The weather doesn't often turn cold here in my part of the world, but when the mercury drops below 60 degrees, my family and I bundle up against the chill and start looking for warm things to do.  As I spent a quiet afternoon last weekend teaching my two young daughters how to knit, I reflected that we really were blessed in these uncertain times and began looking around to see if there were ways to put those precious commodities - the ability to knit and the time to do it - to work for others who are not as lucky.  Wouldn't you know it, there are a ton of charities that will accept hand-made goods, be they knit, crocheted, quilted, or sewn...

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Alison's fiber optic hat. Brian's pipe organ chair. Your family's totally sweet hand turkeys and acorn wreaths. What can you do if you want to share these labors of love with the whole world?...

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I'm going to make a confession to you: sometimes the thought of Thanksgiving fills me with dread at the amount of planning and work in store for me, instead of joy for the time I get to spend with my family. I'm sure I'm not alone, nor am I the only one who feels guilty about it. It's a rough transition moving from being a kid, when holidays are magical and just happen, to being an adult and realizing how much planning goes in to making them happen!

But all is not lost. If your place mats and napkin rings don't perfectly coordinate with your cornucopia centerpiece, do you really think that Uncle Jim and Aunt Esther are really going to notice? And even if they do, so what? Let Thanksgiving be about spending quality time with the ones you love. It just so happens that you can have the best of both worlds: bonding with your children and sprucing up the house for Thanksgiving...

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My family and I just spent two amazing days at Maker Faire, and I'm still not sure how to describe it.  Did we just go to a carnival?  An amusement park?  A street festival?  An art exhibit?  A tinkerer's paradise?  A craft fair?  A book store?  Yes!  All of the above and more...

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Have you heard about MomSpace.com?

Guru Alison wrote a very eloquent article for the site, sharing her passion for getting women and girls to embrace technology and the empowering effects of the DIY movement...

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