I finished up my Design*Sponge submission. Now that it's done I thought I'd share the finished product with you (they said it was okay). I made a "Gilded Feather Pendant" from painters tape, craft wire and spray paint. Photo tutorial below...
Read MoreJasper and his best friend Mateo went on their fist backpacking trip yesterday. I didn't get to go, as this was a father-son trip, but I got my hands on some pictures. They ate beans from a can, toasted marshmallows, climbed "mountains", jumped from rocks, went fishing, used pocketknives, and managed to survive a few bee stings, slithering water snakes, and sleeping in tents with their snoring fathers' after talking themselves to sleep. Like a page from The Dangerous Book for Boys
Read MoreDesign*Sponge is running a DIY competition this month. I love competitions. The challenge is to design something for the home using painters tape. I'm on vacation in the mountains right now, but I packed my drill, some wire, spray paint and painters tape. Entries are due by July 29th. Click here for more details.
Read MoreOur visit to Rivertown Revival was a little bit like experiencing the dustbowl of the 1930's on the surface of the sun. Hot. So hot that we didn't actually stay for more than a couple of hours. I will say this, it was stylized and well run. If the weather was kinder, we would have stayed all day until they kicked us out. Jasper beamed a ball into the target and dunked a teacher from his new elementary school, the kids made dream catchers and rain sticks, and feasted on Three Twins ice cream and rosewater lemonade. The highlight of their time was a junkyard drum kit. They played "I Want Candy" and "We Will Rock You" to a small audience, had their pictures taken by total strangers, and forgot the heat for a few minutes before we headed home to cool off.
Read MoreI'll be heading out to Rivertown Revival in Petaluma this weekend. Billed as "The Greatest Slough On Earth" it's sort of family friendly Burning Man. I've never been to the real Burning Man, and I have no idea what I'm in for, but I suspect it will be awesome. For $5 you can get hitched or take your shot at sending your teacher down the dunk tank. I'm looking forward to taking pictures of the art boat races and the kids in their costumes.
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