving week, so I thought I’d do a post on all that I’m grateful for this year. Here goes… (more…)