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Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day with Diverse Stories

Sarah White January 23, 2019 Book Club of 1 / Home and Family Life / Kids / ReviewsOne Comment

These books are great choices for middle-grade and older kids for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. Did you know there is such a thing as Multicultural Children’s Book Day? Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. …

A Reading Challenge for 2019: Books I’ve Always Wanted to Read

Sarah White January 2, 2019 Book Club of 1 / Home and Family LifeLeave a comment

I don’t know why I’ve always been interested in what it means to be well read, but this year’s reading challenge has me tackling some books that will hopefully make me feel more so. I have always been a reader, and I love a good reading challenge. Years ago I …

4 Amazing Paper Crafting Books

Sarah White November 6, 2015 Art / Book Club of 1 / Crafts / Paper Crafts and Drawing / Reviews2 Comments

Paper folding and paper cutting — also known by the Japanese terms origami and kirigami — are big trends in crafting right now, and lots of beautiful paper crafting books are being published to promote these arts. Whether you’re new to the crafts like I am or a seasoned folding …

Craft-A-Day Book Review {Creativity Boosts}

Sarah White October 3, 2013 Book Club of 1 / Crafts / Creativity Boosts / Paper Crafts and Drawing / ReviewsLeave a comment

I’m a big fan of making things and building creativity into your daily life, so I bought the book Craft-A-Day: 365 Simple Homemade Projects by Sarah Goldschadt when it popped up in a bundle with something else I was buying on Amazon without looking into it at all. (Speaking of, …

Improve Your Photos with A Beautiful Mess

Sarah White September 16, 2013 Book Club of 1 / Kid Crafts and Activities / Life / ReviewsLeave a comment

I like to take a lot of photographs of my daughter. Like lots of moms, I want to capture the everyday moments as well as the big occasions, and that’s easier than ever to do because most of us have camera phones and Facebook and Instagram with us all the …

Having a Baby? You Need a Plan

Sarah White April 29, 2013 Book Club of 1 / ReviewsLeave a comment

(Disclaimer: I was given this book by my friend, Rachel, who wrote it, in the hope that I would review it. She didn’t ask me to say nice things. I am not now nor do I ever plan on being pregnant again, but I may hand this book off to …

Take Yourself to the Library {Creative Play Date}

Sarah White April 5, 2013 Book Club of 1 / Fayetteville Field Trips / LifeLeave a comment

I go to the library with the Bit at least once a week. We have a really awesome library with a great children’s section full of computers with educational games (now with touch screens so I don’t have to work the mouse for her, but she’s learning), tons of puzzles …