Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Shelly Niebuhr ~ Tell Me Your Truth [PMN]
Kelly Goodlad - Funeral for an Era [PNM]

Posted by Amy at 02:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Hello everyone - especially those of you itching to work small... those of you who've been hoarding away bits and pieces with a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" work of art in mind... it's time to sign up for the CMP ATC Exchange #2.

• This exchange starts February 1.
• You'll receive one assigned recipient.
• You'll make one ATC (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").
• There will be a theme announced in Episode 34. (But, those of you who prefer to walk your own path are free to ignore the theme. Or figure out a way to wordsmith and reconstruct the theme in your head to work for you.)
• Your card should be mailed out on or before February 28, 2007.
• The next exchange will (hopefully) begin March 1, setting the stage for a rolling monthly exchange (new recipient each month).

Any questions? Just let me know.

To sign up, please use this form. (The registration page is on the PuzzleBlast site, so don't be concerned about the change in URL; I needed a Window-server since I'm an ASP developer. I've hastily put together the database foundation, in hopes that I can automate the assignments and some of the correspondence and tracking for the exchange. If you run into trouble using the form, please let me know.)

Posted by Amy at 11:00 AM | Permalink

... wonderful "field guides" in both the Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur and the Invisibles (which I loved - beautiful cinematography) [also, great "teacher" materials on the Spiderwick web site]
... the magic of theatre and a trip to see Aladdin
... creative words from SARK's Inspiration Sandwich
... a new (and "magical") thematic prompt
... magical content in Spiderwick books, Arthur and the Invisibles, Little Oh, and Charming Opal
... continued discussion of Visual Chronicles and the "My Day Unfolds" project
... extended discussion of time... finding time, evaluating your time, the importance of "me" time
... a sock drawer gets sorted
... what my morning coffee/sketch time has come to mean to me
... thoughts on a sketch of two little salt shakers
... amazingly cool customized art "daytimer"-style calendar on the Black Cat blog
... great Moleskine calendar sketchbook at Flickr
... Lain's Rusty Pickle circle board calendar project (and kits!)
... when things go wrong - pens leaking, especially my Rotring Art Pens!
... update on the next ATC swap - starting February 1 (stay tuned here - I'll post a link later this week for sign-ups)
... sample ATC's; more ATC's
... highlights from FLICKR
... Project Spectrum starts February 1
... coffee cups and "creative kid" t's at Cafe Press
... and more... Plus, as always, great podsafe music. (Length: 1hr, 15 min)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Jonathan Coulton ~ Pizza Day [PMN]
Rob Costlow ~ Reflections [Magnatune]

Titles Mentioned (and other relevant highlights)

Posted by Amy at 12:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

A super-long Happy New Year episode of the Creative Mom Podcast. Plan to listen in spurts. This is a big one...

... a quiet New Year's and a bunch of Miyazaki movies (My Totoro on NY Eve, Kiki's Delivery Service later, and Howl's Moving Castle for the first time)
... my New Year's tradition of finishing something and starting something new
... Matthew surprises me with his own "start and finish" routine
... nature leaps out at me with hypercolor
... window photography
... a school skeleton
... a cool magnetic (cookie sheet, in fact) perpetual calendar project
... a new thematic prompt
... words from ee cummings
... extended discussion of the fabulous Visual Chronicles (Visual Chronicles blog)
... a goal to be more "out there" with my creative work
... anyone up for our next ATC swap? (potentially starting 2/1/07)
... highlights from FLICKR
... magnolia photo at Super Hero Designs
... "year of giving" at CheryLOL
... I rave about the ATC's I received
... some special thank you's
... and more... Plus, as always, great podsafe music. (Length: 1hr, 17 min)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ Fragile Days [PMN]

Titles Mentioned (and other relevant highlights)

Posted by Amy at 04:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

This is not a typical episode of the Creative Mom Podcast. This episode contains the holiday log... snippets recorded with a handheld recorder during my holiday trip at the end of 2006. In this episode, you'll hear about...

... Danny Gregory's Everyday Matters and Dan Price's How to Make a Journal of Your Life
... I discover a cool Short-Row hat while looking for directions for SSP
... my brother's Pismo hat gets taken along, finished, given, and worn
... mini-sized fingerless mittens (fast enough to work up during a game of Rummikub)
... we follow tradition and head to the yarn store sale
... a Trekking gift and a basic Trekking sock started
... the kids get cameras
... Superhero designs
... thoughts on holiday photos
... Jessica's scrapbooking group
... and more. (Length: 57 min)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ Illuminated Soul [PMN]
Matthew Ebel - I Know You're There [PNM]

Titles Mentioned (and other relevant highlights)

Posted by Amy at 07:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

We're back. 2007 has begun. But this is not the New Year's Show of the Creative Mom Podcast. Tune in next week for that. Might as well give all of us a bit of extra time to contemplate this year's goals. In Episode 30:

... a creative lull (for the kids)
... the power of a coloring book [Roger Burrows does the trick]
... the bookmarks are passed out
... two recipes are instant hits [a healthy remake of apple butterscotch cake and the Lemon Bread recipe posted on the Knitting Cook's site]
... a Superhero designs gift [in tropical] and a cool pen, too
... I put [a bunch of] new creative tools to use
... the ATC exchange is over
... a "wishful" thematic prompt
... and more. (Length: 58 min)

(Note: In the opening notes, I say that this episode will contain an audio log recorded from the road over the holiday. It does not. For the sake of length, I'll be bundling that up as a separate special episode in the next few days.)

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Matthew Ebel - Every Color [PNM]
Thomas Westberg Trio (AssertiveSound) - Moments of Joy [PNM]
Kelly Goodlad - January [PNM]

Titles that made an appearance over the holiday... (and other relevant highlights)

Posted by Amy at 07:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)