Having made my living for a number of years designing, making and selling my own line of handmade products and as the former co-director of the Providence Craft Show, I believe in buying “handmade” and shopping direct from the artists when possible. September is becoming a great time of year to buy art in the [...]
My kids love to take their art supplies wherever they go (as do I)—in the car, on vacation, or even to the park. Keeping all the markers and pencils together is important (and having them visible is helpful). This colorful canvas case handmade by Kreatelier, a Providence-based company, is both practical and stylish. It is [...]
Home Work: Lessons from Work at Home Parents. This series of Kidoinfo Interviews with parents is about how they manage to squeeze in work time at home (whether working for someone else or running their own business) while juggling kids, homelife, and childcare (or lack thereof). My boys and I used some of Stephanie DosReis’ [...]
By Kim Clark LuckyBird Studio (one of the Rhody Girls) The Providence Open Market, little sister of the Boston and Mashpee Open Markets, is about to begin its second year in downtown Providence. This year several exciting changes have been made in the hopes that the market will be even more successful and become a [...]
The recent toy recalls and controversy over the lack of quality control in China has reinforced my interest in knowing who is making what I buy – whether it is toys or clothes. This subject is dear to me since I made my living as an artist and craftsperson before I had kids. Although I [...]
